She is 3,800 years old, but she still turns heads. The mummified remains of a Caucasian woman, found along the Silk Road in western China, w...

Chinese 1st of the 11th month, M-T-K   30th of the 10th month. Tiger, Kham, Green 4. This is a nyi nak day, also sojong . Confession is...

The year 2010 is the Year of the Male Iron Tiger ( lcags-pho stag-lo) . The first day falls on February 14, 2010, or Tibetan New Year 2137 ...

Chinese 30th, M-T-K   29th. Ox, Khen, Blue 3. Dharmapala Day . I wouldn't hold back on the formalities this month. Also, if you have...

You may not want to believe this, but if you never try then you'll never know. If you start right now, and order up a single prayer fla...

We're getting a number of search queries for the Zangpo Chu Dzom, or "Ten Good Omens" day this year. It falls on Wednesday, De...

We're getting a number of search queries for the Nganpa Gu Dzom, or "Nine Bad Omens" day this year. It falls on Tuesday, Decem...

Chinese 29th, M-T-K   28th. Mouse, Dwa, Black 2. Today augurs success in business affairs. Try to avoid eating meat, doing divinations, or...

Prayer flags at Zhechen Monastery, in Tibet I have always had an unreasonable liking for prayer flags. I first saw them when I was quite ...

Chinese 28th, M-T-K   27th. Pig, Khon, White 1. This is a zin phung day. Avoid contact with earth or disturbing earth. This is usually a...

We have a winner in the Great Digital Tibetan Buddhist Altar Christmas Contest to Benefit the Nyingma Trust! Rulief Kelley, of San Francisc...

Because we do the "Daily Tibetan Astrology" feature, we get a number of emails asking if we will do life charts and so forth, as ...

This just in from Taiwan Today -- very meaningful to me, as I have a close family member currently undergoing treatment at the named inst...

Chinese 27th, M-T-K   26th. Dog, Li, Red 9. This should be a fantastic day, right in the middle of a high energy cycle, but the weather i...

First, let me announce that this is an independent contest, not affiliated with anything or anybody, and let me announce the prize. The pri...

Chinese 26th, M-T-K   25th. Bird, Zon, White 8. Today is Dakini Day , and today is also the Anniversary of Je Tsongkhapa , so here we hav...

Over the past several months, a few people have written to me asking that I discuss my teachers and my lineage. If I understand correctly,...