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His Holiness the Dalai Lama walks His way to give teachings at the main temple in Dharamsala on September 3, 2007. The three-day teachings are on Nagarjuna's Commentary on Boddhicitta (jangchup semdrel) along with Kamalashila's “The Middling Stages of Meditation (gomrim barpa). His Holiness will also confer the Chenresig Initiation on September 5. This teaching is mainly for people from South-East Asia at the request of the Tibetan Buddhist Society, Singapore. Over 1500 Buddhists from Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, including some 700 Westerners are attending the teaching. “To promote human values and religious harmony are my main commitments” His Holiness told the gathering here today. (Photo: Tenzin Choejor - OHHDL)

ACTOR Richard Gere chases a fugitive Bosnian war criminal in his latest movie role, but in real life the devout Buddhist is pursuing China on human rights abuses and says a boycott of the Beijing Olympics could help.

Tibetans in Nepal observed the 47th Tibetan Democracy Day at Samtenling Monastery in Boudha, Kathmandu today with an official function attended by Tibetan officials, Parliamentarians

The battle over choosing the next Dalai Lama has begun. One that threatens to strip Tibetan Buddhism of perhaps its most thrilling and mysterious of practices—reincarnation.

Joint Statement to Repudiate the so-called Order no. 5 of China's State Administration of Religious Affairs on Management Measures for the Reincarnation of 'Living Buddhas' in Tibetan Buddhism

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) deplores the government of the People's Republic of China's (PRC) new religious regulatory measures on the selection of reincarnates that come into force from today.

The sprawling Sakya Monastery in the remote Himalayan region of Tibet is testament to the survival of Buddhism after decades of political turmoil and repression in China. During the tumult

The sprawling Sakya Monastery in the remote Himalayan region of Tibet is testament to the survival of Buddhism after decades of political turmoil and repression in China. During the tumult

More than 8,500 people will get a chance to listen to the words of the Dalai Lama when he makes two days worth of appearances in Ithaca as part of his visit to the Namgyal Monastery Institute

Four leading NGOs which recently teamed up for a joint Tibetan People’s Movement, in run up to the 2008 Beijing Games, Friday issued a protest statement condemning Communist China’s bylaw making selection of Tibetan reincarnate lamas