... meditation nuns yoga Australia China Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition FPMT Gelugpa Tibetan Buddhism sanghas Sera Je Monastery Yeshe Lama Thubten Blavatsky Helena Buxa Darjeeling Delhi France geshe degrees Ghoom Monastery Lawudo Rabten Geshe Rachevski Zina Rinpoche...

... Zopa Rinpoche Upaya Tibetan Buddhism Transnational Buddhism Global Buddhism Waiting Maitreya Project There is a saying very popular with nonheritage Buddhist practitioners, like my FPMT informants: “When you are ready, the guru will find you.” Some FPMT students are still waiting for that bolt...

... and practices of both the Buddhists who worked to construct the statue, as well as the Indian farmer-activists who tirelessly protested against it. Since the majority of the supporters of the Maitreya Project statue are “non-heritage” practitioners to Tibetan Buddhism, the book narrates the spectacular...

... Thubten Zopa Buddhism Council for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition CPMT Gelugpa Tibetan Buddhism geshe degrees Kay David Kunsang Roger meditation Yeshe Lama Thubten Bodh Gaya Delhi Root Institute Tushita Center Bihar circumambulation dharma teachings gompas merit making sanghas...

...Drawing on the literature of the anthropology of futurity, this chapter engages with the articulations of hope evinced by those who desired to build the Maitreya Project statue. The chapter looks at some techniques of ritual forecasting in Tibetan Buddhism, such as oracles and casting divinations...