The Dalai Lama turned 90 on Sunday surrounded by thousands of followers, who thronged the Himalayan town of Dharamshala, ...

China is investing millions in Buddhism to expand its influence in Asia, challenging India's claim to the faith and alarming ...

Last week, Asia Society Museum showcased the rich, vibrant, Tibetan paintings discovered by Italian academic and explorer Giuseppe Tucci to American audiences for the first time in the exhibition ...

Born some time around the early 4th century B.C., Siddhārtha Gautama was a Nepalese monk and wandering sage whose teachings went on to underpin Buddhism. As Buddhism spread, pictorial representations ...

Dominique Townsend recounts how, as a high school senior, a 12th-century wooden statue of a Buddha in a museum helped set her on her path.

View more photos on Flickr. HOUSTON, August 19, 2019 — For the fifth consecutive year, Tibetan Buddhist monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery in southern India returned to Asia Society Texas Center to ...

SAKYA MONASTERY, China (Reuters Life!) - The sprawling Sakya Monastery in the remote Himalayan region of Tibet is testament to the survival of Buddhism after decades of political turmoil and ...

The Panchen Lama — the second highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism after the Dalai Lama — is performing an important ritual that has not taken place in Tibet for half a century, Chinese state media are ...

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Alongside Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple is one of the most important sites in Tibet. The Jokhang Temple was built in the seventh century to promote Buddhism in Tibet, and as such earned the ...

BEIJING, July 22 (Reuters) - China's fourth-ranking leader, Wang Huning, called on Tibet to safeguard social stability, ...