Bhutan – Teaching Buddhism in a Buddhist Country
Noa Jones
28 June 2024
Noa Jones discusses Buddhist education in Bhutan as the nation embarks on bold plans for its future
7th Moenlam Chenmo held at Punakha in Bhutan
Raymond Lam
24 January 2024
This year’s Moenlam Chenmo in Bhutan is being presided over by eminent teacher and monastic administrator Sangay Dorji
The Monk and the Gun – New Film from Director Pawo Choyning Dorji
Sarah C. Beasley
13 October 2023
BDG columnist Sarah C. Beasley reviews the latest film from Bhutanese filmmaker Pawo Choyning Dorji, about Bhutan’s transition to a democracy in 2006
Bhutan Nuns Foundation Counts Blessings Amid Pandemic
Craig C Lewis
2 December 2020
BNF finds reasons for gratitude despite hardships
Finding Excellence, Part 4: What Buddhists Do
Joseph Houseal
14 October 2016
Mutual amazement at what the other does not find extraordinary is a situation I regularly encounter when speaking with monk dancers. They usually cannot believe
When Dance Transforms
Joseph Houseal
24 June 2016
Dance is the most ephemeral of the arts. Capturing the art of movement in a still photograph is an art in itself. To represent the
The Fabric of Happiness: Facets of Bhutanese Weaving
Raymond Lam
25 September 2015
Thagzo, or the Bhutanese textile-weaving tradition, enjoys a lofty place amongst the national “Thirteen Arts and Crafts,” or zorig chusum. Globalization and the gradual, tightly controlled