Asalha Puja, known also as Dharma Day, commemorates the first sermon by Siddhartha Gautama, known as Buddha (“enlightened one ...

Pew Research says that Islam is growing faster than any other religion, and if this continues, by the year 2060, Muslims ...

Initially, the Dalai Lama pushed for Tibet's full independence, but since the 1970s he has adopted the "Middle‑Way Approach": accepting Chinese sovereignty but seeking autonomy for Tibet within China.

Gyaltsen Norbu, appointed by China, seeks to promote Communist control over Tibetan Buddhism, which raises alarm among ...

A young adventurer on a world tour finds herself at Rumtek Monastery, home to the Karmapa, his regents, and students.

King Charles has maintained good relations with the Dalai Lama for years, but it has now been reported that Sir Keir Starmer ...

Guru Purnima is being celebrated around the world today (July 10), offering a chance for those of Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu ...

China’s not-so-peaceful rise, its support to a terrorist state like Pakistan, and its overall strategy of encircling India ...

But of course, religion is poison. It has two great defects ... There are only 150,000 Tibetans living in exile around the world — in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Europe and North America. (The Hollywood ...

For a unique travel book that also deals with topics of spirituality and religion, try To a Mountain in Tibet by Colin ...

Across the globe, people honour their dead in different ways. Some are rooted in ancient tradition, others are shaped by modern science or environmental consciousness. While conventional burial and ...

But Mahayana Buddhism has become more popular by developing a social orientation. Adherents should strive to have the ...