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There Are No Mahayana Monasteries

When we examine what we call "Mahāyāna" monasteries, we discover something quite surprising to many: they are, institutionally speaking, Śrāvaka communities that happen to study and practice based on Mahāyāna literature...

At least, not in the way we think

There Are No Mahayana Monasteries
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Redefining Tibetan Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism can look strange from the outside — monks in red robes, deities with many arms, drums and bells and long horns. But underneath the cultural wrapping is something startling: of all the living Buddhist traditions today, Tibetan Buddhism is the one that most faithfully preserves the Buddhism of classical India.

Why what looks Tibetan is actually Indian

Redefining Tibetan Buddhism

What Theravada Can Teach Us

Western Tibetan monastics are struggling. Our tradition offers the university education, but we've forgotten to build the primary school. And without that foundation, fewer and fewer people will make it to graduation...

How to Keep Tibetan Monasticism Alive

What Theravada Can Teach Us

The 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva's Outline

Given this text has been translated by enough people, I didn't want to make yet another translation. However, while studying a Tibetan commentary from Jigme Tsultrim Palzang I came accross an interesting outline...

There are enough translations, but not enough outlines

The 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva's Outline
All compounded things are subject to falling apart, apparently.