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Yungton Dorje Pel (1284 1365) (After Choying Gyatso’s (active ca.1640s-1660s) set of previous incarnations of the Panchen Lamas)

Central Tibet, 19th century

Songtsen Gampo (ruled 617-650) (From a set of the previous lives of the Dalai Lamas)

Tibet, 19th century

Seventh Dalai Lama (1708–1757) and His Preincarnations

Tibet, 18th century

Senge Dradok, one of the Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava

Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 18th century

Nyima Oser, One of the Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava

Tibet, 18th century

Pema Gyelpo, One of the Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava

Eastern Tibet, early 20th century

Past Lives of Shakyamuni BuddhaAfter Situ’s set of the Past Lives of Shakyamuni Buddha

Kham Region, Eastern Tibet, 19th century

Padmasambhava with his Eight Manifestations, Hayagriva, flanked by Yeshe Tsogyel, and Shantarakshita

Tibet, ca. 16th century

Padmasambhava, his eight manifestations, and scenes from his life

Gangteng Monastery, Bhutan, 19th century

Padmasambhava and the Eight Great Mahasiddhas

Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century

Padmasambhava and His Eight Manifestations

Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century

Orgyen Dorje Chang, One of the Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava

Tibet or Bhutan, 19th century

Orgyen Dorje Chang, One of the Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava

Eastern Tibet, 19th century

Lotus Goddess, Lakshmi

Nepal, 17th century

Loden Chokse, One of the Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava

Tibet or Bhutan, 19th century

Loden Chokse, One of the Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava

Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century

Lama (Teacher) as a Mahasiddha

Tibet, 18th century

Kashmir, India, 10th century

Indian Teacher Bhavaviveka, (from a set of previous incarnations of the Panchen Lamas)

Tibet, 18th century

Guru Drakpo, a Wrathful Form of Padmasambhava

Tibet, 20th century

Green Tara as Protectress from the Eight Fears

Bhutan, 19th century

First Panchen Lama, Lobzang Chokyi Gyaltsen (1570-1662)(After Choying Gyatso’s (active ca.1640s-1660s) set of previous incarnations of the Panchen Lamas)

Tsang Province, Central Tibet, 18th century

First Jebdzundamba, Zanabazar

Mongolia, 19th century

Dorje Drolo, One of the Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava

Tibet or Bhutan, 19th century

Dorje Drolo, One of Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava

Bhutan or Central Tibet, 18th century

Book Cover with Ten Incarnations of Vishnu

Nepal, ca. 1600

A personal story about a radical shift in perspective

Personal Perspectives Contemporary Himalayan Life Magazine

Our True Nature of Mind

Harnessing the wisdom of emptiness to generate compassion

Buddhist Perspectives Buddhism Interviews Magazine

Can I Let Me Go?

On surrender and awakening

Interviews Healing Personal Perspectives Magazine

A personal story about a radical shift in perspective

Personal Perspectives Contemporary Himalayan Life Magazine

Freedom from the Story of the Self

The Buddhist concept of non-attachment conveys a transformative reorientation

Buddhism Scholarly Perspectives Magazine

Meltdown Samsara

An artist faces a frightening part of herself and learns how to let go

Personal Perspectives Healing Contemporary Art Forms Magazine

A personal story about a radical shift in perspective

Contemporary Himalayan Life Personal Perspectives Magazine

The Dance of Time and Space

How a reorientation to one's place in the world and across history can lead to healing

Healing Science Magazine

A Capacity to Change

A Tibetan immigrant writer reflects on their gender transition

Personal Perspectives Magazine

Meiro Koizumi in Measure Your Existence

A series on the artists from the exhibition

Contemporary Art Forms

A one-act play maps identity in a changing world

Contemporary Himalayan Life Creative Writing Relationships Magazine

Art and Acts of Resistance in Clapping with Stones

Challenging traditional power structures through poetic, subversive artistic gestures

Activism Contemporary Art Forms Magazine

Want to Get Poets into a Museum? Just Stock It with Art

Q&A with poet Joe Pan