At 90, the Dalai Lama is still one of the world's most powerful spiritual leaders, writes Pico Iyer. Here’s why.

Xinjiang’s culture is constantly rejuvenated in the interplay of memory and innovation, inheritance and transformation. It is ...

Buddhism, originating in India, embarked on a journey along the Silk Road, leaving an indelible mark on the spiritual landscape of Central Asia.

The Tibetan Buddhist leader, who turns 90 on Sunday, appears concerned that Beijing will sweep in after his death to install ...

Islamic conquests from the eighth century replaced Brahmi-derived scripts with Perso-Arabic in Afghanistan and Pakistan, ...

With this the first Buddhist monastery in Khotan was erected in 211 B.C. Thus, during the Ashokan period, Buddhism emerged as a distinct religion with great potential for expansion.

Vajrayana, Mahayana, and Theravada are the most practiced forms of Buddhism today but there were a lot of changes within the Mahayaha practice when the expansion of Buddhism crossed the Silk Road ...

Two Buddhist cave complexes along the ancient Silk Road in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region opened to the public for the first time on Saturday. The Ya'er Lake Grottoes, part of ...

The first caves were founded in 366 AD by Buddhist monks, and distinguished Dunhuang as a center for Buddhist learning, drawing large numbers of pilgrims to the city. Monks and pilgrims often ...

By far the best-known art of the Silk Road is the Buddhist art of murals and statuary in temples and grottoes across Central Asia and into northwestern China. But as justly famous as this Buddhist art ...

A Buddhist temple at Dandan-Oilik was first excavated by Marc Aurel Stein in 1900. It consists of a central cella nested in a larger square structure. Album ByÁngel Carlos Pérez Aguayo December ...