I was listening to my favorite podcast as I drove home from a retreat last month. In a reversal of roles, On Being host Krista Tippett was
A member of the Bhutanese Royal Family, Princess Ashi Kesang Choden T. Wangchuck is executive director of Bhutan’s Thangka Conservation Center and a scholar of
Art for art’s sake has never been an overriding motivation in Tibetan culture or Tibetan Buddhism. For example, we can understand thangka painting, the sacred art of
Visually, there are two forms of language: one that has to be learned and one that communicates directly with the other-than-conscious part of our mind.
“Sacred art is created in order to awaken our experience of the true reality. It should not remain unattended on a wall or shelf. We
Just over 20 years ago, Leslie Freilich left southern California to work in Dharamsala, India, as an economic development volunteer for Tibetan refugees. She was
Having (very) temporarily moved to New York, I have never felt so detached from the background of Tibetan Buddhism that has always been a strong
