Barbara Stewart

Barbara Stewart is a journalist living in New York City. A student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, she is a longtime member of Shambhala International.

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More Precious Than Gold Dust

Historically, Tibet, like other Buddhist countries in Asia, had built-in ways to support dedicated practitioners and scholars who translated important texts. Some monasteries received tax money; others owned property leased to farmers in return for a…

By Barbara Stewart

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