Here’s a short primer on the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism and some of their key practices.
Along Came a Tigress
Sara Lewis reviews “Inseparable Across Lifetimes: The Lives and Love Letters of Namtrul Rinpoche and Khandro Tare Lhamo,” translated by Holly Gayley.
Yeshe Dhonden, famed Tibetan doctor and physician to Dalai Lama, dies at age 93
Yeshe Dhonden, the foremost Tibetan doctor in the world, died on November 26. He was 93.
160,000-year-old jawbone discovered by Buddhist monk sheds light on ancient humans
The monk gave the fossil to a lama at a nearby Buddhist monastery, who passed it on to university researchers.
China closes Tibet to tourists for two months
The ban coincides with multiple politically significant dates in Tibet.
New online initiative provides digital access to teachings from Tibetan monasteries in India and Nepal
Gompa Tibetan Monastery Services provides year-round access to teachings by senior Tibetan lamas and arrangements for pujas and prayers.
Chinese authorities intensify campaign against the Dalai Lama
Chinese authorities in the Tibet Autonomous Region are intensifying their campaign against His Holiness the Dalai Lama and forcing some Tibetans to remove images of His Holiness from their homes, according to a report published by the International Campaign for Tibet.
The Story Behind Tibet’s National Football Team, in Comic Form
In his graphic novel, Dream in Thin Air, Michael Nybrandt explains how he started the Tibet National Football Team to help the Tibetan people showcase their national pride.
Tibetan Nuns Project educates female monastics
Rinchen Khando Choegyal fights the second-class status of female monastics in Tibetan Buddhism.
China enacts new policies requiring Tibetan monastics to promote the Communist Party
The Chinese government has enacted new policies that require Tibetan monastics to promote the Communist Party.