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Kalachakra

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Shock of a Lifetime - My Dream Fulfilled Under the Buddha Tree

Jim Luce · November 28, 2019

Bihar, India. I began working ‘in the field,’ out of New York in developing countries, in 1999. Never in two decades of helping humanity have I been more shocked that I w…

The Dalai Lama and Dr. Kazuko: A 47-Year Friendship

Jim Luce · September 28, 2019

Dharamshala, India. Dr. Kazuko Hillyer Tatsumura and I had an audience with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama in Dharamshala, India, yesterday. They have been friends for…

Dalai Lama: Most-Photographed Man Prepares to Retire

Jim Luce · May 09, 2017

Bodh Gaya, India. The 14th Dalai Lama , known to his followers for having a charismatic personality and universal values, is actually named Tenzin Gyatso. Dalai Lamas are…

NYC Gala in Support of Tibetan Orphans Set for January

Jim Luce · December 24, 2017

Dr. Kazuko Hillyer Tatsumura, founder of Gaia Holistic Foundation, at the Tibetan Buddhist Orphanage at Manjushree. Photo: Dr. Kazuko. Although Leila and Hank Luce had be…

Following the Footsteps of the Buddha Across North East India

Jim Luce · May 30, 2016

A mericans have been flocking to India in search of enlightenment since before America was founded. Europeans, too, the conscientious objector E.M. Forster and psychoanal…

On the Banks of the Ganges: Reflections of a Journey in Time

Jim Luce · May 12, 2016

Varanasi, India . I realize this is winter in northern India just like in New York, but I had thought that India would be warmer and greener. The countryside is often dra…

My Pilgrimage Complete: Life Continues Like a Wheel

Jim Luce · January 21, 2012

Bodh Gaya, India. Four years ago I wrote the most-read piece of my life: Will a Vow of Poverty Fill the Void in My Soul? One of the reasons I was interested in this pilgr…

Under the Bodhi Tree in Bodh Gaya Where the Prince Became The Buddha

The Editors · January 16, 2012

Bodh Gaya — the place of Gautama Buddha ’s enlightenment under a Bodhi tree considered the most sacred place in Buddhism — is not much to look at upon arrival. Flat, dust…