Statue of Kumarajiva outside the Kizil Caves. From China Discovery There are two “buzzwords” in the Buddhist world today. One … Read More “Kumarajiva Project: A 60-year Tibetan-Chinese Translation Initiative from Khyentse Foundation”
In this digital age occupied by emails and social media, we spend so much time focusing on sadness about the … Read More “Press Release: “Wake Up with Dharma Retreat” with Khenpo Kalsang Nyima Rinpoche”
Sitatapatra with one face and two hands. From liveinternet.ru Sitatapatra (Tib. Dugkarmo) is a goddess of protection from supernatural dangers … Read More “Sitatapatra: Goddess of Protection from Evil Forces”
Marichi. From theyoginiproject.org Marichi (from Sanskrit “ray of light”) is the Goddess of the Dawn, who is revered in the … Read More “Marichi, Goddess of the Dawn”
Hello! The Khyentse Foundation, founded by the renowned Bhutanese lama, filmmaker, and writer Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, has announced the … Read More “Dharma Dispatch, 20-31 August 2018: New 84,000 Initiative, 6th International Buddhist Conclave, and Saving Cambodian Forests”
Leshan Buddha. From chinaclickgo.com I have recently co-authored a reader in Chinese Buddhist texts (Lock and Linebarger 2018) . The … Read More “Reading Chinese Buddhist Texts and Honouring Different Traditions”
Enthronement ceremony of Ratna Vajra Rinpoche on 9 March 2017 Ratna Vajra Rinpoche speaks quietly, slowly, and gently. His careful … Read More “The House of Sakya: Ratna Vajra Rinpoche’s Life of Joy and Responsibility”
Lower Palyul Monastery, Tibet. From wikipedia.org The story of the Palyul Dzogchen lineage begins, institutionally, at Palyul Monastery, one of … Read More “The Primordial, Noble Life with Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche”
Maithuna figures and Tantric deities in union. Drawing by the author In Vajrayana Buddhism, the male equivalent of a dakini, a female emanation … Read More “The Union of Daka and Dakini”
On 27 May, I was in the Buddha-Dharma Centre of Hong Kong (BDCHK), Hong Kong, to celebrate Vesak. It was … Read More “The Beauty of Buddhist Tradition: Celebrating Vesak with Hongkongers”
