Equity stage managers for THE BUDDHA PRINCE. TigerLion Arts’ work is enriched by the myriad of life experiences of the actors, crew, and administrative personnel that make our shows possible. We ...
Fourteen years after it was last performed, a “walking play” about the life and teachings of the Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama is returning to Minneapolis. The play, called “The Buddha Prince,” was co ...
Prince Siddhartha with his foster mother Mahaprajapati. A 1910 painting by Maligawage Sarlis. Photo by MediaJet, 2009 via Wikimedia Commons Mother’s Day offers an opportunity to reflect on what ...
At the invitation of the Dalai Lama's Office of Tibet in New York City, the beloved outdoor "walking play" The Buddha Prince returns to the city for several free performances in Central Park over ...
In the ruins of a Buddhist monastery in Afghanistan, archaeologists have uncovered a stone statue that seems to depict the prince Siddhartha before he founded Buddhism. The stone statue, or stele, was ...
The Buddha’s dates are uncertain and range from 624 BCE (earliest birth) to 368 BCE (latest death). Whatever his dates, he began as a wandering ascetic and lived for some 80 years. His movement, ...
Prince Siddhartha with his foster mother Mahaprajapati. A 1910 painting by Maligawage Sarlis. Photo by MediaJet, 2009 via Wikimedia Commons Megan Bryson, University of Tennessee Mother’s Day offers an ...
Mother’s Day offers an opportunity to reflect on what motherhood means in different religions and cultures. As a scholar of Buddhism and gender, I know how complicated Buddhist attitudes toward ...