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
Dancing a Display of Emptiness: Thrangu Nuns Make History
Karen Greenspan
28 September 2023
Karen Greenspan visits Nepal, where she engages with a contemporary manifestation of an ancient tradition of Buddhist dance
Carl Jung and the Golden Elixir
Joseph Houseal
15 April 2023
Consciousness and sacred dance—an overview of our modern understanding of, and relationship with, altered states of mind
Meditation in Motion, Footsteps to the Sublime
Joseph Houseal
19 April 2020
Tantric dance and treasures of the Vajrayana
Monks from Tashi Lhunpo Monastery Visit Russia
Lyudmila Klasanova
30 July 2018
The monks will visit several Russian cities at the…
World Peace! Thumbs Up! Some Martial Aspects of Buddhist Dance
Joseph Houseal
6 April 2018
A closer look at martial behavior in Vajrayana…
Dances of the Luminous Bardo
Joseph Houseal
6 January 2017
A most amazing mural is painted on a six-meter-high cylinder on the second floor of Dungtse Lhakhang in Paro, Bhutan. The temple was designed by
Invisible Twice: A Lost Dance Mural
Joseph Houseal
9 December 2016
The organization I direct, Core of Culture, which had already worked with Tantric Buddhist monks in other parts of the Himalayas, was invited to undertake
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 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
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