When the obstacles from earth, water, fire or air Endanger or destroy our illusory bodies, Without hesitation or divided mind we pray t...

In autumn, there is always one special morning of singular light and meaningful wind. Many magicians have tried to name it, usually with...

"Supplication to the Lineage, Beautiful Rosary of Jewels Homage to the single mother T’hroma Nagmo! The lama, the massive ...

His Eminence's profound, silent commentary on the nature of karma. Ah, there but for fortune, you think? There but for "fortune,...

This past Saturday, at Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh, thousands of suffering beings inflicted further suffering upon thousands of other s...

"[H]ow do you put a price on a 5000 year old buried city containing multiple monasteries and settlements possibly going back to the ...

[ Field Notes ] Maybe it was 1970, or 1971, when I came to visit my Precious Teacher after one or the other eastern misadventure. He took...

Our beloved friend, Ninth Ogyen Tulku's seven CD set of recordings has been nominated for Taiwan's Best Religious Music Award ...

As previously reported in the following links, since 2009 we've been working to recreate Samye's famous "Same As Me" st...

"The usual problem we have when emotions arise is that we feel we are being challenged by them. We think that emotions will take ove...

Over the past three or four days, I've been spending time on the 'Net chatting about this and that with my friend. We began by di...

"Choeyang started to smile when she was passing the Tibetan flags  and somehow, her smile never left her beautiful face... ."...

Three young artists in Russia -- known by the collective name Pussy Riot -- have been tried and are now awaiting sentencing on a charge o...

In addition to our outdoor stupas, we also have an indoor stupa project here, in the manner of a "stupa room." Seen here, in th...

Little Stinker has been moved out of triage to Intensive Care. He has a lavender bed to roll around, a jump step to reach his water and f...

Through the incredible kindness of a Digital Tibetan Buddhist Altar reader, who drove eight hours down to the desert to fetch me, I was ...

New flags for Padmasambhava's Birthday, for Khandro-la Those whose pleasure is like heaven Are destined to be open and lovely. My...

Today is the tenth day of the sixth Tibetan month: Padmasambhava's Birthday according to the Lama Gongdu terma. I guess it would not ...

Shambhala news outlets are reporting the sudden death this morning of Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche , 57, of an apparent heart attack, at Melb...

So, today we celebrate and attempt to recognize the first turning of the Wheel of the Dharma. What we are trying to recognize is not some...