Eastern culture often seems far removed from our mostly Western sensibilities. Epistemologically speaking, when the most New Worlders hear the word "chant" in relation to music, we immediately think ...

That same year, Hart invited fourteen monks to his home studio to record Tibetan Chants for World Peace (White Swan Records). In order to reproduce something like the authentic, time-honored sound of ...

Sunday night, the Whitaker Center in Harrisburg will be hosting the Tibetan Monks of the Drepung Loseling Monastry. The monks, who have shared the stage with Philip Glass, Kitaro, Paul Simon, Sheryl ...

“Without any question, they represent the spirit and culture of Tibet at its highest level.” –Philip Glass, composer UC Santa Cruz Arts & Lectures presents the beautiful and spiritual Tantric chanting ...

PLAIN TWP. − The desire for peace is universal. That was the message conveyed this week at Canton Country Day School, which played host to a group of Tibetan Buddhist monks. Their visit to Stark ...

Hong Dirienzo clasped her hands together and knelt with her face to the wooden floor of the Sawdust Art & Craft Festival’s Healy House as the guttural chanting of seven Tibetan monks rose around her, ...

Tibetan monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery are creating a “Buddha of Compassion” sand mandala at Material Culture on Wissahickon Avenue this week. The public is invited to observe the process ...

SOLANA BEACHSOLANA BEACH — It’s hard to get toddlers to sit still for very long, but on Wednesday morning, 20 preschoolers sat in rapt attention for nearly a half-hour watching Tibetan Buddhist monks ...

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Have you ever wondered what a day in the life of a monk is like? A Tibetan Buddhist monk? Ever curious about the meaning in those huge sand paintings with their swirls and symbols? Have you ever ...