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Padmasambhava's great realization and spiritual power created the conditions for the propagation of vajrayana teachings in this world.

A young Vietnamese girl saves a lotus seed and carries it with her everywhere to remember a brave emperor and the homeland that she has to flee.

Black and White photograph. The Lotus group, Young Buddhist Association (YBA) of the Seattle Buddhist Church, gathered for an entertainment fundraiser at Nippon Kan Hall, March 13, 1937. First row: Far left, George Mamiya; sixth from left, Osamu…

Black and White photograph. The Lotus group, of the Seattle Buddhist Church, Feb. 25, 1939. First row: Fifth from left, Helene Tsutsumoto Yorozu; Etsuko Ichikawa, Rev. Ichikawa's daughter; eighth, May Tsutsumoto; tenth, Machiko Miyazaki (Maeda). Far…

Manzanar Project Committee

In 1841, Barnum's American Museum opened its doors and became the "most visited place in America" for more than twenty-five years. This Web site invites visitors to learn about the collection of exhibitions housed inside that focused on science and…

Traces the changes in the Chicano perception of the Southwest, focusing on the 135 years since the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and discussing the desire to recover their lost homeland.