The question of Tibet's future has taken on urgency with the Dalai Lama turning 90 this week. Hundreds of followers have been ...

Undeterred by heavy monsoon rain and thick fog, crowds dressed in their finery packed the narrow streets from early morning and queued in droves hoping to catch a glimpse of the Dalai Lama at the ...

For more than a century, elements of the far right have been attracted by the rigour of eastern disciplines. But does the ...

The monks gathered in their yellow hats, a symbol of the Gelug school of Buddhism. Low sonorous chanting resonated ... grunting cattle, as eagles circle above. There are two worlds underneath this ...

It is this tension between maintaining the unum amid our multiplying pluribus that is reflected in the religious skirmishes ...

China views control over the Dalai Lama as critical to cementing its authority over Tibet. While he has long advocated a ‘middle way’ seeking autonomy, Beijing still labels him a ‘separatist’.

Splendid sculpture and painting from LACMA's permanent collection was packed up about eight years ago. Finally, it's back on ...

A March 9-10 fire raid on the capital of Tokyo killed 100,000 people, the deadliest air raid in human history, a toll worse than Hiroshima or Nagasaki. It — and subsequent raids — destroyed about 60% ...

The Dalai Lama celebrated his 90th birthday in India, announcing plans to reincarnate and hopes to live to 130 amid succession tensions.

Tibetan Buddhists believe in the circle of rebirth, and that when an enlightened spiritual master like the Dalai Lama dies, he will be able to choose the place and time of his rebirth through the ...