At least two Tibetan monastic centres damaged by quake Unknown number of clergy hurt, monasteries affected Buddhist monasteries key to Tibet's cultural identity Some Tibetan monks in the past ...

The interior of the Qambalin Tibetan Buddhist temple is seen in Nagoya's Moriyama Ward on Dec. 6, 2024. Items such as "omamori" good luck charms and "ofuda" amulets are also sold there ...

Padmasambhava, also known as Guru Rinpoche, was instrumental in establishing Vajrayana Buddhism in Tibet during the 8th century CE. According to Dr Anita Sabat, a researcher, Tibetan texts ...

Tucked down a gravel road just west of U.S. Highway 1 is White Sands Buddhist Center. The 27-acre campus is a peaceful retreat that includes soothing fountains, inspirational messages and three of ...

I also saw “sky burial,” where the corpse is left on an elevated wooden rack to be eaten by vultures until only the bones are left and these fall through the rack onto the ground where they ...

Lo Manthang’s annual Buddhist Tiji Festival celebrates the triumph of good over evil but is under pressure from tourism. Photo / Getty Images Drawn to Nepal’s mountainous northern region ...

But Buddhism played a major role in a fall of the centre of the Islamic Empire. History often speaks of the continuous rise of Islam with the arrival of Prophet Muhammad in the 7th century.

In the Buddhist language, Pāli, the word for human dissatisfaction and suffering is dukkha. For Buddhist thinkers, all human suffering is caused by desire, attachment or craving. As a Buddhist ...

Approval has been given for the first UK launch of a traditional "vertical" rocket. The critical clearance from the air safety regulator has taken the country a step closer to seeing its first ...

Sir Keir Starmer's visit to the presidential palace in Kyiv was met with a message from Russia when a drone was blasted out of the sky above. The prime minister was meeting President Volodymyr ...