In Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, the Tibetan spiritual leader’s residence since he escaped into exile, preparations are in ...

A Tibetan-English Dictionary with Sanskrit Synonyms. By Sarat Chandra Das. Revised and edited by G. Sandberg, B.A., and A. W. Heyde. Pp. xxxiv + 1353.

In Sanskrit, vitarka means applied thought or reasoning. The mudra is often considered to be the gesture of discussion or debate. ... Tibetan and Mongolian inscriptions are used in the painting as ...

China accused of ‘indoctrinating’ Tibetan children from age of four with state-run boarding schools. Group says lives of Tibetan children are ‘irrevocably altered to serve the purposes of ...

Tibetan Buddhism is a unique expression of Buddhism that has developed over centuries in the high Himalayan region of Tibet and the surrounding areas. The Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of the ...

Tibetan history can be traced thousands of years back. However, the written history only dates back to the 7th century when Songtsan Gampo, the 33rd Tibetan king, sent his minister Sambhota to ...

A young Tibetan controversially appointed by China’s atheist Communist Party as the second-highest spiritual leader in Tibetan Buddhism has pledged to make the religion more Chinese.

Six monks traveled from Atlanta to Camp Chesterfield this week to create a sand mandala known as the "medicine Buddha." ...

The Tibetan diaspora in India is much smaller now, but the school continues to take in Tibetan children as boarders and teaches them about their heritage. Sponsor Message.

The Rubin Museum’s Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room opens at the Brooklyn Museum on June 11—here's what to expect inside. Butter lamps, incense, chanting monks—yes, in Brooklyn.

Indeed, what makes Sanskrit distinct from her many Indo-European cousins is the influence of India’s indigenous Dravidian culture. In fact, what makes Sanskrit Sanskrit is Tamil.

In an interview with RFA broadcast in 2003, Thondup said neither India nor the U.S. would be able to solve the Tibetan issue, and that progress could only come through face-to-face talks with Beijing.