76 posts tagged Buddhism
The Mandala: A Guide to Transformation
Follow the path to connect inner and outer worlds
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
Circle in the Square
How the Mandala Lab builds on the Rubin Museum's storied architecture
Impermanence Can Set Us Free
How Buddhism encourages us to embrace the instability of life
The Returned: When Death Is Not the End
In Tibetan tales and popular culture the dead have a way of coming back with a purpose
A Stunning Spectacle of Astonishing Things Happening
The renowned theater and opera director Peter Sellars discusses his passion for bringing a two-thousand-year-old Buddhist sutra to the stage
Sacred Threads
Why preserve art when nothing lasts forever
The Buddhist Teachings inside Russian Doll
How the cycle of death and rebirth plays out in the television series
The Power and Purpose of Human Intention in Buddhism
Good intentions offer the possibility of liberation in Buddhism
Female Power in the Himalayas
Goddesses, bodhisattvas, and dakinis are prominent in Hindu and Buddhist art
Buddhist Faith and Political Power
Art offers insights into this complex relationship
Empowerments: Awakening the Buddha Within
Ritual ceremonies guide us on the path to enlightenment
The Power of Truth
In Buddhist lore, telling it like it is can be transformative . . . and a bit magical
Where We Believe It Resides: Power in Game of Thrones and Himalayan Religions
A four-part series exploring the TV series in relation to Tibetan Buddhism
A Trick, a Shadow on a Wall: Magical Means to Power in Game of Thrones and Himalayan Religions
Magic and the games of power in Westeros, the Himalayas, and beyond
The Vision of the Prophet: Prophecy in Game of Thrones and Himalayan Religions
Greenseers, treasure revealers, and other interpreters of omens
You Win or You Die: Death in Game of Thrones and Himalayan Religions
How wargs and tulkus master their consciousness
Winter Is Here: The End of the World in Game of Thrones and Himalayan Religions
White Walkers, the last battle of Shambhala, and other stories of apocalypse
The Origins of Yoga
Tracing the history of this tradition through art
From Introspection to Action: Thich Nhat Hanh and Engaged Buddhism
Getting to know the Zen Buddhist master
What Is the Nonself?
How to unpack this essential Buddhist concept
What Buddhism Has to Say about Westworld
Unpacking the television show’s mysteries through art in the Rubin’s collection
A Tibetan Illuminated Manuscript
Two folios from a Tibetan illuminated manuscript in the Rubin Museum’s collection feature exquisite embossed calligraphy
Westworld and Hidden Treasures
How the teachings of a legendary Buddhist master resonate in popular culture today
Wizard. Tantric Master. Guru.
Learn about the legendary figure of Padmasambhava
Birth. Death. Repeat: Kalachakra, Shambhala, and the Future
In Shambhala, the land of bliss, a battle rages between karma and ignorance
The Three Times
How the past, present, and future coexist in Buddhism
Finding Freedom in Time
Seeing through the eyes of the thirteenth-century Zen master Eihei Dogen

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