As promised in the previous blog, here at last I present to you the only source known to me that goes anywhere near to explaining Padam...

√ In this and upcoming blogs, I will attempt what I’m hoping will be an interesting experiment.  No, I mean for you, not for me. Yes, of...

A famous 1900 photo of the Potala Palace, Lhasa, by the Kalmuck Buddhist Ovshe Norzunov .  The darker building in the center is the Re...