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In November 2023, at 4 a.m., four snow leopards made their way into Mingmar Gurung’s livestock corral in Dhakmar village, ...
TCHRD's report highlights severe human rights violations in Tibet due to China's hydropower projects, including forced ...
Chinese authorities of Gade County declared the death of Rigzin Hungkar Dorje, who had been missing since August 2024.
A group of monks from the Drepung Gomang monastery are spending the week at Stockton University’s main campus as part of a ...
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China trying to align Tibetan Buddhism with CCP
Controlling the process of reincarnation enables Beijing to shape the spiritual leadership of Tibetan Buddhism.
The video traces Pure Land Buddhism’s evolution from India to China, Tibet, and Japan, highlighting figures like Shinran who made the practice accessible to all. Combining cosmology, philosophy ...
However, China insists that it has the final say, citing historical conventions: "The lineage of the Dalai Lama living Buddha was formed and developed in China's Tibet, and his religious status ...
In contrast, Beijing maintains that the process of selecting his successor must adhere to Chinese law, asserting its control over Tibetan Buddhism ... Tibetan culture, language, and religion ...
In Beijing’s logic a new Dalai Lama handpicked by the Chinese state would be a powerful tool to strengthen its control over not just Tibet but Tibetan Buddhism as well. In his book, the Dalai ...
Potala's larger-than-life presence physically embodies the great historical, cultural and religious significance it holds for the Tibetan people ... shaped structure in Buddhism used to ...
“I would ask him questions about his religion and ... and converted to Buddhism in 1978 following a deep depression. “[Walter] Evans-Wentz’s books on Tibetan Buddhism had an enormous impact ...