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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Miaoying Temple neighborhood capitalizes on its cultural cachet to lure capital's young trendsetters.

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

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 ...