The Bhutanese monk who carries around the old rifle recounts with a smile that the weapon was once used to shoot Tibetans, but he is careful not to explain the reasons for those fratricidal wars.

Launched by the non-profit Bhutan Film Institute (BFI), the first Kingdom of Bhutan International Film Festival (KBIFF) ...

The essence of mindfulness lies in recognising that one possesses a mind—a realisation that many overlook. Dzongsar Jamyang ...

It was suggested by Karma Phuntsho, an accomplished Bhutanese scholar, who is a close friend of my mother’s. He is a former monk, who completed his Buddhist monastic education in South India ...

The inaugural Kingdom of Bhutan International Film Festival (KBIFF ... Local titles include Pawo Choyning Dorji’s The Monk And The Gun, which went on a successful festival run after premiering ...

Welcoming Week is back Friday, Sept. 13 with a week of interactive events from film screenings to an intercultural festival ...

Paying attention to the mind or acknowledging having a mind is the foundation of mindfulness. Dzongsar Jamyang Khentse ...

College St., Iowa City FilmScene and the Iowa City Foreign Relations Council are hosting a pay-what-you-can screening of the critically acclaimed 2023 film, "The Monk and The Gun." A Bhutanese ...

Even today, a majority of Bhutanese family do not have surnames ... Family members go to a high ranking or accomplished monk to get this second name. One of the most revered Buddhist masters, His ...

The other awardees this year are Japanese filmmaker and co-founder of Ghibli studios Hayao Miyazaki, Bhutan’s Phuntsho Karma, a former Buddhist monk, scholar and social worker; Vietnamese doctor ...

Beijing has reiterated its territorial claims over Arunachal Pradesh after an Indian mountaineering team named a previously ...