On 29 November 1995, Tibetan Buddhist leaders attended a secret ceremony in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa. They were present to witness the choice of the next Panchen Lama, a position in Tibetan Buddhism ...

Festivals have always been a celebration of community and unity, where people come together, setting aside their differences.

If you know about the Tibetan Book of the Dead, you probably already know that these three famous musicians were hugely inspired by its texts.

The history of Bon can be traced to the ancient shamanistic traditions of the Tibetan plateau. Initially, Bon was not a single, unified religion but a collection of beliefs and practices related to ...

The late Douglas Shrader was a SUNY distinguished teaching professor and the chair of the Philosophy Department at SUNY ...

A new study has found that for the past 10,000 years, populations on the Tibetan Plateau have developed particular adaptations to survive in the low-oxygen conditions surrounding the region.

NEW DELHI (AP) — The elder brother of the Dalai Lama and former chairman of the exiled Tibetan government in India, Gyalo ...

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Taipei [Taiwan], February 5 (ANI): The Human Rights Network for Tibet and Taiwan, in collaboration with various groups including the ...

And yet, in high altitudes on the Tibetan Plateau, where oxygen levels in the air people breathe are notably lower than lower altitudes, human communities thrive. In the more than 10,000 years the ...

Bodh Gaya (or Buddha Gaya as it is called in Sri Lanka), is the place where the Buddha attained Enlightenment. It was a major ...