I wanted to make the moment count. After all, it’s not every day you get to meet a man dedicated to fostering global peace, ...

Metal hooks weighed down with milk pots skewered the flesh of men’s backs as tridents pierced their cheeks and tongues.

" Kha means 'mouth', and sey means 'snack'," said chef Yeshi Jampa, co-author of the book Taste Tibet and founder of the ...

Ancient art, stark beauty, crumbling architecture - and aching calves - are all encountered on a trek through Ladakh's Markha ...

Wisps and clouds of smoke rose into the air at Buddhist and Daoist temples around Asia on Wednesday as people lit incense to pray for good luck in the Year of the Snake.

From Lunar New Year to Ethiopia's Enkutatash celebrations, discover the variety of countries which celebrate New Year's Day ...

Several countries mark their new year based on the Chinese lunisolar calendar involving movement of the Sun and Moon.

The hydropower dam, in quake-prone Tibet, is set to be the world’s biggest. But China has said little about the project, ...

Longtime Islamorada resident Karin Wolfe is preparing to welcome some very special guests. At the end of this month, Wolfe ...

In the Buddhist language, Pāli, the word for human dissatisfaction and suffering is dukkha. For Buddhist thinkers, all human suffering is caused by desire, attachment or craving. As a Buddhist ...