
Tibetan Buddhism

Writer Ann Tashi Slater on funeral rites, the Bardo Thodol, and the liberating effect of marking transitions

Maniwa Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche, Beloved Tibetan Buddhist Retreat Leader and Stupa Master, Has Died
Remembered as a strong champion of women in Tibetan Buddhism, Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche was the first Karma Kagyu lama to support training nuns as khenpos.

Traveling in Bardo
Writer Ann Tashi Slater discusses the transformative power of between-states and how The Tibetan Book of the Dead can help us live more fully.

The Surrender of Equal Taste
On using prayer and Tara embodiment to overcome our inherent resistance to change

CultureMagazine | Book Reviews, Books
Voice for the Voiceless
The Dalai Lama’s new book offers a searing political account of Tibet’s fate—and a vision of compassion-based resistance.

Personal ReflectionsMagazine |
Lessons from Yangzom
When your babysitter becomes your dharma teacher

Celebrating His Holiness’s 90th Birthday in Madison, Wisconsin
Tricycle reports from the Midwest Gotoen Trungkar

The Courage to Be Compassionate
The Dalai Lama’s principal English translator discusses why compassion is fundamental to our basic nature as human beings—and why we tend to resist it.

A Fearless Heart
Tibetan Buddhist scholar Thupten Jinpa discusses how cultivating the courage to be compassionate can transform our lives and our world.

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