Ball State professor Larry Gerstein has been a student of Buddhism and Asian culture since the 1960s. He co-founded the International Tibet Independence Movement, which helps Tibetans relocate to the Indianapolis area by finding jobs, housing and educational opportunities.
A group of Tibetan monks will make their sixth visit to Mount Shasta February 10th to 13th as part of a tour to introduce the sutra and tantra of Buddhism and promote the welfare of their monastery in India.
Award-winning photographer Brian Harris's beautiful and inspiring multimedia show, Himalayan Visions and Tibetan Voices, is scheduled for UVic's David Lam Auditorium Friday night at 7:30 p.m. and the Malaspina College Theatre in Nanaimo Saturday night at 7:30 p.m.
In 1996, I trekked with a friend to a Tibetan monastery, nestled high in China's southwestern mountains. In fact, the air was so thin at that altitude that our bodies tingled. We marveled at the intense blue sky.
The European Union criticized China Wednesday over the execution of a 28-year-old Tibetan man condemned for participation in bomb attacks. "The European Union expresses deep regret and disappointment at the execution of Lobsang Dhondup immediately after
Recent reports from the official statistical bureau in China estimate that the economy of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) has outperformed all of the other western provinces of China in 2002.
For Buddhist lama, reincarnate saint and acclaimed director Khyentse Norbu, making films has become a special calling. Bhutan's only highway is three-and-a-half meters wide. Meandering at a rate of 17 curves per kilometer
