LHASA -- Thirteen monks were on Tuesday awarded the prestigious Tibetan Buddhist academic degree Geshe Lharampa, equivalent ...

India is preparing to roll out its first school curriculum for Buddhist monasteries this month, aiming to unify education ...

More than 20 monks and officials from 12 countries visited the Lama Temple and the China Tibetology Research Center in ...

Some 40 km away, four caves of the Shengjinkou Grottoes in Turpan also opened to the public on Saturday, set to offer 300 visitor slots per day. The Shengjinkou site has 13 caves dating back to the ...

Approximately 600 monasteries, dispersed throughout the northern Indian states of Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, as well as the regions of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, provide instruction in ...

"We are trying to inculcate Indian identity through education along with Buddhism to make sure China can never control our monasteries in the Himalayas," said Maling Gombu, a Buddhist worker of ...

"We are trying to inculcate Indian identity through education along with Buddhism to make sure China can never control our monasteries in the Himalayas," said Maling Gombu, a Buddhist worker of ...

India received an influx of Tibetans in the 1950s that led to many new institutions being set up, but now it seeks to insulate religious learning from China’s influence.

India Overhauls Teaching in Himalayan Buddhist Monasteries to Counter China By Rupam Jain NEW DELHI ... mandated syllabus is required in our monastery as it can break the rhythm designed since ...

Sources in the Karmapa Trinley camp said the highlights of the revered figure’s visit to Kalimpong would be the white ...