Buddhist Path Beyond Borders
Lyudmila Klasanova
20 October 2017
India is the motherland of Buddhism and a great source of knowledge and wisdom. In August, I had the honor of teaching a series of
Being Buddhist in India Today: Seizing Mount Sumeru in the Latter Day of the Law
Aspi Mistry
7 July 2017
Myself when young did eagerly frequentDoctor and Saint and heard great argumentAbout it and about: but evermoreCame out by the same door where in I
Nuns in the Tibetan Tradition: Latest Developments and Future Prospects
Dominique Butet
2 June 2017
The issue of women’s empowerment in Tibetan Buddhism, especially for nuns, has been tenaciously resisted and debated about for almost 50 years. At the center the debate, we
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 Kalachakra Effect — Why is the Kalachakra Initiation So Popular?
Zuzi Griffiths Cernakova
24 March 2017
Insights into one of Tibetan Buddhism’s most captivating…
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
Dalai Lama Awards Historic Geshema Degrees to 20 Nuns
Craig C Lewis
28 December 2016
Twenty women made history at Drepung Loseling Monastery in Mundgod on 22 December, becoming the first Tibetan Buddhist nuns to be awarded the title Geshema .
His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Award Historic Geshema Degrees Next Week
Craig C Lewis
14 December 2016
The Dalai Lama will bestow Geshema degrees on 20 Tibetan Buddhist nuns at Drepung Loseling Monastery in Mundgod, in the southern Indian state of Karnataka.
The Special Friendship of Vaclav Havel and the Dalai Lama, Born from the Emergence of Freedom in Post-Communist Czechoslovakia
Zuzi Griffiths Cernakova
9 December 2016
In November 1989, as an 11-year-old, I watched a puzzling scene unfold on our black-and-white TV: huge crowds of people had gathered in central Prague
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,”
International Conference in Tuva Marks Revival of Buddhism in Central Asia
Lyudmila Klasanova
4 November 2016
On 7–9 September, the international scientific conference “Buddhism in the Third Millennium: Trends and Prospects for Development” was held in the sacred land of Tuva.
Sage Advice for Your Child: The Now I Know Storybooks by Sally Devorsine
Lizzy Grindey
28 October 2016
Imagine you could give your child the kind of wise spiritual instruction provided to a young Tibetan lama. The kind of instruction that nurtures a