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The question of Tibet's future has taken on urgency with the Dalai Lama turning 90 this week. Hundreds of followers have been ...
For breakfast, Ama will serve you Lowa Khatsa or sheep lungs. “Go to the theka and get a bottle. Iske saath achcha lagega,” ...
One of the enduring legacies of the Dalai Lama is that for the first time, Tibetan nuns are leading their own educational ...
Shrouded in crimson robes, prayer beads moving rhythmically past his fingers, the monk walks towards us. It is a risky decision. We are being followed by eight unidentified men. Even saying a few ...
China's insistence that it will identify the next Dalai Lama foreshadows the chance that followers will have to decide who ...
Calling himself a "simple Buddhist monk", the Dalai Lama turned 90 on Sunday in the Himalayan town of Dharamshala, where the ...
As the Dalai Lama attended his 90th birthday celebration at the Tsuglhakhang Temple in McLeodganj, hundreds of Tibetans, including monks, nuns, school students and foreign followers, gathered at the e ...
Tibetan Buddhist monks-in-exile celebrated their spiritual leader and 14th Dalai Lama’s 90th birth anniversary in Shimla. Monks-in-exile offered prayer for the long life and better health of their ...
Monks from the Namgyal Monastery in Dharamshala built a sand mandala and carried out a dissolution ceremony in Laguna Beach.
The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader issues a landmark announcement as he turns 90, ending years of uncertainty.
Around 30 local men and women, most in traditional Tibetan long-sleeved jackets, sat cross-legged until a small bell chimed to end the prayer. "The Chinese government has poisoned the air in Tibet. It ...