Even living Buddhas aren’t above the law in China. A new book written by the Dalai Lama, the highest authority in Tibetan Buddhism and considered the manifestation of bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, ...

it is widely accepted to be based on folk tales and oral accounts of a 16-year trip to India undertaken by Xuanzang (602-664), a Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar, during the Tang dynasty.

The Dalai Lama has said his successor will be born outside China, a declaration likely to intensify a long-running dispute with Beijing over the future of Tibetan Buddhism and the political status of ...

The Chinese government venerates Kumarajiva not only for his contributions to Buddhism but also as a symbol of China’s ideological and geopolitical ambitions. A statue of Kumarajiva in front of ...

The Silk Road was booming, Buddhism was flourishing, and Dunhuang was paying fealty to the Chinese capital. The Tang cave painters displayed a fully confident Chinese style, covering whole walls ...

A cat at a Buddhist temple in China has become an unexpected internet sensation after videos of it ‘blessing’ visitors with ...

According to Tibetan beliefs, the soul of a senior Buddhist monk is reborn as a child ... not recognise any Dalai Lama appointed by the Chinese government. Set for release on Tuesday, the 14th ...

Tibetan tradition holds that the soul of a senior Buddhist monk is reincarnated in ... which the Dalai Lama calls an account of his dealings with Chinese leaders over seven decades, is being ...