BEIJING (Reuters) - At least two Tibetan Buddhism monastic centres were severely damaged in Tibet with an unknown number of monks and nuns hurt, according to the few state media reports on the damage ...

Chinese authorities have launched a fresh crackdown on Tibetan monasteries and homes, seizing photos of the Dalai Lama. The ...

Like the Potala Palace, the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery holds a lot of significance in Tibetan Buddhism. Not only was the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery founded by the first Dalai Lama, but later it became the ...

Monasteries have always been more than just places of worship — they are sanctuaries of peace, symbols of devotion, and ...

BEIJING (AP) — Tibet’s Communist Party chief has demanded that Buddhist monasteries display the national flag as part of efforts to shore up Chinese control over the restive region. In an editorial ...

BEIJING – Chinese security forces have locked down a Tibetan monastery in western China and clashed with local residents as they blocked troops from taking monks away, Tibetan rights groups and an ...

BEIJING, March 14 -- Police surrounded at least two Buddhist monasteries Thursday in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, in an attempt to contain an increasingly desperate protest by monks who oppose China's ...

DHARMSALA, India (AP) — A weekend fire at the sprawling Jokhang monastery in Tibet did not affect the main chapel at the 1,300-year-old religious site, considered the spiritual heart of Tibetan ...

The Chinese state has used the coronavirus pandemic to deepen its advance into the private and devotional lives of Tibetans. Troops facing pilgrims at the Monlam Chenmo prayer festival in Kumbum, ...

Soldiers and police have been deployed around two Buddhist monasteries in Tibet's capital where monks launched protests against Chinese rule earlier this week, witnesses and residents said Thursday. A ...