It is 15 degrees Celsius outside, and the crisp air carries the faint scent of incense. A short drive through the vibrant ...

I had come to Thailand to heal. Last November, a few days after my 37th birthday, I had a hysterectomy. Just two months earlier, phrases such as “not responding to treatment” were being bandied around ...

The interior of the Qambalin Tibetan Buddhist temple is seen in ... reds and greens of the rectangular five-colored "darchog" prayer flags blowing in the breeze, it feels all the more like one ...

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 ...

In many areas, Tibetan children are forbidden from wearing clothing adorned with religious symbols, further distancing them from Tibetan Buddhism. Parents are also barred from taking their children to ...

Shigatse is one of Tibet's holiest cities and home to the Tashilhunpo Monastery - the traditional seat of the Panchen Lama - second only to the Dalai Lama in Tibetan Buddhism. Image: Shigatse is ...

YANGON, Jan 7 — More than a hundred shaven-headed men pour out of their Yangon hostel around 6 am for a day of weightlifting, karate drills, dancing and Buddhist prayer — drug rehabilitation, Myanmar ...

Shigatse region, home to 800,000 people, is the traditional seat of the Panchen Lama, a key figure of Tibetan Buddhism whose spiritual authority is second only to the Dalai Lama. Tibetan Gedhun ...