While excavating the Ta Prohm temple in Angkor in 1927, a team of archaeologists discovered the head (and only the head) of a ...

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 ...

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

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.

India, often revered as the land of spiritual awakening, has been a cradle of Buddhism for centuries, preserving its rich ...

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 ...

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 ...