SICHUAN (China) — High in the mountains of Sichuan province, more than 10,000 Buddhist monks and nuns live in the austere surroundings of the Yarchen Gar monastery. Here, they follow the teachings of ...

Dharamsala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Oct. 11 (ANI): Former Tibetan prime minister-in-exile Samdhong Rinpoche has termed demolition of Larung Gar Monastery and eviction of thousands of monks and nuns ...

Monasticism has been an integral part of Buddhism and Jainism, Christianity, Hinduism and Taoism for centuries. But in the last 100 years its appeal has gone into dramatic decline. Catholicism, which ...

Chinese authorities should suspend plans to demolish residences at the historic Academy of Larung Gar Buddhist monastery in Sichuan province. (File photo) Beijing: China plans to demolish a large part ...

Protests against China's alleged plans to demolish part of the revered Larung Gar Buddhist Institute in Sertar county, in the remote Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, are planned ...

When legendary Lama Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok founded Serther Institute, commonly known as “Larung Gar Buddhist Academy”, in 1980 in the heart of Kham Region, he never expected that this dream would be ...

China plans to demolish a large part of one of the world’s biggest Buddhist monasteries that would leave thousands homeless, Human Rights Watch said today as it appealed to the country to instead ...