Imagine walking into a Tibetan monastery somewhere in the high Himalayas. Butter lamps flicker. The air smells...
Cultural Awareness
If you have spent any time browsing Himalayan singing bowls, you have probably noticed that many of...
Picture the most vivid blue you have ever seen. Not the pale, washed-out blue of a winter...
Ask most people what they imagine when they hear the phrase “Tibetan Buddhist deity,” and they will...
Most of us think of meditation as something that happens with the eyes closed. Settle into a...
There is a particular kind of person most of us have encountered at some point in our...
In the narrow lanes of Bhaktapur and Patan, two of Nepal’s ancient cities tucked into the Kathmandu...
Of all the questions a newcomer might ask when first encountering Tibetan Buddhist art, few are more...
Every great tradition has its version of the hope that things will, eventually, be better than they...
Nepal is one of the few places on earth where the question of whether someone is Hindu...