EditorialA prayer ceremony at the Bon Shen Ling temple in the Woodside neighborhood of Queens on Sept. 24, 2022. Bon is an ancient indigenous Tibetan religion that was influenced by Indian Buddhism. (James Estrin/The New York Times)
EditorialChakrasamvara and?Vajravarahi, 15th16th?century, Tangka; Silk with silk embroidery, image: 12 1/2 ? 8 3/8 in. (31.8 ? 21.3 cm), The ability to visualize the embrace of Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi is understood to be a skill that can be developed only...
EditorialThe funeral ceremony by cremation of a top Lama in Tibetan Buddhism. Monks bring wood as fuel for the fire. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige V?lkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen" (Complete Gallery of Peoples in...