BEIJING (AP) — An 18-year-old monk set himself on fire and died in southwestern China on Tuesday in the latest of dozens of self-immolations by Tibetans in the past 16 months, the Tibetan ...

VAIL – Tibetan monks of Gaden Shartse Monastery in southern India return to the Vail Valley Thursday through Monday. They arrive Wednesday.This purpose of the monastic tour to the United States is to ...

Tibetans have expressed concerns after Chinese authorities banned the intake of new monks in a major Buddhist monastery amid ongoing suppression of religious and cultural freedom in the region, says a ...

A new Human Rights Watch Report on the secret trials of four Tibetan monks has shed light on repression in Tibet. At The Guardian, Helen Davidson summarized HRW’s report on the raid against a small ...

Since the late 1990s, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has institutionalized its monitoring of Tibetan Buddhism. Currently, ...

TOWN OF KINGSTON, N.Y. — Monks from the Tashi Kyil Monastery celebrated the purchase of the Tibetan Center on state Route 28 Saturday with a blessing and opening ceremony. The event opened with a time ...

At least two Tibetan monastic centres damaged by quake Unknown number of clergy hurt, monasteries affected Buddhist monasteries key to Tibet's cultural identity Some Tibetan monks in the past ...

Have you ever wondered what a day in the life of a monk is like? A Tibetan Buddhist monk? Ever curious about the meaning in those huge sand paintings with their swirls and symbols? Have you ever ...

Six Tibetan monks from the Gaden Shartse Monastery in India will be in Durango until July 17 to offer teachings and blessings. Peaceful Heart of Durango, a volunteer organization, will help host ...

BEIJING, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Security forces have locked down the area surrounding a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in southwest China, a day after a young monk burned himself to death calling for the ...

Buddhism is becoming very popular in China. It turned one Tibetan Buddhist monastery into a thriving pilgrimage site - that is, until this year when it possibly got too popular. NPR's Emily Fang ...

(The Conversation) — Religious beliefs and modern biology sometimes seem to collide. But exploring those ideas with compassion and an open mind can lead to deeper learning across cultures. (The ...