Welcoming Voices from Larung Gar
Anam Thubten Rinpoche
14 April 2021
Sustaining an ancient spiritual tradition in the 21st century
Lost in Translation
Anam Thubten Rinpoche
11 May 2018
Rendering scriptures for the future of the Buddhadharma
Fire Breaks Out in Compound of Tibet’s 1,300-year-old Jokhang Temple; Extent of Damage Uncertain
Craig C Lewis
19 February 2018
Sources in Lhasa report main temple undamaged…
China Allocates US$1.5 Million to Renovate Tibet’s Oldest Palace
Barbara Gray
24 January 2018
Yumbu Lhakhang due to reopen to the public in April
Archaeologists Discover Oldest Buddhist Stele in Tibet
Craig C Lewis
9 January 2018
9th century artifact dated to the Tibetan empire
Rare 15th–16th Century Murals and Sculptures Found in Sichuan Province Shed New Light on Tibetan Art
Guoying Stacy Zhang
29 December 2017
First English-language account of this exciting discovery!
Rediscovering Lamaism — The Western Relationship with Tibetan Buddhism
Marion Dapsance
31 March 2017
In 1895, a British army officer published a book titled The Buddhism of Tibet: Or Lamaism, with Its Mystic Cults, Symbolism and Mythology, and in its
The Many Forms of Avalokiteshvara
Meher McArthur
25 November 2016
To many practitioners of the Mahayana schools of Buddhism of East Asia and the esoteric traditions of the Himalayas and Japan, bodhisattvas, or “enlightenment beings,”
Finding Excellence, Part 5: A Buddhist Land
Joseph Houseal
11 November 2016
There are not so many places left on Earth where the population is virtually 100 per cent Tantric Buddhist. Spiti Valley in Himachal Pradesh, India,
Finding Excellence, Part 3: Who is the Best Dancer Here?
Joseph Houseal
15 September 2016
Venture into remote places and you will find a joyful purity. During our recent summer fieldwork in Himachal Pradesh, northern India, we distributed copies of
Finding Excellence, Part 2: A Tradition of Transmission
Joseph Houseal
19 August 2016
One needs to take a long view—one that spans vast distances and many centuries—to appreciate the context of the Cham dance traditions that were preserved
Emperors, Lamas, and Silk: the Origin of Fabric Thangkas
Dakini As Art
8 April 2016
Thangka paintings are Tibet’s most plentiful and portable form of sacred art. Less known and rarely seen are the highly prized appliqué thangkas. In fact, when I