Lama Tenzin Dakpa works to keep Tibetan language and culture alive in Canada

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At 9,000 feet in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, surrounded by long-haired hippies chanting, praying, singing, smoking marijuana, ringing bells, and waving vajras, I was born. Although my parents were

In the early 1990s, when my family first moved to England from India, we settled in the city of Birmingham. Birmingham grew to prominence during the Industrial Revolution, and became home to Jaguar ca

Exclusive interview with Jigme Khyentse Rinpoche

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

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

“If we are serious about becoming the masters of our minds and emotions, instead of the slaves of our minds and emotions, if we are really serious about leading a life which will be of benefit for our

Editor's note: This feature was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 2, January 2007.  The first time I met a Tibetan monk I couldn’t believe how ‘normal’ he

Having sampled religious life across Asia, a Westerner is compelled to seek compromise This provocatively titled book seems intended to ride the coattails of the recent fad for memoirs and books on at