Art

Stories of the Previous Lives of the Buddha (Jataka)
Eastern Tibet, Late 17th-18th century
Stories of Previous Lives of the Buddha (Jataka)
Tibet, 18th century
Medicine Buddha Abhijnaraja
Ladakh, 14th century
Manjuvajra
India, 12th century
Major Events of the Buddha's Life
Northeastern India, 12th century
Life Story of Buddha Shakyamuni
Tibet, 19th century
Gandharan-Style Buddha
Afghanistan, 6th-7th century
Buddha Shakyamuni and Stories of his Previous Lives
Tibet, mid-late 14th century
Crowned Buddha Shakyamuni
Northeastern India, 11th century
Crowned Buddha
Northeastern India, 10th century
Buddha Shakyamuni with Maitreya and Avalokiteshvara
Swat, 8th century
Buddha Shakyamuni and the Sixteen Arhats
Tibet, 15th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Karnali Basin, Khasa Malla Kingdom, Northwestern Nepal, 13th-14th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Tsang Region, Central Tibet, 18th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Tibet, 15th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Bhutan, 19th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Tibet, 18th century
Buddha Shakyamuni Defeating Mara
Eastern Tibet or Mongolia, 19th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Tibet or Bhutan, late 17th-18th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Tibet, 15th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Tibet, 14th century
Buddha Ratnasambhava and Goddess in a Lotus Petal
Northeastern India, 11th–12th century
Akshobhyavajra Ghuyasamaja
Tibet, 17th century or later

Spiral

In Search of Supreme Bliss
Overcoming attachment through focus on mastering bliss
Our True Nature of Mind
Harnessing the wisdom of emptiness to generate compassion
Suddenly a Flame Is Lit
Expressing the nature of awakening
Celestial Visions in Three Dimensions
How Pema Namdol Thaye builds mandalas, bringing cosmic realms to life
Are You Woke?
The work of wokeness is not what you think
The Mandala: A Guide to Transformation
Follow the path to connect inner and outer worlds
Emotional Rescue
To be fully alive, embrace your ever-changing brain
Wake Up to Find Out
A short strange trip from chaos to enlightenment
Awake
A poem on remembering and turning the mind
Life Is But a Dream (As Seen on TV)
Tuning in to films and series that play with the nature of reality can help us channel Buddhist wisdom
Waking Up to Power Is a Spiritual Practice
How meditation and activism can work together to quiet the mind in a loud, troubled world

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