The Central Tibetan Administration commemorates monk Sonam Dhargyal, who self-immolated on March 17, 2012. The act highlights ongoing Tibetan concerns over religious freedom and cultural identity ...

Paradoxically, Beijing wants to teach Buddhism to Tibet. In September 2025, a meeting was convened in Lhasa by Wang Junzheng, ...

(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 ...

Xi Jinping was a toddler when the 14th Dalai Lama was received by Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong in Beijing in 1954. The Dalai Lama had a special love for Jinping’s father Xi Zhongxun, a politburo member ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's ruling Communist Party's fight against corruption is also being applied in Tibet to officials who secretly believe in religion and try to pay pilgrimages to the Dalai Lama, ...

Amnesty International called on Chinese authorities Wednesday to cease their interference in Tibetan religious practices. The rights group criticized the Chinese government for attempting to control ...

For over 1,000 years, art has been a crucial facet of Tibetan culture, namely, spiritual art. Intimately associated with Buddhism, art revolved around the religious and philosophical ideals of the ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping took a veiled jab at the Dalai Lama during a visit to Tibet, alluding to a need for greater control over “religious affairs.” Xi made a surprise visit to Tibet on Thursday ...

This opinion editorial was co-authored by Daniela Gavshon, Australia Director at Human Rights Watch, and Kyinzom Dhongdue, Advocacy Manager at Amnesty International Australia. Tibetans around the ...

Rooted in the Buddhist teaching of the bardo − states of ‘in-between’ − the text offers a way to understand death, life and ...