Gyaltsen Norbu is the Panchen Lama, selected by China in 1995. This appointment is rejected by most Tibetans. The Panchen ...

For two millennia, Tibet and China have clashed for power. The Dalai Lama's role in Tibet's history and his upcoming 90th ...

Incantations ring out at Mongolia's largest monastery as worshippers pray alongside pictures of the Dalai Lama, whose 90th ...

For much of the past century, the Dalai Lama has been the living embodiment of Tibet’s struggle for greater freedoms under Chinese Communist Party rule, sustaining the cause from exile even as an ...

He was instrumental in establishing Vajrayana Buddhism in Tibet and Bhutan and is popularly known as Guru Rinpoche means the Precious Master among his followers.

Besides, the intermediate cause of decline of Nalanda was resurgence of Brahmanical Hinduism which subsumed the Vajrayana or tantric form of Buddhism that had started resembling the ritualistic ...

Explore General Knowledge questions and answers on Buddhism, covering key aspects like the Four Noble Truths, Buddha's life, and Buddhist scriptures.

As Bhutan embarks on her ambitious journey of creating a “Mindfulness City,” what will ensure the success of such a city? The ...

Bhutan is also a happy country with collective communal happiness ingrained into the culture of Vajrayana Buddhism into the parameters of Gross National Happiness, Bjarke Ingels said, adding that the ...