The 2.5 hour symposium features Anam Thubten and David Germano in dialogue about Larung Gar, one of the largest Buddhist institution on the Tibetan plateau. This will be followed by a panel of ...

The prayer gathering has been held for 21 years. The official reason for the ban is overcrowding and unfinished reconstruction. More than 4,000 monastic residences have been demolished in a year, ...

Chinese authorities are placing tighter administrative controls over Larung Gar, a Buddhist study center, according to a report released by Human Rights Watch (HRW). About 200 Communist Party cadres ...

The sprawling hillside settlement of Larung Gar, home to Serthar Buddhist Institute, in the traditional Tibetan region of Kham. This remote town is at an elevation of around 12,500ft and home to over ...

Important duties: announce the main decisions of the two meetings, 6 th Central Authorities Tibetan Areas Work Conference, and National Religious Affairs meeting […]. 1. Standing committee personnel ...

Brussels [Belgium], Nov.5 (ANI): It used to be a fine ancient monastery- a sprawling complex housing thousands of monks and nuns, going through various stages of learning about Buddhism. The scholars ...

Larung Gar, a small town located in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in Sichuan province, China, is famous for its world’s largest Tibetan Buddhist Monastery. However, the town has been caught in ...

Monasticism has been an integral part of Buddhism and Jainism, Christianity, Hinduism and Taoism for centuries. But in the last 100 years its appeal has gone into dramatic decline. Catholicism, which ...

World-wide rallies are planned Wednesday to protest the Chinese government’s reported demolition of a Buddhist academy in Tibet, according to Students for a Free Tibet. Demonstrators say it’s the ...