Tsering Shakya teaches in the Contemporary Tibetan Studies Programme at the University of British Columbia.
Tibetan
Photographs Taken During a Journey Around Tibet in 1997 by Linda Griffiths
We received a warm welcome from the many Tibetans we met — a life-changing experience for me, a homecoming — the landscape, buildings and the people merging, and overnight stays with Tibetan families wherever possible.
Exploring the meaning of compassion in your life, by Ringu Tulku Rinpoche
Ringu Tulku Rinpoche offers thoughts and methods that, if taken to heart, have the potential to transform your life and have a positive impact on your world. (Buddhist video 93 minute)
Tibet and India: Buddhist Traditions and Transformations
As Buddhism spread out from north India, the place of its origin in the sixth century BC, the core ideas of this great religious tradition were often expressed through images. This Bulletin and the exhibition it accompanies, “Tibet and India: Buddhist Traditions and Transformations,” focus on Indian and Tibetan Buddhist art of the eleventh and twelfth centuries… (Free PDF download) Beautiful Buddhist works of art
The Mantra Om Mani Padme Hum, by The Dalai Lama
Just as a jewel is capable of removing poverty, so the altruistic mind of enlightenment is capable of removing the poverty, or difficulties of cyclic existence and of solitary peace. Similarly, just as a jewel fulfils the wishes of sentient beings, so the altruistic intention to become enlightened fulfils the wishes of sentient beings.
Gathering of Intentions: A History of a Tibetan Tantra
When the tantras first arrived in Tibet, Tibetans were slow to compose full-blown commentaries on these esoteric works…
Tantric shrine, disclosing Nirvana within the petals of a lotus
Buddhist art: Tantric shrine, disclosing Nirvana within the petals of a lotus.
Dependent Origination, by Dalai Lama
Short talk by the Dalai Lama on the ‘law of causality and dependent origination’. About 25 minutes.
