LHASA -- Thirteen monks were on Tuesday awarded the prestigious Tibetan Buddhist academic degree Geshe Lharampa, equivalent ...

The street co-naming honors the life of the Zen master who once lived and studied on the same block of West 109th Street.

A collection of books documenting the development of Xizang's social conditions, philosophy, medicine, astronomy, geography, ...

The perception of tea as a stodgy, simple drink without any sophistication is thankfully changing. Consumers, especially in ...

When people asked me what I was going to do when I got to England, I was hesitant to say I was volunteering at a Buddhist ...

Sardinia’s Costa Smeralda is this region’s calling card, but travel beyond and you’ll discover low-key beaches, distinctive ...

A trove of books written by medieval-era French monks were bound with bizarre “hairy” covers from far-away animals — shedding ...

Historians were surprised when analyses revealed Catholic monks used pinniped hides for the protective outer layer on some manuscripts, rather than skins from the local boars and deer ...

The authorities in Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in China’s northwestern Qinghai province summoned the abbot and seven ...

From prehistoric paths dating back to the Neolithic period to walking routes used by Buddhist monks and tea merchants ... Geographic Explorer Mei Zhang met Tibetan native and mountain guide ...

In a significant move, India will roll out its first-ever curriculum for Buddhist monasteries. Reports suggest the government ...

Home to many ancient monasteries as the birthplace of Buddhism, India received an influx of Tibetans in the 1950s that led to ...