Monks at Musikfest will set the tone for a peaceful yet energetic festival this year. The Tibetan monks of the Drepung Loseling Monastery will perform for several days, starting with a mandala sand ...

Tibetan Buddhism is a religion in exile, forced from its homeland when Tibet was conquered by the Chinese. This article is a detailed look at its history and practices. Tibetan Buddhism is a religion ...

DANBURY — The chants of the Buddhist monks — with their eerie bass throat notes, the rhythmic patterns that evolve as the chant progresses, the interjected clash of cymbals — echoed through the halls ...

Have you ever wondered what a day in the life of a monk is like? A Tibetan Buddhist monk? Ever curious about the meaning in those huge sand paintings with their swirls and symbols? Have you ever ...

Mention “musical monks” to most people, and what they usually think of are Benedictine Friars singing Gregorian chants. But Catholicism isn’t the only faith with a monastic music tradition; Buddhist ...

The first time I heard Tibetan throat singing, I was completely blown away. According to Britannica, Tibetan throat singing is a particular style of throat singing that usually involves chanting and ...

Ithaca, N.Y. — The Tibetan Buddhists have finished two of four new buildings which comprise the Du Khor Choe Ling Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies. Located on 28-acres of land less than ...

Ruanto-Ramirez is an assistant professor of Ethnic Studies-Asian American Studies at Southwestern College and commissioner for Asian & Pacific Islander Relations for the County of San Diego’s Leon L.

A group of Tibetan Buddhist Monks from the historic Gaden Shartse Monastery will return to the Aspen area this summer, host Aspen Tibet announced. A staple of summers here many years, the monks ...

Today His Holiness the Dalai Lama turns 77. Although he didn’t officially become the temporal head of Tibet until he was 15, he’s made the most of 62 years in the position. He’s won a Nobel Peace ...

Reporting from Shand Khiid, Mongolia — In the crimson-painted interior of a monastery in central Mongolia, boys as young as 6 face one another cross-legged on benches and chant Tibetan Buddhist ...