The Jokhang Temple was built in the seventh century ... is considered to be the most sacred image of Buddha in Tibet. It is said that the statue was sculpted by Vishwakarma – the Indian god ...

Tibetan children watch their parents shout slogans during a protest to commemorate the 1959 uprising in Tibet against the ...

Under the sacred pipal or Bodhi tree, Gautama Buddha (Prince Siddhartha) attained enlightenment and became the Buddha.

Arjia Rinpoche says he and other Buddhist officials were taken there late at night. The temple was surrounded by soldiers. >> RINPOCHE (in Tibetan): >> NARRATOR: The selection of the boy who would ...

Sravasti Abbey will resume its weekly teachings in Spokane on Beginning Buddhism, starting March 19.

Dozens of Tibetan protesters have clashed with police outside the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi as Tibetans living in exile ...

The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, has declared that his reincarnation will be born outside China, directly challenging Beijing’s claim that it alone can appoint his successor. Traditionally, senior ...

This temple of Lord Buddha is located at the place where Lord ... Thikse Monastery is the largest monastery of Tibetan Buddhism and one of the major religious places of Ladakh.

The Buddhist leader, 89, has lived in exile in India since the Chinese army’s deadly crackdown on Tibetans in 1959.

Buddhist flags are put on a terrace where exiled Tibetan Buddhist monks conducted ritual prayers to usher in the Tibetan New ...

After days of visiting temples, palaces and ... including Buddha statues, prayer beads, prayer wheels and beautiful Thangka, or Tibetan scroll paintings. The presence of all these cultural ...