Painting as a practice

Manifesting the illusory nature of reality

A thriving Dharma community making a difference

Digitizing Thailand's ancient Buddhist heritage

Exploring an 8th century temple amid the bustle and glamour of downtown Seoul

Raymond Lam delves into the vibrant textile arts of Bhutan

Harsha Menon talks with a creator of glass thangkas

My mother loved gardening. When I was a child, she told me all the names of the different plants, trees, and flowers around our home and as we walked about in the world. “This is a hollyhock, ho

Origami has evolved over the last few decades from a Japanese paper craft practiced mostly by children into an international pastime and a sophisticated form of artistic expression. In the last few de

Praises to the Twenty-One Taras—aspects of the Swift Savioress, the feminine manifestations of enlightenment, who protect living beings from epidemics, wars, famines, bad dreams, insanity, and other m

A new pilgrimage spot for Milarepa in Bhutan

Some years after my grandmother died, my mother went to see a psychic to “talk” to her mother. The only thing that I know of their conversation was that the psychic told my mother to look

Zhen Ru Chan Monastery Cloud Abode Mountain Jiangsi Province China 2012 Thursday, 8th November I woke up in a cold, simple but clean room to the sound of heavy rain at 3.45 as my alarm clock went o

 Original Chinese text: Venerable Juetao Translation: Isabelle Tsang English editing: Cathy Ziengs The Turkish summer sky is azure and cloudless. The sun shines intensely, although not in that