Tibetan Buddhism is a religion in exile, forced from its homeland when Tibet was conquered by the Chinese. This article is a detailed look at its history and practices. Tibetan Buddhism is a religion ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The present study aims to examine the so-called Tantric Rebirth Movement, which is part of the general context of reforms that involved the ...

The Rubin Museum’s new exhibition on Tibetan Buddhism, called Awaken, is made up of 37 artworks from the 7th and 21st centuries: stone, wood, and metal sculptures, traditional Tibetan hanging scroll ...

Dharamshala, India/Hong Kong (CNN) — The Dalai Lama has announced that he will have a successor after his death, continuing a centuries-old tradition that has become a flashpoint in the struggle with ...

Tibetan Buddhist monks and nuns have grappled with these questions for centuries but, for the first time in their history, they are using science to help find the answers. This summer, as they have ...

Chandra Vidyabushana, M.S. (1907) Hetucakrahamaru or Dignaga’s Wheel of Reasons (Recovered from Labrang in Sikkim). Journal of Asiatic Society of Bengal Journal and Proceedings - new series, vol. III, ...

While the rest of the world goes on its way with the usual secular and religious holy days of November — Veterans Day, All Saints, All Souls, the Day of the Dead and Thanksgiving — our friends in the ...

In this epic account, Bancroft Prize–winning historian Beckert (Empire of Cotton) charts the rise of the modern global economic order. Capitalism’s emergence represents “a Continue reading » Every ...

James Keep exposed his three children to something they had never seen prior to Sunday afternoon. He wants them to experience different cultures at a young age so they can gain a decent view of the ...

Last week the Dalai Lama talked to Australian journalists about the wave of self-immolations by Tibetan protesters: “It’s a sad thing that happens. Of course it’s very very sad. In the meantime, I ...

The Dalai Lama has announced that he will have a successor after his death, continuing a centuries-old tradition that has become a flashpoint in the struggle with China’s Communist Party over Tibet’s ...