Lobsang Jamyang, a Tibetan monk living in exile in India, dedicated his life to empowering slum children through education. His organisation, Tong-Len Charitable Trust, founded in 2004, changed the lives of hundreds of children, who were either rag pickers or used to beg on the streets.
Chinese authorities have intensified their crackdown on Tibetan Buddhism, forcibly relocating hundreds of young monks from Kirti Monastery to state-run boarding schools in Ngaba County, Sichuan Province. Students face prison-like conditions and are cut off from their families. The crackdown
The boy monk Nawang Tashi Rapten, the Taklung Tsetul Rinpoche, and the head of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism also participated in the prayers.
Tibetan Buddhist monks on Saturday offered special prayers at the Dorjidak Monastery here in Panthaghati, near Shimla, to welcome 'Losar'---Tibetan New Year 2151.
Starting this month, the Chinese authorities conducted searches of monasteries in Shentsa and Sok counties on the pretext of maintaining security, said a Tibetan living in exile on the condition of anonymity
Hundreds of Tibetan monks, Indian Buddhists and others gathered in Shimla to celebrate Buddha Purnima on the occasion 2,567th birth anniversary of Lord Buddha. The Buddhist community in the region assembled to mark the anniversary of Lord Buddha here at the Dorje Drak Monastery in Shimla.
Tibet which was illegally occupied by China in 1950 has become a nightmare for its citizens as China continues to oppress and tries to destroy their cultural heritage in an effort to sinicize the Tibetans.
Geshe Tenzin Palsang was a resident of Draggo county in Sichuan's Kardze (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and passed away in September after his health condition suddenly turned worse, Washington-based media outlet RFA reported citing a source inside Tibet.