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In this excerpt from Meditation Saved My Life, a Tibetan lama explains how Chinese prison guards taught him more about compassion than his Buddhist teachers.
By Phakyab Rinpoche, Sofia Stril-Rever
The dharma is nothing if not counterintuitive.
By Lama Jampa Thaye
A charismatic Ohio-born lama brings the dharma to the Buckeye State.
By Mary Talbot, Photography by Andrew Spear
Is samaya a commitment to do whatever your teacher says?
By Ken McLeod, Photographs by Seth Miranda
Contrary to popular belief, meat eating has been questioned by masters both past and present.
By Geoffrey Barstow, Illustration by Paul Hostetler
Prisoner, lama, and “neo-Buddhist” heir to a Russian dharma king
By Douglas Penick
The way to live with joy in a painful world is not by shutting down or closing off—just the opposite. A Tibetan teacher shows you how.
By Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche | Artwork by David Drebin
How to behave more like a lion and less like a dog
By Phakchok Rinpoche and Erric Solomon, Photography by Nick Brandt
Dream Yoga expert Andrew Holecek explains how tapping into our lucid dreams can help us better understand—and even enhance—our waking life.
By Lauren Krauze
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