Category: Publications
EVENT: Voices from Larung Gar: A Symposium
Voices from Larung Gar: A Symposium Online symposium for the launch of the book, “Voices from Larung Gar:…
REVIEW: “The Buddhist Science of Mind”
The Buddhist Science of Mind Review of the book, Science and Philosophy in Indian and Buddhist Classics, vol. 2:…
TRANSLATION: Guidance on Being at Ease with Illusion
A Wish-Fulfilling Gem: Guidance on the Meaning of Being at Ease with Illusion, A Dzogchen Teaching By Lonchen Rabjam…
BLOG : Remaking Cosmology in Tibet
Remaking Cosmology in Tibet A think piece on the Journal of the History of Ideas Blog. When and…
ARTICLE: “The Offering of Mount Meru” On Buddhist Cosmology in History of Science in Tibet
The Offering of Mount Meru: Contexts of Buddhist Cosmology in the History of Science in Tibet. 2021. In…
BIO : Jetsunma Kunga Trinlé Wangmo
Biography authored on the Treasury of Lives site of the 17th c. Tibetan woman author, yoginī, and lineage-holder…
ARTICLE : “Materializing Dreams and Omens”: On the Dreams and Life of Trinlé Wangmo
Materializing Dreams and Omens: The Autobiographical Subjectivity of the Tibetan Yoginī Kun dga’ ‘Phrin las dbang mo (1585-1668)….
EULOGY : The Cool Wizardry of Steven D. Goodman (1945-2020)
Eulogy published by the Lion’s Roar website. Steven D. Goodman (b. 1945) was a maverick scholar, poet, translator,…
REVIEW : “The Problem with Calling Buddhism a Science”
Review of the book, Why I Am Not a Buddhist by Evan Thompson. Yale University Press 2020. In…
TALK : Podcast Interview on “The Other Emptiness” Book
An interview on the New Books in Buddhist Studies podcast with Michael Sheehy and Klaus-Dieter Mathes (Vienna University) about…
Tweets
Barbara Gerke has just published a new book about mercury in Tibetan medicine. It is open access, freely downloadable in PDF... amazing! https://heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/catalog/book/746 #sowarigpa
interesting to see these kinds of collaborations on #Buddhism & science popping up around the globe -
Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa’s Mind Science Academy Creates a Meeting Place for Ancient Buddhist Knowledge and Western Science - https://fpmt.org/fpmt-community-news/istituto-lama-tzong-khapas-mind-science-academy-creates-a-meeting-place-for-ancient-buddhist-knowledge-and-western-science/
on the use of metaphor in the instructive language of contemplative practices - "Metaphor can influence meta-thinking and affective levels in guided #meditation" - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12144-021-01655-1
checkout the video recording of "Voices of Larung Gar: A Symposium" book launch, now on @ShambhalaPubs website - https://www.shambhala.com/videos/voices-of-larung-gar-symposium/
NEW BIO! Tokden Orgyen Tenzin was a Chod practitioner who lived most of his life in caves around the Derge region during the first half of the twentieth century. He was a student of Adzom Drukpa and the paternal great-uncle and teacher of Namkhai Norbu.
https://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Tokden-Orgyen-Tenzin/13659