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”
Good morning! The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is hosting the second international Vajrayana Conference in the capital Thimphu. The three-day Buddhist … Read More “Dharma Dispatch, 26-30 March 2018: Bhutan, Xuanzang’s Translations, and Celebrations in Kolkata”
Vajra Guru I present you my love Uncontrived, pure and deathless All that is perceived by my body Is my … Read More “Love for Vajra Guru”
Black sun of my core The agonies of ruined loves belong to you The loss of my only child Is … Read More “Black Sun”
A religious teacher might not necessarily have much to share, unlike those of us (journalists, theologians, academics, and other guilty … Read More “Khamtrul Rinpoche: Living a Blessed Life”
