CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (RNS) Tibetan monk Ogyen Trinley Dorje has the support of the Dalai Lama and the majority of Tibetans, many of whom believe he will take over the Dalai Lama’s leadership role when the ...

We have three tenure-track, full-time specialists in Tibet, and that’s three more faculty specializing in Tibet than you find at most universities. It’s not a huge group … but it’s an incredible ...

(The Conversation) — A 2012 change has seen scores of Tibetan Buddhist nuns achieve the highest degree in Tibetan Buddhist philosophy. The implications go beyond just higher learning. (The ...

Soar over the majestic Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet — a UNESCO World Heritage Site and spiritual symbol of Tibetan Buddhism. This drone footage captures the striking white and red fortress rising ...

The Dalai Lama has often called himself a simple monk, but millions of his Tibetan Buddhist followers have worshipped him for decades as a near deity. They also see him as the face of Tibet’s ...

As part of a slate of activities planned around the upcoming visit to UB of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, a comprehensive list is being compiled of Spring and Fall 2006 classes that will touch on ...

Jan Willis never felt drawn to the Baptist church of her 1950s Alabama childhood--a place where the preacher hadn't done his job unless he whipped parishioners into a spiritual frenzy that left them ...

Many Westerners before me have visited Tibet, popped into some monastery on a mountainside, and decided to stay there forever, won over by the brutally frugal existence eked out by Tibetan Buddhists.

On the occasion of the exhibition Tsherin Sherpa: Spirits, join the Tibetan Buddhist monks of the Gaden Shartse Monastic College for a special butter sculpture demonstration and workshop. Learn about ...

DHARAMSALA, INDIA — He’s a “living Buddha” with movie-star good looks and an iPod, a 25-year-old who rubs shoulders with Richard Gere and Tom Cruise and is mentioned as a successor to the Dalai Lama.

Red City Monastery was a thriving Tibetan Buddhist institution that attracted tens of thousands of wealthy pilgrims a year. Now it's under investigation. Buddhism is becoming very popular in China. It ...