As Tibetan Buddhism matures in the West, the release of more substantive and esoteric literature becomes timely. With this intermediate audience in mind, and with the hope that "even a few people for ...

Today, most people—at least in the West—think Buddhism comes from Tibet. But Gautama Buddha mainly walked in the region of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in India. One thing we need to understand is that ...

Beginning his study of Buddhism in the Gadhan Dhechenling Monastery, in Tibet, Venerable Samdhong Rinpoche, came to India in 1959, at the age of 20. He headed the Central Tibetan Administration, ...

The Communist party-ruled China had selected Gyaltsen Norbu as the 11th Panchen Lama in 1995 as the 11th Panchen Lama Tibetan Buddhism will adapt to a socialist society with Chinese characteristics ...

The recent transfer of cultural artifacts, including several Tibetan Buddhist relics, from the US to China may help advance the Chinese government’s efforts to distort Tibet’s history and appropriate ...

Rebecca Conway/Getty Images In August 2025, 161 Tibetan Buddhist nuns from religious institutions across India and Nepal – a record number – gathered at the Dolma Ling Nunnery in northern India to ...

To become a Living Buddha in Tibetan Buddhism, a conventional reincarnation ritual is no longer the only way. Apart from the officially recognized procedure of reincarnation plus government approval, ...

Hollywood has shown quite an attachment to Buddhist themes over the past seven years. But have you noticed that most of those movies are about one relatively minor sect, and one particularly ...

Tibet Buddhism, also called Lamaism, formed in the 10th century, however Buddhism was introduced into Tibet in the 7th century under the reign of King Songtsen Gampo (?- 649 or 650 AD). He married ...