Beauty and Memory
Joseph Houseal
1 April 2016
It is a choice to remember life in beautiful ways. Dance is an art made of life itself. The human body as medium contains within
The Medicine Buddha and the Power of Healing
Dakini As Art
1 April 2016
The Medicine Buddha is a healing Buddha from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Many cultures have healing deities or rituals, and the Medicine Buddha is a
“Mind the Gap Between Appearance and Reality”—Barry Kerzin Offers a More Nuanced View of Happiness
Raymond Lam
24 March 2016
Barry Kerzin is a very busy monk with such a demanding schedule that we were lucky to even have time to meet. He is currently
Strand of Jewels: My Teachers’ Essential Guidance on Dzogchen – Book Review
Ken Aronds
24 March 2016
“It is not just some old-fashioned custom to cultivate the foundational practices and tantra before doing Dzogchen. This is not an old custom—it’s the custom. If you
The Mahaparinirvana Ceremony of His Holiness Chatral Sangay Dorje Rinpoche
Lama Sangay Rabten
4 March 2016
O!! Chatral Sangay, the deathless Padmasambhava,you manifested among us in human formfor the sake of ignorant beings like me.I pray to you in a non-dualistic
Curiosity and Doubt: The Spiritual Career of Judith Simmer-Brown
Caitlin Dwyer
19 February 2016
Small-town Nebraska is about as far from India as a person can get, but for Buddhist scholar and acharya Judith Simmer-Brown, who grew up there,
Self-Expression of the No-Self
Joseph Houseal
5 February 2016
Meditation is like dancing inasmuch as the experience is entirely individual. The body becomes the laboratory for energetic exercises, and the embodiment of prescribed shapes.
Approaching Vajrayana – Part Four: A Tale of Two Sciences
Jakob Leschly
5 February 2016
This final installment in our four-part series “Approaching Vajrayana”* addresses an issue common to all of Buddhism: how its science is perceived, and how it
Lama Palden Drolma: Transmitting the Teachings to the West
Harsha Menon, MA, MFA
5 February 2016
Lama Palden Drolma never imagined herself a Dharma teacher. Authorized to teach in both the Karma Kagyu and Shangpa Kagyu lineages of Tibetan Buddhism, she
Beauty and the Feminine Buddhist Spirit in Spiti
Dominique Butet
29 January 2016
The journey from the touristic bustle of the northern Indian town of Manali into the remote valleys of the Himalayan mountains in northeastern Himachal Pradesh—especially
The Reawakening of Tsogyal Latso: Birthplace of Yeshe Tsogyal—a Generation Reborn
LiAnne Takeuchi Hunt
22 January 2016
Maintaining the lineage and legacy of Yeshe Tsogyal
Connecting Art, Women, and Spirituality, with Lyudmila Klasanova of Sofia University
Raymond Lam
15 January 2016
Aside from the occasional visiting Rinpoche, few are in a position to represent and transmit the Vajrayana tradition in the nations of Eastern Europe. Bulgaria,