Lying somewhere in the stacks of the British Library is a small book of magical spells, over a thousand years old, handwritten in Tibetan and taken in 1907 from the cave library of the Silk…
For Tibetan Buddhists, Padmasambhava is both the mahasiddha who converted Tibet to Buddhism in the late 8th century and a kind of timeless Second Buddha, a universal spiritual principle even.
In an era of increasing nationalism with massive income inequality, a movie such as the “Great 14th Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama In His Own Words” offers an alternative to the deep uncertainties of…
Alexander Studholme reviews Geoffrey Barstow's book on Meat, Vegetarianism, and the Limits of Buddhism in Tibet published by Columbia University Press
Dancing with Dharma is the first proper survey of dance practice in western Buddhist circles: a trailblazing collection of 38 essays from 27 contributors.
This magnus opus illustrates and describes more than 200 of the most important murals of Tibetan Buddhist culture still visible in Tibet today
A film like The Tale shows us how we can allow that grain of sand to awaken our full potential. Be brave - that’s the message of this film and look into the mirror of…
Alexander Studholme reviews Norma Levine's book on the fascinating story of this remarkable woman's life and work. Shang Shung Publications.
Jacqueline Gens reviews Wisdom Rising – a Journey into the Mandala of the Empowered Feminine by Lama Tsultrim Allione is a multi-layered chronicle of the feminine principle and its importance for both personal and global…
Alexander Studholme reviews Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje's 2017 publication on 21st century Buddhist ethics