Tibetan nuns study during the winter examination period at the Dolma Ling Nunnery in Dharamshala, India, in 2022. Rebecca Conway/Getty Images In August 2025, 161 Tibetan Buddhist nuns from religious ...

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 ...

DHARAMSHALA, India (RNS) — When Geshema Delek Wangmo was 12 years old and starting her Tibetan Buddhist journey, she joined her teacher on a pilgrimage. The journey, which involved traveling on foot ...

At the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, Geshe La Ngawang Thugje led teachings and blessings that drew community ...

Visitors to Mohawk Valley Community College can watch the Venerable Tenzin Yignyen create a ceremonial sand mandala focused ...

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 ...

A Tibetan Buddhist monk, Palden Yeshi, who vanished in May 2021 after being taken into custody by Chinese authorities, has resurfaced years later as a convicted prisoner serving a six-year sentence in ...

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

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 ...

The Forbidden City (aka the Palace Museum) is home to the former imperial palace, official residence of the emperor, his family, and entourage during the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911). The ...

Each year, ever since the early 1400s, Tibetan Buddhists gather to unveil a large thangka — a painting made on fabric — of Buddha. The great prayer ritual, which was banned during the cultural ...

In the third of a series of pieces from Tibet, the BBC's Michael Bristow looks at the amount of freedom Tibetan Buddhists are given to practise their religion. The Dalai Lama is not talked about ...