Devotees bowed in reverence to the baritone voice of His Holiness the Dalai lama wafting in the crispy morning air in front of the Main Cathedral (Tsuk lhakhang). A deep murmur followed as they repeated in unison the prayers read out by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
It is a pleasure to be able to send my greetings to all of you who have undertaked this walk once more in support of Tibet's Independence. Today marks the anniversary of the March 1959 Uprising in Lhasa
Four Buddhist monks led nearly a thousand people down State Street on Saturday in a rain-soaked call for peace. It was the 26th Saturday that antiwar protesters had gathered in downtown Santa Barbara, but this time
Ole Nydahl looks more like an extreme-sports enthusiast than a Buddhist monk. Yet the tanned, hefty Dane is Europe's first lama. Nydahl, who was responsible for bringing Tibetan Buddhism to St. Petersburg in the early 1990s
Playing for peace
Lobsang Wangchuk, a Tibetan Buddhist monk, plays the dung shen, a traditional Buddhist long horn, during a special Unity Church of Corvallis service Sunday morning at the Majestic Theatre. He is accompanied by Geshe Jangchub Sangye, center, and Lama Geshe Ngawang Lungtok. (TIFFANY BROWN/Gazette-Times)
Loving and being friendly with your enemies can help you achieve inner peace and possibly contribute to world peace. Happiness for all and suffering for none. Those were the overwhelming messages from six Tibetan Buddhist monks
After centuries of neglect, the historic and ancient Buddhist monasteries of Himachal Pradesh on the Manali-Leh tourist circuit will be given a facelift under the Rs 6.53-crore Integrated Buddhist Circuit Development Project approved recently by the Centre.
Children love to paint. In India, at the Tibetan Homes Foundation School in Mussoorie Tibetan children are using painting to express their lives in refuge. For many there were often daring and emotional escapes from their homeland.
