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At 90, His Holiness the Dalai Lama Embodies What the 21st Century Can Be—Conscious, Compassionate, and Peaceful

This July felt historic—spiritually, emotionally, and politically. On July 2, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama affirmed the continuation of the Dalai Lama institution, declaring that the 15th Dalai Lama will be born in the free world. That announcement, coming straight from him, felt deeply reassuring. It honored the heartfelt appeals of Tibetans and global followersContinue reading “At 90, His Holiness the Dalai Lama Embodies What the 21st Century Can Be—Conscious, Compassionate, and Peaceful”

Vital Underpinnings of Tibetan Feminism

  Decoding Feminism: The general notion of feminism in the Tibetan community is that it is a western import.   It is therefore scoffed at as “white feminism” – one that is unwelcome and struggling to find its footing on the Asian turf. In the general Tibetan discourse, feminism is seen as women coming together toContinue reading “Vital Underpinnings of Tibetan Feminism”

My Tribute to His Holiness the Karmapa Rinpoche

རིག་པའི་གནས་ལ་མཁས་པའི་དེད་དཔོན་དང།། ཀུན་ཕན་བྱམས་བཙེ་རིན་ཐང་སྦྱིན་ནུས་པ།། ཁོར་ཡུག་སྲུང་སྐྱོབ་སེམས་ཅན་བྱམས་བརྩེ་ཅན།། རླབས་ཆེན་ཀུན་སྙོམས་དབང་པོ་ཕྱག་གིས་ཡུལ།། A Spiritual Crusader An Environmental Advocate A Feminist Icon An Animal Lover A Prolific Writer A Steadfast Visionary His Holiness the Karmapa Rinpoche You are a divine gift for Humanity at large and For aspirants like me.

TOWARDS THE DREAM, How is it to be a Tibetan woman in today’s world?

Tenzin Dhardon Sharling opens new ways to Tibetan women. Text: Jaana-Mirjam Mustavuori Photos: Johanna Myllymäki Source: VOI HYVIN (Finland’s lifestyle magazine) Interview date: November 6, 2011 Place: Helsinki, Finland Translation from Finnish to English: Erja Sini-Kaarina Varis, edited by Albion M. Butters All expectations dissolve in an instant when I meet this speaker of TibetanContinue reading “TOWARDS THE DREAM, How is it to be a Tibetan woman in today’s world?”