January 30, 2026

McMindfullness & Traditional Buddhism JAMYANG NORBU In a promotional talk for his insightful book Why Buddhism is True, evolutionary psychologist and mindfulness meditator Robert Wright made a statement that perplexed me: “And by the way, most Buddhists in Asia don’t meditate; it’s a kind of Western stereotype. They don’t meditate, but they do believe in …

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October 5, 2025

Resolving the Mystery of Herodotus’ Gold-Digging Ants Herodotus of Halicarnasis“Father of History” In the world’s oldest history book, if one may call it that, China does not receive mention, neither does Britain, but “Tibet did not escape the notice of the Father of History,” or so Charles Bell tells us. “Writing some two thousand four …

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September 26, 2025

A month or so ago, Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani was “exposed” by the New York Times for identifying as both “Black” and “Asian” on his Columbia University application form, much to the indignation of his opponents, Mayor Eric Adams et al. Most US official forms require racial and ethnic identification. This is perhaps done …

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November 3, 2023

TIPA’s project in the 1980s to seek out, research and document authentic folk songs, dances, and other performing traditions of Tibet. By Jamyang Norbu In the summer of 1959, a small group of Tibetan musicians in Kalimpong were summoned to Mussoorie by the just established exile government. This group was instructed to organize a performing …

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March 6, 2023

A Preliminary Overview of China’s Genocide Campaign in Tibet: 1950 to 2023 HIGH ASIA RESEARCH CENTER INTRODUCTION The International Commission of Jurists in Geneva (ICJ), in their report on Tibet of June 24, 1959, stated that there was prima facie ev­idence that Communist China had “…committed acts of genocide in Tibet, with the intention of …

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