Adamantine Gaze: VisionSpring’s New Eye Care for Dharamsala
Raymond Lam
22 August 2023
VisionSpring India’s managing director, Anshu Taneja, reveals how his organization is bringing eyecare to Dharamsala’s monks and workers
An Interview with Chöying Khandro on Dakini Journey in the Contemporary World
Raymond Lam
13 July 2023
Chöying Khandro’s exploration of Dakini invites us to experience a new way of meeting our true self and the ground of being
Last Rites for Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche Begin at Thrangu Tashi Yangtse Monastery
Raymond Lam
14 June 2023
Senior monastic leaders across the Vajrayana world are paying their last respects to Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
Book Review: The Second Karmapa Karma Pakshi: Tibetan Mahasiddha
Raymond Lam
10 February 2023
Charles Manson’s new book on the second Karmapa is a thorough introduction to the life, legacy, and works of an influential leader
Buddhistdoor View: The Bodhisattva Vows – Endlessly Renewing Resolutions
Buddhistdoor Global
7 January 2023
Looking to the bodhisattva vows and an asteroid and spacecraft for inspiration to renew resolutions for this and every New Year
Devotion as Trust in the Student-Teacher Relationship – A View into Guru Yoga, Part Three
Sarah C. Beasley
23 December 2022
On the ultimate power and importance of relying on a genuine teacher, allowing us to see innate goodness in them and in ourselves
My Perfect Teachers – A View into Guru Yoga, Part One
Sarah C. Beasley
27 October 2022
How seemingly chance encounters, sincere devotion, and careful practice set a vajrayana practitioner on her path
Abstract Meditations and Artistic Contemplation, with Françoise Issaly
Grace Ko
9 September 2022
From Canada to China, French-born artist Francoise Issaly explores spirituality and Buddhist ideas in her art
The Meaning of Tea – A Few Remembrances
Sarah C. Beasley
29 August 2022
A reflection on tea as a locus for Buddhist ritual, meditation, and community
Dalai Lama Library and Learning Center Breaks Ground in New York
Justin Whitaker
4 May 2022
Celebrations kicked off the groundbreaking of the new educational and cultural facility
Book Review: The Taming of the Demons: From the Epic of Gesar of Ling
Raymond Lam
7 April 2022
Despite the dominance of Vajrayana in the Western Buddhist imagination, the national epic of Tibet, The Epic of Gesar of Ling, is not well known.
“An Amazing, Wondrous Moment”: Tibetan-born Musician and Artist Dechen Shak-Dagsay’s emaho
Raymond Lam
19 January 2022
Dechen Shak-Dagsay is a Swiss-Tibetan musician and author. Over the past few decades, she has built a career in music by combining the Tibetan mantra