Buddhism in the Hidden Valley, Part 4: Conservation and Community at Rachen Gompa
Craig C Lewis
1 July 2024
Heritage conservation and community participation at Rachen Gompa in Nepal’s Tsum Valley
Buddhist Heritage: UNESCO Includes Dege Parkhang Printing Blocks in Memory of the World Programme
Craig C Lewis
12 June 2024
Printing blocks housed at the Dege Sutra-Printing House have been recognized as documentary heritage in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme.
Buddhism in the Hidden Valley, Part 2: Heritage Conservation in Tsum
Craig C Lewis
29 February 2024
Exploring Buddhist heritage and heritage conservation in Nepal’s Tsum Valley
Writing Dance in Stone, Part One
Joseph Houseal
17 February 2024
BDG columnist Joseph Houseal explores the historical legacies and heritage of ritual dance traditions from the world of Buddhism and beyond
Buddhism in the Hidden Valley, Part 1: An Ancient Heritage in Tsum
Craig C Lewis
19 January 2024
Introducing a new series on Buddhist heritage and heritage conservation in Nepal’s Tsum Vally
Licchavi House, a Refuge for Art, Culture, and the Buddhadharma in Kathmandu
Craig C Lewis
8 December 2023
An interview with Max Dipesh Khatri, project head of Licchavi House, on Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche’s new creative initiative in Nepal
Digital Dharma: New AI Language Tool Launched to Help Preserve Tibetan Cultural Heritage
Craig C Lewis
17 November 2023
The Monlam Tibetan IT Research Centre launched its new Monlam Artificial Intelligence (AI) software tool to the Tibetan community in northern India.
Nepal Inaugurates Newly Restored Fifth-Century Buddhist Monument near Kathmandu
Craig C Lewis
6 September 2023
Nepal held a formal ceremony on Monday to inaugurate the newly restored Shree Napichandra Mahavihara, a fifth-century Buddhist shrine and monastery.
Through the Eye of a Needle to Dance with the Dakini: Journey to Druk Zangri Khamar
Karen Greenspan
25 August 2023
A group of Western practitioners make a pilgrimage to a remote region of Bhutan to manifest and sustain an ancient and sacred Buddhist dance
Nils Martin Wins Khyentse Foundation Award for Outstanding PhD Dissertation in Buddhist Studies
Craig C Lewis
9 August 2023
Khyentse Foundation announced that it has awarded this year’s Award for Outstanding PhD Dissertation in Buddhist Studies for Europe to Nils Martin.
Devoted to Dunhuang: Speaking with Song Shuxia of the Dunhuang Research Academy
Raymond Lam
8 May 2023
Dunhuang Research Academy senior figure Song Shuxia discusses the Academy’s visitor management of the Mogao Caves and digitization efforts
From the Kalmyk Steppe to the Open Plains of 3D Virtual Reality: The Lost and Found Buddhist Temples of Kalmykia
Lyudmila Klasanova
25 April 2023
All phenomena come into being (Skt: samutpada; Tib: ’byung ba) through a dependent relationship with all other phenomena. This is how we explain the Buddhist