Anti-War Performance, Part One
Joseph Houseal
11 May 2024
Joseph Houseal explores anti-war activism and ritual suicide as a performative expression of nonviolence and compassion
Malaysian Buddhists Seek Ban on Korean DJ for Dressing Like a Monk
Justin Whitaker
9 May 2024
The DJ had performed for Buddhists in Seoul just last month without a problem, showing the different attitudes toward monastics and monastic clothes in the two countries
Hong Kong Sees the Globe: Lindzay Chan on Master Nan Huai-chin and the Existentialism of Shakespeare’s King Lear
Raymond Lam
12 April 2024
A Hong Kong artistic icon discusses her thoughts on the Shakespearean masterpiece and her learning from a Buddhist master
Buddhists Look to Youth at International Buddhism Expo in Seoul
Justin Whitaker
11 April 2024
VR headsets, a chocolate bodhisattva, and remixed Buddhist sutras were on display as organizers sought to attract young people to the religion
Writing Dance in Stone, Part 2: The Case of the Tibetan Gorshey
Joseph Houseal
9 March 2024
Joseph Houseal offers a contemporary exploration of Tibet’s ancient Gorshey folk dance
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
Rainbows and Relics Manifest in the West
Karen Greenspan
26 January 2024
The story of the stupa construction, funerary ceremony, and cremation of the fearless Lama Wangdu, Chöd master and lineage holder
Tantric Bodies, Tantric Dance
Joseph Houseal
9 December 2023
Joseph Houseal examines some fundamental characteristics of Buddhist tantric dance
Faeries, Dakinis, Nuns, and Mikos, Part Three
Joseph Houseal
9 September 2023
Joseph Houseal explores the mysteries of esoteric ritual dance in Japan, and profiles practitioner Elizabeth Tinsley
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
Faeries, Dakinis, Nuns, and Mikos, Part Two
Joseph Houseal
12 August 2023
Joseph Houseal explores the world of Buddhist ritual dance and profiles two Western exponents and practitioners, and their unique perspectives
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