The Mandala: A Guide to TransformationFollow the path to connect inner and outer worlds
Wake Up to Find OutA short strange trip from chaos to enlightenment
AwakeA 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 SquareHow the Mandala Lab builds on the Rubin Museum's storied architecture
Impermanence Can Set Us FreeHow Buddhism encourages us to embrace the instability of life
The Returned: When Death Is Not the EndIn Tibetan tales and popular culture the dead have a way of coming back with a purpose
A Stunning Spectacle of Astonishing Things HappeningThe renowned theater and opera director Peter Sellars discusses his passion for bringing a two-thousand-year-old Buddhist sutra to the stage
Sacred ThreadsWhy preserve art when nothing lasts forever
The Buddhist Teachings inside Russian DollHow the cycle of death and rebirth plays out in the television series
The Power and Purpose of Human Intention in BuddhismGood intentions offer the possibility of liberation in Buddhism
Female Power in the HimalayasGoddesses, bodhisattvas, and dakinis are prominent in Hindu and Buddhist art
Buddhist Faith and Political PowerArt offers insights into this complex relationship
Empowerments: Awakening the Buddha WithinRitual ceremonies guide us on the path to enlightenment
The Power of TruthIn 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 ReligionsA 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 ReligionsMagic and the games of power in Westeros, the Himalayas, and beyond
The Vision of the Prophet: Prophecy in Game of Thrones and Himalayan ReligionsGreenseers, treasure revealers, and other interpreters of omens
You Win or You Die: Death in Game of Thrones and Himalayan ReligionsHow wargs and tulkus master their consciousness
Winter Is Here: The End of the World in Game of Thrones and Himalayan ReligionsWhite Walkers, the last battle of Shambhala, and other stories of apocalypse
The Origins of YogaTracing the history of this tradition through art
From Introspection to Action: Thich Nhat Hanh and Engaged BuddhismGetting to know the Zen Buddhist master
What Is the Nonself?How to unpack this essential Buddhist concept
What Buddhism Has to Say about WestworldUnpacking the television show’s mysteries through art in the Rubin’s collection
A Tibetan Illuminated ManuscriptTwo folios from a Tibetan illuminated manuscript in the Rubin Museum’s collection feature exquisite embossed calligraphy
Westworld and Hidden TreasuresHow 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 FutureIn Shambhala, the land of bliss, a battle rages between karma and ignorance
The Three TimesHow the past, present, and future coexist in Buddhism
Finding Freedom in TimeSeeing through the eyes of the thirteenth-century Zen master Eihei Dogen