Monastic Dance Courtyards in Ladakh and Zanskar
Joseph Houseal
10 June 2023
BDG columnist and dance researcher Joseph Houseal examines the role of setting in traditional tantric cham dance
Up and Down the Spiritual Ladder
Asa Hershoff
30 January 2023
A tantric perspective on the process of creation and dissolution
Dalai Lama Holds Dialogue with Russian Scientists on Research into Buddhist Thukdam Meditation
Craig C Lewis
10 May 2021
Researchers explore the nature of meditation and…
Light Body Practice: First Stages
Asa Hershoff
8 September 2020
Foundational practices in awareness
Tibetan Buddhist Monk Geshe Jampa Gyatso Reported to Have Attained a State of Thukdam
Craig C Lewis
21 August 2020
Scientists examine Geshe Gyatso’s condition during the…
What are these Statues for?
Anam Thubten Rinpoche
7 March 2018
The role of iconography in cultivating Buddha-nature
Giuseppe Tucci, an Orgiastic Aha! Part Three
Joseph Houseal
7 December 2017
Familiarity with sexual power as something to honor and utilize for spiritual cultivation is not common, but upon a study of ancient cultures, we see
Dances of the Luminous Bardo
Joseph Houseal
6 January 2017
A most amazing mural is painted on a six-meter-high cylinder on the second floor of Dungtse Lhakhang in Paro, Bhutan. The temple was designed by