The waiting room in the Tibetan Buddhist monastery in northern India is unremarkable, save for the small signs pasted on the wall: “Kindly do not make any offerings in foreign currency.” Many of the ...

DHARMSALA, India (AP) - Indian officials were working Tuesday to trace the source of more than a million dollars found in a range of foreign currencies at the headquarters of Tibetan Buddhism's third ...

DHARMSALA, IndiaDHARMSALA, India — Indian authorities are investigating the source of large amounts of money found in a northern Indian monastery that is the headquarters of Tibetan Buddhism’s third ...

Dharamsala, Feb 15 (PTI) Himachal Pradesh government is now moving to acquire the land of Gyuto Monastery, the transit home of Karmapa Ugyen Trinley Dorje, as the probe into seizure of large amount of ...

It was 3 o'clock one morning in 1964, on the eve of the highest holiday in the Tibetan calendar, when renowned religion scholar Huston Smith awoke in a monastery in the Himalayas to experience ...

“Without any question, they represent the spirit and culture of Tibet at its highest level.” –Philip Glass, composer UC Santa Cruz Arts & Lectures presents the beautiful and spiritual Tantric chanting ...

The human voice is an essential component in the spiritual life of most religions throughout the world. And its use is as varied as cultures, embracing everything from Gregorian chant and the ...

The sonic celebration that ensues when the Gyuto Monks Tantric Choir performs on Saturday, appropriately enough on Tibetan New Year’s Eve, will merge both old and new–a new year and a tradition that ...

Venerable Thupten Donyo has been a Buddhist monk for more than half a century. Like tens of thousands of other Tibetans, he was born in exile. He’s spent years living in a temple in the Himalayas ...

A CONTROVERSY that has festered for years among Tibetans has flared up. Ever since the infant Ogyen Trinley Dorje was recognised in 1992 by both the Chinese government and the Dalai Lama as the 17th ...