COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh – The Latest on violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state and the flood of ethnic Rohingya refugees into Bangladesh (all times local): 1:10 p.m. The Dalai Lama says the suffering of ...

Buddha Purnima - also known as Buddha Jayanti or Vaisakhi Buddha Purnima or Vesak, is celebrated to mark the day Gautam Buddha was born. The Dalai Lama on Monday recalled the principles and disciples ...

SHANNAN, Tibet: The Dalai Lama's call for Tibetans to "embrace the democratic system of electing a leader" is ridiculous, said Shingtsa Tenzinchodrak, a living Buddha of Tibetan Buddhism. "According ...

Buddha Chitta mala (also referred to as Bodhichitta mala) is a type of prayer bead necklace revered in Tibetan Buddhism. Chinese demand for the beads has triggered an explosion in the industry in ...

The youthful Buddhist lama sat on a throne near an altar decorated with flowers, fruits and golden statues of the Buddha, watching the celebrations of his 18th birthday in silence, with a faint smile.

Buddha would have helped the Rohingya Muslims who are fleeing violence in Buddhist-majority Burma, the Dalai Lama has said. The world’s most well-known Buddhist icon said the plight of the minority ...

The Dalai Lama's recent call for Tibetans to "embrace the democratic system of electing a leader" is totally ridiculous, a living Buddha of Tibetan Buddhism said Sunday. "It is totally against the ...

The 11th Panchen Lama, who is being projected by China as the successor to the exiled Dalai Lama, led the tonsuring ceremony of a 4-year-old Tibetan boy chosen as the sixth 'Living Buddha', officials ...

Chinese bureaucracy excels at record-keeping, and the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s official atheism isn’t preventing the latest effort in meticulous documentation. Earlier this month, the Chinese ...