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 ...

(UNDATED) At this point, Richard Gere may be as well known for his Buddhist activism as for his award-winning film roles. His advocacy for religious freedom in Tibet has led Gere to become chairman of ...

Tibetan history credits Guru Padmasambhava as one of the founding fathers of Buddhism in Tibet along with Acharya Shantarakshita from India. He was one of the famous seventeen exceptional pandit ...

On an island in a pond behind the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet sits the Lukhang Temple, or "Temple to the Serpent Spirits," a secret meditation space created by the Dalai Lama in the 17th century. A ...

In partnership with the Jung Center’s Mind Body Spirit Institute, Asia Society Texas is pleased to present a morning of meditation with Alejandro Chaoul, Ph.D., the Founding Director of the Jung ...

In partnership with the Jung Center’s Mind Body Spirit Institute, Asia Society Texas is pleased to kick off a series of wellness events with an afternoon of meditation in our gallery, in honor of the ...

DHARAMSHALA, India — The Dalai Lama has often called himself a simple monk, but millions of his Tibetan Buddhist followers have worshipped him for decades as a near deity. They also see him as the ...

Hollywood has shown quite an attachment to Buddhist themes over the last seven years. But have you noticed that most of those movies are about one relatively minor sect, and one particularly ...

Many Westerners before me have visited Tibet, popped into some monastery on a mountainside, and decided to stay there forever, won over by the brutally frugal existence eked out by Tibetan Buddhists.