The search for the next Dalai Lama will not fully break from tradition, a process in which high-ranking lamas rely on dreams, ...

Incantations, music, and chanting have been used in rites and rituals since the beginning of time, with roots in ancient ...

Reports indicate that China recently conducted a live-fire artillery exercise at high altitude using the PCL-181 155mm ...

Tibetan spiritual leader, the 14th Dalai Lama, has left for Ladakh, where hundreds of devotees gathered at the airport to catch a glimpse of His Holiness. Despite the rain, the atmosphere was charged ...

Mikyi Tsomo (R) instructs students at the University of Tibetan Medicine in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 21, 2025. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje) ...

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This week on Hafta, Newslaundry ’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Jayashree Arunachalam, Anand Vardhan, and Shardool Katyayan are joined ...

China has also sought to elevate other spiritual figures, particularly Tibetan Buddhism’s No. 2 figure, the Panchen Lama. A boy recognized by the Dalai Lama as the new Panchen disappeared soon after, ...

The Tibetan spiritual leader, who thanked for the greetings on his 90th birthday, said, “I feel my life has been of some benefit to people across the world and I dedicate the rest of my time to the ...