Tibetan natives called it Chomolungma, meaning “Goddess Mother of Mountains,” but the British named it after Sir George Everest, the crack surveyor who charted much of India. Last week Red ...

In her exhibition catalogue essay “How To Read A Tibetan Painting,” Klimburg-Salter says that ... this hand gesture symbolizes the Buddha's summoning Sthavara, the earth goddess, to witness his defeat ...