(The Conversation) — A 2012 change has seen scores of Tibetan Buddhist nuns achieve the highest degree in Tibetan Buddhist philosophy. The implications go beyond just higher learning. (The ...

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On the occasion of the exhibition Tsherin Sherpa: Spirits, join the Tibetan Buddhist monks of the Gaden Shartse Monastic College for a special butter sculpture demonstration and workshop. Learn about ...

Tibetan Buddhist monks from the Gaden Shartse Monastery visited Carlsbad, California to construct a sacred sand mandala, a ...

Each year, ever since the early 1400s, Tibetan Buddhists gather to unveil a large thangka — a painting made on fabric — of Buddha. The great prayer ritual, which was banned during the cultural ...

The Wisconsin Tibetan Association began a three-day event celebrating the 90th birthday of the Dalai Lama on Friday.

Buddhist teachings do not rule out the use of force to relieve a greater suffering, although the Buddhist tradition is rightly known for the systematic practice of nonviolence, its first ethical ...

December 21 marks World Meditation Day in the U.S. To find out how the centuries-old practice can help shape your wellbeing ...

From the earthy mineral pigments ground from azurite to paint a sky, to paper given its luster from yak brains, the creation of Tibetan Buddhist texts is being examined down to its bare materials at ...

Athangka painting by legendary Tibetan painter Namkhagyan is among exhibits at the ongoing Beijing show.[Photo provided to China Daily] Legend has it that about centuries ago, Namkhagyan, a master of ...