Dr. Yeshi Dhonden, Former Personal Physician to the Dalai Lama, Dies
Craig C Lewis
26 November 2019
Renowned practitioner of traditional Tibetan medicine…
Chinese Officials Caution India Against Involvement in Dalai Lama Reincarnation Issue
Craig C Lewis
16 July 2019
India reminded to follow Beijing’s lead on lineage…
Beijing-approved Panchen Lama Elected Head of Buddhist Association of China in Tibet
Craig C Lewis
26 June 2019
New role follows first international visit in May
Beijing Rejects Dalai Lama’s Assertion that Next Incarnation May Be Born in India
Craig C Lewis
20 March 2019
Foreign ministry states that reincarnation subject to…
An Early Modern Buddhist Novel: Alexandra David-Neel’s Hidden Fictional Diary of an Actress
Samuel Thévoz
19 November 2018
A missing link of the entangled literary history…
Renovation of Tibet’s Iconic Potala Palace Completed
Craig C Lewis
12 November 2018
Golden roof and other structures restored at a…
Fire Breaks Out in Compound of Tibet’s 1,300-year-old Jokhang Temple; Extent of Damage Uncertain
Craig C Lewis
19 February 2018
Sources in Lhasa report main temple undamaged…
Respected Tibetan Teacher Kyabje Gelek Rinpoche Has Died
Craig C Lewis
16 February 2017
The influential Tibetan teacher and respected author Kyabje Gelek Rinpoche, a tulku in the Gelugpa school of Vajrayan Buddhism has died.
Buddhism in Contemporary China Through a Photographer’s Eye
Guoying Stacy Zhang
23 December 2016
According to the Washington, DC-based Pew Research Center, 18.2 per cent of China’s population—that is 224 million people—are Buddhists, accounting for about half of the
Emperors, Lamas, and Silk: the Origin of Fabric Thangkas
Dakini As Art
8 April 2016
Thangka paintings are Tibet’s most plentiful and portable form of sacred art. Less known and rarely seen are the highly prized appliqué thangkas. In fact, when I