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Qin Renjun (center, top), a Nuo Opera artist from Guizhou province, has been preserving his family's tradition of performing Nuo Opera for decades. The opera, a form of traditional Chinese theater, is ...

Following several years of asceticism, Jalue Dorje hopes to return to the United States to teach in Minnesota’s Buddhist ...

Tibetan Mastiffs are a strong dog breed with a lion-like mane. Tibetan Mastiffs are large, agile, and strong dogs with an attractive coat of hair near their neck that looks like a lion’s mane. Tibetan ...

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Jalue Dorje grew up in a suburb of Minneapolis loving rap music, video games and football. But he’s also spent much of his life training to become a monk, ...

A 2021 Ministry of Education directive—the Children’s Speech Harmonization plan—mandates the use of standard Mandarin Chinese for all preschool instruction and care, including in ethnic minority areas ...

The Tibetan Spaniel — or Tibbie, as called affectionately — is a non-sporting dog breed from Tibet. Often described as a large dog in a small dog's body, they make great watchdogs as well as excellent ...

A teenage Buddhist lama recently blessed thousands at a monastery in the Himalayan foothills. Just six months earlier and half a world away, he was pulling all-nighters to play Madden NFL on his Xbox ...

U.S.-born Buddhist lama Jalue Dorje walks out of a prayer hall during a series of rituals and prayers bestowed by the spiritual leader of Shechen Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Sunday, April 12, ...

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