The Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew in Thailand stands out because it is made out of 1.5 million Heineken and Chang beer bottles. Here ...

Teacher and former Buddhist monk Stephen Batchelor traces surprising parallels between two revolutionary thought leaders and ...

The Chinese government will oversee the reincarnation of the next Dalai Lama, a Chinese Communist Party committee official for Tibet insisted this week. Although viewed by Beijing as a seperatist, the ...

By Mike Kinney From Aug. 1-3, the Tibetan Association of Northern California (TANC) in Richmond hosted His Eminence the 13th ...

India's cultural influence goes beyond the expected. From royal ancestry in Central Asia to Indian languages in South America ...

Vajrayana, Mahayana, and Theravada are the most practiced forms of Buddhism today but there were a lot of changes within the ...

The Great Ashoka changed the model for future monarchs. The righteous King's reign would show how power should be wielded to ...

The Great King Ashoka's relentless quest for the revered relic - "The Ashes of the Buddha" - marked the genesis of his ...

Deep within India, Prince Siddhartha has cast away all his belongings, power, and family. Seeking the answers to the woes of ...

Peace isn't something you stumble upon—it's something you protect. Here are 8 things you must walk away from to reclaim your ...

The Andes and the Himalayas are two of the most impressive mountain ranges on Earth, but they differ in many fascinating ways ...

At an altitude of close to 3,800 meters, Lhasa, which sits on the Tibetan Plateau in China’s Xijang Autonomous Region, is one ...