BAIJNATH, India (AP) — Wearing colorful robes and fearsome masks, the monks high stepped and spun around around the sandstone courtyard to the sound of drums, cymbals and long horns. Behind them ...

The Dalai Lama's successor will be born outside China, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism says in a new book, raising ...

An exiled Tibetan Buddhist monk listens to his spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, unseen, on the 15th day of the Tibetan New ...

The Tibetan Buddhist leader said the choice of a successor should be made according to traditional practices and that lamas, ...

Tibetan Buddhist monks performed the traditional Cham (lama dance) at the Tsechu Fair in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, to ...

The monk's self-immolation could spark fresh tensions in heavily ethnic Tibetan parts of Sichuan, which neighbours the official Tibet region, following protests in March when a Tibetan monk there ...

For China, Sinicizing Tibet’s next generation through boarding schools is the ultimate strategy for solidifying its control ...

Get ready, Aspen — an incredible visitor is coming! On March 14-15, Venerable Geshe Phuntsho, a Tibetan Buddhist ...

The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) pays tribute to Tapey, a 27-year-old monk from Kirti Monastery in Amdo Ngaba, who self-immolated in 2009 after local officials canceled a prayer ceremony ...

The monks will participate in a variety of activities open to the public, including rituals, ceremonies and lectures on Tibetan meditation, philosophy, art and culture, according to a news release.

It’s situated near the north Indian town of Baijnath in Himachal Pradesh, and belongs to the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. Some of its monks come from exiled Tibetan families ...