Category: Arts & Culture
Remembering meditation teacher Toni Packer (1927 – 2013)
Springwater Center founder and meditation teacher Toni Packer died peacefully in hospice in Mount Morris, New York. She was 86 years old.
Cartoonist Dan Piraro asks, “What do we want?”
Here's the latest from Dan Piraro, the brilliantly warped mind behind the great comics feature, Bizarro.
Dorsky Museum presents “Anonymous,” an exhibit of contemporary Tibetan art
A rare exhibit of contemporary Tibetan art is on display now at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, at the State University of New York.
Luminous: Miya Ando’s Prayer Flags
Miya Ando, a New York based artist who is the descendant of a samurai sword maker, has donated a series of plate paintings to The Tibetan Nuns Project.
Calligraphic Meditation: The Mindful Art of Thich Nhat Hanh is coming to New York this September; Take a look here
A look into the first-ever U.S. exhibit of Thich Nhat Hanh's meditative calligraphy.
Gyuto Monks of Tibet set to take the stage at Glastonbury, issue new recordings
The Gyuto Monks of Tibet, with their unique overtone chanting, are once again collaborating with some cutting-edge musicians and producers.
Video: “A real spiritual bond” — Dalai Lama recalls Thomas Merton
His Holiness the Dalai Lama recounted his 1968 meeting with Thomas Merton, the Catholic writer, mystic, and proponent of interfaith dialogue.
Obituary: Diane Hittleman, yoga teacher
Diane Hittleman was a yoga teacher and Buddhist practitioner who helped introduce and popularize hatha yoga in the U.S. in the 1960s.
Seeing Dharma
Koun Franz reviews "Icons and Iconoclasm in Japanese Buddhism: Kukai and Dogen on the Art of Enlightenment", by Pamela D. Winfield.
Profile: Against the Stream
Since its founding in 2000, the Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society has been a hard-to-miss feature of the American Buddhist landscape.