The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), the largest independence advocacy group within the Tibetan diaspora, publicly denounced the recent statements made by the China-appointed Panchen Lama, Gyaltsen ...

Second-highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism makes apparent reference to succession of exiled spiritual leader Dalai Lama Reincarnation must follow Chinese laws and be endorsed by Beijing, Tibetan ...

DHARAMSHALA, India — The Dalai Lama has often called himself a simple monk, but millions of his Tibetan Buddhist followers have worshipped him for decades as a near deity. They also see him as the ...

Violence, death, rioting. The words ricocheting in headlines from Tibet this week seem starkly at odds with many Westerners’ image of Buddhism as a religion the dominant one in that Himalayan land ...

DHARAMSALA, INDIA — He’s a “living Buddha” with movie-star good looks and an iPod, a 25-year-old who rubs shoulders with Richard Gere and Tom Cruise and is mentioned as a successor to the Dalai Lama.

Five Tibetan Buddhist monks will create an intricate design using sand next week at the downtown Fort Wayne library.

Many Westerners before me have visited Tibet, popped into some monastery on a mountainside, and decided to stay there forever, won over by the brutally frugal existence eked out by Tibetan Buddhists.

In a rare Chinese acknowledgement of public dissent in Tibet, the Chinese press agency has reported a march by a group of Buddhist lamas calling for Tibet`s independence. The agency said the march ...

Tibet Buddhism, also called Lamaism, formed in the 10th century, however Buddhism was introduced into Tibet in the 7th century under the reign of King Songtsen Gampo (?- 649 or 650 AD). He married ...

Buddhist teachings do not rule out the use of force to relieve a greater suffering, although the Buddhist tradition is rightly known for the systematic practice of nonviolence, its first ethical ...

On the occasion of the exhibition Tsherin Sherpa: Spirits, join the Tibetan Buddhist monks of the Gaden Shartse Monastic College for a special butter sculpture demonstration and workshop. Learn about ...

Hollywood has shown quite an attachment to Buddhist themes over the last seven years. But have you noticed that most of those movies are about one relatively minor sect, and one particularly ...