David A. Carter, Tad Wise, Robert Beers. New World Library, $23.95 (7pp) ISBN 978-1-57731-467-7 Wise, who brought us Tibetan prayer flags in a gift box with ""Blessings on the Wind,"" offers another ...

On her parents’ former backgammon table in a light-filled corner of the living room, actress, filmmaker and sometime psychic Lucinda Clare keeps a panoply of gods. A resin-red Buddha, Ganesh and ...

While receiving a manicure, Fay describes her law school graduation to her Vietnamese operator, Mimi. Disappointed, Mimi asks, “Why didn’t you tell me before? I would buy a duck for Buddha.” What does ...

Shelter can help satisfy several aspects of what psychologists identify as a hierarchy of needs: the need for safety and protection, and the less tangible needs for beauty, meaning and emotional ...

Thin mats and blankets covered the floors of Tsuglagkhang temple, several bearing scraps of paper inscribed with an individual’s name — an ad hoc reservation system. A Buddhist monk with a foghorn ...

CHENGDU, China — Decades ago, the thousands of Tibetan-language books now ensconced in a lavishly decorated library in southwest China might have ended up in a raging bonfire. During the tumultuous ...