(This article was published in a re-edited form in Jane’s Intelligence Review as an analysis of the implications of the Dalai Lama’...

Tomorrow, January 31, 2008, is Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche's anniversary day. A good way to begin is with a visit to the Blazing Splendor blo...

The House Rabbit Society (HRS) has designated February 2008 as " Adopt A Rescued Rabbit Month ." To find out more about adopting ...

It seems we will have both a solar and lunar eclipse during February 2008, the former directly proximate to the New Year. These charts, fro...

When Tenpa Rinpoche originally began this blog, it was for the purpose of keeping notes handy. With that original purpose in mind, here are ...

One of our favorite blogs is earlytibet.com , where there is currently learned discussion on the hermeneutic evidence of early Dzogchen in T...

Tenpa Rinpoche is a big fan of classical ballet, religious dance, interpretive dance, and art "outside the lines." He observes, ...

Here is a useful link to Asvaghosa's Fifty Verses of Guru Devotion, also known as Fifty Stanzas of Guru Devotion, with oral commentar...

"Like drapes, suddenly pulled back and a startled window thrown wide, the bright morning promises only an immediate moment, opening int...

We receive late word that the great Drikung Kagyu yogi Drubwang Konchok Norbu Rinpoche (1921-2007) left his body around ten in the evening ...

Click here for a really splendid effort to provide Tibetan educational films and children's items. If you have small children, perhaps ...

Today is the anniversary of Longchen Rabjam , who would be 700 years old this year. It would seem the party is at Lotsawa House, and everyo...

Photo of Rawak Stupa from Don Croner. Click here for more information. Following is excerpted from a presentation Tenpa Rinpoche gave to so...

Chinese ostentation is not something we usually think about. It hides in our consciousness behind the gauze screen of quaint visage. We summ...

Mind's ultimate nature, emptiness endowed with vividness, I was told is the real Buddha. Recognizing this should ...

This Associated Press photograph from Beijing, showing the level of pollution in China, suggests that the "Dirty Olympics" will be...

In the upper left corner of the page, you will see the search function. By entering your search criteria, you will be able to sample this we...

The eighteen root vows require that you abandon the below actions of body, speech, and mind: 1. Praising yourself and denigrating others. Yo...

Now my charms are all o'erthrown, And what strength I have's mine own, Which is most faint: now, 'tis true, I must be here confi...

It seems a shame to do away with this blog, doesn't it? Maybe we can keep the spirit of the thing going forward somehow, with new author...