A Western nun works to establish a monastic community in Portland

Sharing the Buddhist path in challenging times

Empowering young nuns in Nepal

His Holiness shares his thoughts on the future of female monasticism

The establishment of a female monastic community in Kathmandu

Finding freedom in accepting the certainty of death

Asking questions; creating solutions

From his travels around the world, Tsoknyi Rinpoche has seen the benefits of modern education, but also its limits. At Tsoknyi Gechak Ling in the ancient hilltop village of Chobhar, just outside Kathm

Following the passing into parinirvana of the beloved master, His Holiness Penor Rinpoche, on the evening of 27 March 2009, prayers for his swift rebirth were chanted by students around the world.

I almost never woke up to the five o'clock gong—the first gong of the day in a life, if not ruled by the gong, then certainly regulated by it. I didn’t have to pay attention to most of the gongs, only