BEIJING (Reuters) - At least two Tibetan Buddhism monastic centres were severely damaged in Tibet with an unknown number of monks and nuns hurt, according to the few state media reports on the damage ...

BEIJING (AP) — An 18-year-old monk set himself on fire and died in southwestern China on Tuesday in the latest of dozens of self-immolations by Tibetans in the past 16 months, the Tibetan ...

A new Human Rights Watch Report on the secret trials of four Tibetan monks has shed light on repression in Tibet. At The Guardian, Helen Davidson summarized HRW’s report on the raid against a small ...

Tibetans have expressed concerns after Chinese authorities banned the intake of new monks in a major Buddhist monastery amid ongoing suppression of religious and cultural freedom in the region, says a ...

VAIL – Tibetan monks of Gaden Shartse Monastery in southern India return to the Vail Valley Thursday through Monday. They arrive Wednesday.This purpose of the monastic tour to the United States is to ...

Buddhism is becoming very popular in China. It turned one Tibetan Buddhist monastery into a thriving pilgrimage site - that is, until this year when it possibly got too popular. NPR's Emily Fang ...

People seeking peace and serenity during busy, stressful or frantic times did not have to go far this week to find it. A blanket of calm enshrouds The Copernicus Room at the New Castle Public Library ...

NEWPORT, Wash. (FāVS News) — By some they’ve been fondly called the “nuns from Newport.” For years, a group of women with clean-shaven heads wearing traditional Tibetan monastic red robes have been ...

BEIJING, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Security forces have locked down the area surrounding a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in southwest China, a day after a young monk burned himself to death calling for the ...

At least two Tibetan monastic centres damaged by quake Unknown number of clergy hurt, monasteries affected Buddhist monasteries key to Tibet's cultural identity Some Tibetan monks in the past ...