was performed by Buddhist monks dressed in elaborate costumes and masks representing deities and guardian spirits. Accompanied by traditional Tibetan instruments like dungchen (long horns ...

A cornerstone of this strategy is the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) push for the "sinicization" of religion-transforming Tibetan Buddhism into an instrument supportive of socialist principles.

Economic inequality. Denial of due process. The squelching of democracy and any democratic aims. Government actions against ...

Strings dominate this month’s edition of Rum Music, as Jennifer Lucy Allan presents guitars like galloping stallions, ...

The music features traditional instruments such as loudspeakers ... which means ‘the path of desires’, is an important festive ceremony of the Gelug sect in Tibetan Buddhism, which will take place at ...

The supreme authority of Tibetan Buddhism, Tenzin Gyatso ... who has made him an instrument of Indian soft power, has also raised concerns. In February 2021, a photograph of her kneeling with ...

The recent transfer of cultural artifacts, including several Tibetan Buddhist relics, from the US to China may help advance the Chinese government’s efforts to distort Tibet’s history and appropriate ...

The Dalai Lama has said his successor will be born outside China - but Beijing says it will choose the next spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism. In a new book published on Tuesday, the 89-year ...

In a new book released on Tuesday, the 89-year-old spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism says that he will be reincarnated outside of Tibet, which is an autonomous region of China. “Since the ...