Buddhism’s popularity over the past half-century in the west has surprised and dismayed in almost equal measure. Alongside the fad for Buddhist statues in garden centres, there has been a much more ...

Peacefully defending Tibetan language, culture and religion is increasingly treated as a threat to China's "ethnic unity".

The monk regularly identified as the happiest man in the world was once plagued by panic attacks. Mingyur Rinpoche grew up in the Himalayan mountains. “My life in general was wonderful,” he says. “I ...

KDK Arcata-Eureka Buddhist Group-Dorje Yang Dron is hosting its spiritual director, Venerable Lama Lodu Rinpoche, to give teachings July 10 to 12 in the Main Hall at the Eureka Veterans Memorial ...

The Buddhist teacher's decision to leave his monastery suggests a revival of the principles laid down by the Buddha On first impression, Mingyur Rinpoche seemed to have everything well set up for a ...

Kalimpong, April 14: Sonam Dorjee, secretary of Rinpoche Zhabdrung Jigme Ngawang Namgyal, today debunked media reports that pointed at a conspiracy theory surrounding the monk’s death. Dorjee also ...

The cause was a pulmonary embolism, his care team announced. He had received a diagnosis of colon cancer in September 2017. Two months earlier, his reputation as a popular teacher of Buddhism and ...

Akong Rinpoche fled Tibet following a failed uprising against Chinese rule in 1959 Without fuss and with little ceremony, an elderly, high-ranking Tibetan monk was cremated last week at the monastery ...