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 ...

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 ...

When Kathmandu-based filmmaker Deepak Tolange visited the Museum of Asian Art in Berlin seven years ago, he sought out the collection from Nepal (pictured above). It was a large section around the ...

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 ...