The Puja Ceremony is a sacred Buddhist tradition that occurs before every climbing expedition in the Himalayas.

Why don’t they conform to orthodox Tibetan Buddhist conventions ... winged chimeras, multi-armed gods and goddesses, and nobles on horseback hunting lions and tigers. Sometimes these details ...

Current exhibitions include terracotta sculptures from the Qin Culture and an unparalleled display of Tibetan Buddhist art ... Lukang Tienhou honors the deity Matsu, goddess of the sea, whose ...

More than 20 monks and officials from 12 countries visited the Lama Temple and the China Tibetology Research Center in ...

ZOU HONG/CHINA DAILY Foreign Buddhist practitioners and religious affairs officials said visits to key Tibetan sites and research institutions in China this week have deepened their understanding ...

Tibetan groups called on the Vietnamese government ... to intervene to demand justice for this highly respected Buddhist leader. The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication ...

Thirteen monks are awarded the prestigious Tibetan Buddhist academic degree Geshe Lharampa, equivalent to a doctorate in mainstream higher education, in Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region ...

When the Dalai Lama turns 90 in July, the Buddhist monk, who for many exiled Tibetans personifies dreams of a free homeland, will ask if they want a successor.

The 16 newly designated geoparks are located in China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea –marking its first geopark and ...

UNESCO designated 16 new geoparks, bringing the total number of sites in the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network to 229 in 50 countries. The network ...