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The Dalai Lama last week at a Massachusetts Institute of Technology symposium on consciousness and the mind. (Michael Dwyer/AP)

"What shape are a cat's ears?" That's hardly the kind of question His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama is accustomed to being asked. The leader of Tibetan Buddhism, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, the best-selling author and one of the world's best-known spokesmen for moral causes

Tibetan parliament-in-exile has passed a resolution paving the way for transfer of some powers from the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to the assembly.

Miranda Mimi Kuo for The New York Times "They couldn't imagine I could come to Tibet. They said, 'It's not possible. She's blind.'" SABRIYE TENBERKEN

Upon arriving in Tibet, Sabriye Tenberken decided to tour the countryside, not from the comfort of a car, but atop the hard saddle of a horse. It was a chancy decision, not only because the rugged Tibetan landscape can be unforgiving and treacherous

The 14th Dalai Lama, who has been addressing sold-out crowds from coast to coast, will give a free public talk at noon Sunday in Central Park's East Meadow, an event expected to draw tens of thousands of people.

China could release a number of long-serving political prisoners before the end of the year, a leading human rights lobbyist said after holding meetings with senior Beijing officials.

Hollywood stars Richard Gere and Goldie Hawn have together offered about $1 million to improve the condition of Tibetans living in exile in a filthy north Indian town, officials said on Saturday.

A Japanese mountaineer is attempting to settle once and for all the decades-long debate over the existence of the Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas, claiming that his years of study have shown that the legendary apelike monster is in fact a brown bear.

Tibetan monks work on a sand sculpture. Ten Buddhist monks will be in the area during the weekend to participate in various religious events. (Photo courtesy of Dave Raymer)