At a monastery in the Himalayan foothills, a teenage Buddhist lama blesses thousands. Just six months earlier, thousands of ...

In the serene Himalayan foothills, a teenage Buddhist lama performs ancient blessings, tapping bowed heads with a ritual vase and peacock feather and sprinkling holy water for protection and wisdom.

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — At a monastery in the Himalayan foothills, a teenage Buddhist lama blesses thousands. One by one, he taps bowed heads with a ritual vase and a peacock feather, sprinkling holy ...

Sacred spots and soaring peaks... Bucket-listing across the heartland and the Himalayas. Roopa Unnikrishnan and her father ...

May 28, 1959: Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, and his mother, shortly after the Tibetan Buddhist ruler fled his homeland for exile in northern IndiaBettmann / CORBIS (See Cover) Night had settled ...

WASHINGTON, DC (ANI): The U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) has released its annual report detailing ongoing human rights abuses in Tibet under Chinese rule. The report ...

Between long sessions of meditation and chanting at a Zen monastery just outside Clatskanie, Buddhist-in-training Bob Posert turned his focus to the massive renewable fuels refinery planned less than ...

Fewer Tibetans are seeking exile, as escaping Beijing-controlled Tibet has become more complicated and dangerous. The drop raises questions about preserving the future of Tibetan culture. For decades, ...

NEW DELHI – India is set to introduce its first formal curriculum for Buddhist monasteries this month, aiming to streamline religious education and reinforce national consciousness in monastic ...

Tiger’s Nest Monastery in Bhutan has been on my bucket list for a long time. This beautiful monastery appears to sit ...

For nearly seventy years, St. Benedict’s Monastery has been home to a community of Trappist monks. They designed and constructed the brick complex outside Aspen themselves in the 1950s, creating a ...