The 16th Karmapa Remembered—An Interview with Ngödup Burkhar
Frances McDonald
14 August 2015
Ngödup Burkhar has served as translator to His Holiness the 16th Karmapa and other masters in the Karma Kagyu lineage since the early 1970s. Born
Dancers in High Places
Joseph Houseal
14 August 2015
The dancing mind is another mind. In Vajrayana Buddhist Cham, dance is yoga, the dancing mind the whole point—the center of the experience. Monk-dancers are
Hong Kong Tulku—A Little-known Side of Jonangpa
Elbe Lau
31 July 2015
Undertaking a pilgrimage is much like gazing into a mirror to get a clearer view of oneself . . . Last year, Hong Kong’s Buddhist
On Pilgrimage: A Journey through Tibet (part 2)
Dharma Eye
5 June 2015
“Although my view is higher than the sky, My attention to cause and effect is finer than flour.” – Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) As our pilgrimage
Becoming a Buddhist in America
Dorje Kirsten
5 June 2015
At 9,000 feet in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, surrounded by long-haired hippies chanting, praying, singing, smoking marijuana, ringing bells, and waving vajras, I was
“Fertile Minds”– Encounters in the Tibetan Colony of Bir
Dharma Eye
24 April 2015
In September 2014, I traveled to the Tibetan colony of Bir with another photographer, Jagdev Singh. On the one hand, we attended teachings on “The
A Small Buddhist Prayer-flag Factory in Bir
Dharma Eye
28 November 2014
In 2013, on a trip to India to make the second part of the documentary photography series “Tibetans in Exile,” I visited the Tibetan colony of Bir,
The Making of a Monastic’s Robes
Naushin Ahmed
27 November 2014
When looking for the “Walking Monk”—the peripatetic Buddhist monk wandering the east coast of Australia—Kerry Stewart from ABC ventured out only to have every “red or saffron
Attending the Kalachakra
Dominique Butet
3 October 2014
It was 3 July 2014. I was in transit at Indira Gandhi Airport in New Delhi when a stormy weather announcement was made for the
The Importance of the Five Precepts: An Interview with Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche
Kalyaanmitra Arun
26 September 2014
At the age of 63, the Tibetan Vajrayana master Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche travels the globe sharing the timeless teachings of the Buddha. When at his
Dakini Power: Buddhist Women Speak Out
Caitlin Dwyer
19 September 2014
Bent on enlightenment, wrathful and playful, a dakini seduces, wills, and tugs practitioners toward wisdom. Dakini Power, a recent book by German journalist Michaela Haas, explores the feminine dakini ideal
Celebrity Spotlight: Richard Gere—A Movie Star and Buddhist Spokesperson
Naushin Ahmed
27 August 2014
Julia Roberts’s enigmatic smile is perhaps one of the best highlights of the film Pretty Woman. But for a lot of us, Richard Gere’s charm is