Monklife, Part Two: An Obstacle Clearing Ritual
Joseph Houseal
6 September 2019
Transmission of the Accomplishment of Mani…
Immortality and Invincibility, Part Two: Notions of the Body, Concrete and Subtle
Joseph Houseal
1 June 2019
Conceiving the human form in Buddhist and Taoist thought
Dancing, Healing, and Spiritual Realization, Part Five: Epilogue
Joseph Houseal
8 September 2018
Spiritual healing, transmissions, and…
Ritual Readying – Dancing, Healing, and Spiritual Realization, Part Two
Joseph Houseal
2 June 2018
Wisdom of the Ayurveda
World Peace! Thumbs Up! Some Martial Aspects of Buddhist Dance
Joseph Houseal
6 April 2018
A closer look at martial behavior in Vajrayana…
Self-reflection in Kashmir
Joseph Houseal
3 February 2017
The world is beset by what are often called “intractable problems.” Agitation and response seem to run in circles of escalating violence, with little apparent
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,
Stick Dance, Devil Dance, Part 2: Dance Lineages of Bhutan
Joseph Houseal
27 May 2016
In 2003, Core of Culture’s dance research expedition team began a five-year project to survey and document the Buddhist dances of the Himalayan kingdom of