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 ...

Notices stating "Children under 18 are not allowed in the monastery" were reportedly posted at the monastery entrance in Kham, indicating stricter enforcement of long-standing regulations restricting ...

Chinese authorities have intensified restrictions on Tibetan religious practices by enforcing a ban on minors entering monasteries. The crackdown, coinciding with winter vacations, aims to curtail the ...

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The Dalai Lama has urged restraint in a stand-off between security forces and Tibetans at a Buddhist monastery in southwest China, said to have been sparked by the self-immolation of a monk last month ...

The popular Tashi Kyil Tibetan Buddhist monks are returning to the Paul Sawyier Public Library’s River Room on Monday to ...

BEIJING – Chinese security forces have locked down a Tibetan monastery in western China and clashed with local residents as they blocked troops from taking monks away, Tibetan rights groups and an ...

High in the Himalayan region, Tibetan monasteries relied on dogs that carried out work essential to daily life. These dogs supported monks who lived in isolated places surrounded by predators, harsh ...

Ithaca, N.Y. — The Tibetan Buddhists have finished two of four new buildings which comprise the Du Khor Choe Ling Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies. Located on 28-acres of land less than ...

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 ...