Start your day with a fresh perspective
In telling the story of one of Tibetan Buddhism’s most influential scholars, a biographer reminds us to see great teachers—past and present—as human beings.
Interview with Alexander Gardner by Matthew Abrahams
A Tibetan Buddhist practitioner asks her teacher how to take pride in one’s practice without becoming arrogant.
By Rena Graham
A Tibetan Buddhist teacher is helping Westerners get a clearer picture of the Wheel of Time mandala with a three-dimensional model.
By Matthew Abrahams
With Modern Tantric Buddhism, Justin von Budjoss aims to make Vajrayana authentically our own.
Interview with Repa Dorje Odzer (Justin von Bujdoss) by Karen Jensen
As abbot of Karma Triyana Dharmachakra monastery near Woodstock, NY, for over four decades, the teacher played an important role in introducing Tibetan Buddhism to America.
By Gabriel Lefferts
A Tibetan-Canadian journalist reconnects with his culture and the dharma at a rare debate between lay practitioners and learned monastics.
By Rignam Wangkhang
A transgender Tibetan scholar provides context for the Dalai Lama’s problematic statements and explains why we shouldn’t rush to judgment.
By Tenzin Mingyur Paldron
Tibetan Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön interviews Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche about cultivating an open and compassionate outlook.
By Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche with Pema Chödrön
The Tibetan Buddhist teacher discusses what his near-death experience showed him about our ability to change.
With Helen Tworkov and Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche