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Tibetan Book of the Dead, Part Two: The Hour of Our Death
Death, dying, and our place in the cosmos
Uploaded 5 May 2017
Tibetan Book of the Dead, Part One: Cosmic Jumper
The wisdom of Sublime Weirdos
Uploaded 7 Apr 2017
Emperors, Lamas, and Silk: the Origin of Fabric <i>Thangkas</i>
Tracing the roots of a sacred Buddhist art form
Uploaded 8 Apr 2016
Approaching Vajrayana - Part Two: Ground Tantra and Blessing
The theory and practice of ground tantra and blessing
Uploaded 3 Jul 2015
“The All-Knowing Buddha: A Secret Guide”
In 1920, a Belgian missionary posted in Inner Mongolia received a mysterious gift from a Mongolian Tibetan-Buddhist monk: 54 painted pages illustrating various Buddhas, bodhisattvas, yoga positions, c
Uploaded 21 Nov 2014
Art in Context: A Tibetan Shrine Room at the Rubin Museum of Art, NYC
Editor's note: “On the Vajra footpath with Tinley Fynn” is a column focusing on the principles of Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism through the exploration of associated literature, arts, cultural practices
Uploaded 4 Sep 2013
What We’ve Gained and What We’ve Lost – Nothing and Everything: The Influence of Buddhism on the American Avant-Garde (1942 – 1962)
   *   “What used to be done by Religion has to be done alone by Art.”   – Saburo Hasegawa, in a letter to Isamu Noguchi. January 12, 1951.   *   Zen and avant-garde is a curious
Uploaded 2 Apr 2012
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