Several Tibetan monk friends, just the “troublemaker monk” type that are in the monasteries explained to me their view on “independence”: “actually, we may well have been ethnic Han in a ...

The cham dance is performed in this monastery in the Himalayas the day ... and belongs to the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. Some of its monks come from exiled Tibetan families, while ...

On March 17, the Dalai Lama fled, trekking through treacherous Himalayan terrain, narrowly avoiding Chinese patrols. After ...

UK Minister Ed Miliband is travelling to Beijing next week to discuss green energy cooperation with the Chinese government ...

The cham dance is performed in this monastery in the Himalayas the day ... and belongs to the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. Some of its monks come from exiled Tibetan families, while ...

Since 2009, at least 159 Tibetans have resorted to self-immolation, a desperate act of protest against China’s severe ...

India, often revered as the land of spiritual awakening, has been a cradle of Buddhism for centuries, preserving its rich ...

A new book written by the Dalai Lama reveals that his next incarnation will be born in the "free world," outside the ...

This monastery was built by the first Dalai Lama and acts as a seat to the Panchen Lama, the most important leader in Tibetan Buddhism after the Dalai Lama. Shigatse is also the closest big city ...