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Tibetan monks get degrees after academic training

Tibetan monks get degrees after academic training

About 240 Tibetan Buddhist monks completed their academic training at the Tibet College of Buddhism in Lhasa, Tibet autonomous region, and participated in a graduation ceremony on Sunday.

Qinghai recognizes 340 monastic sutra teachers of Tibetan Buddhism

Qinghai recognizes 340 monastic sutra teachers of Tibetan Buddhism

According to the Qinghai Provincial Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee on November 13 that Qinghai has officially recognized the qualifications of monastic sutra teachers of Tibetan Buddhism for the first time.

Giant thangka exhibited in Tibet to mark monastery anniversary

Giant thangka exhibited in Tibet to mark monastery anniversary

Thousands of people braved the rain to pay a visit to a giant thangka - a religious image embroidered in silk - of the Buddha at Sera Monastery in Lhasa, capital of Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region. The pilgrimage took place on Monday to mar

Music Bowls in Tibetan Buddhism

Music Bowls in Tibetan Buddhism

Sometimes known in Tibet as “singing bowls”, Tibetan music bowls are a type of ancient bell used to focus and balance the mind during meditation. However, instead of being hung from a rope and struck with a hammer, the Tibetan music bowls use a very diffe

Tashilhunpo Monastery, Tibet

Tashilhunpo Monastery, Tibet

From July 15 to 17, Tashilhunpo Monastery in Shigatse, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region held a three-day event to unveil large Buddha thangka paintings. On the first day, with chanting of sutras and dharma instruments, the 40-meter-high, 38-mete

Tibet Buddhist College confers academic qualifications to graduates

Tibet Buddhist College confers academic qualifications to graduates

On the afternoon of June 26, the Tibet Buddhist College in southwest China's Tibet held a graduation ceremony for the 2015 class and the first preparatory class. At the ceremony, the college awarded 91 chanrampa elementary academic titles and 82 Drirampa

Wood carvings of Tibetan Buddhist canon completed

Wood carvings of Tibetan Buddhist canon completed

The engraving and collation of wood carvings of Tengyur, a Tibetan Buddhist canon, have been completed, according to the Tibetan branch of the Buddhist Association of China.

Indians make pilgrimage to Tibet

Indians make pilgrimage to Tibet

A group of pilgrims from India arrived in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region Thursday to go on a pilgrimage.

The system of reincarnation of Living Buddhas

The system of reincarnation of Living Buddhas

The system of drawing lots from a golden urn to choose the reincarnation of a Living Buddha is an important measure taken by Emperor Qianlong(the 6th emperor of the Qing Dynasty,1711-1799) to prevent Tibetan and Mongolian upper-class nobles from using the

The conviction the 10th Panchen Lama held all his life

The conviction the 10th Panchen Lama held all his life

Throughout his life, the 10th Panchen Lama struggled for unity and prosperity of our great motherland. He adhered to his patriotic stance of upholding national unification and ethnic unity especially in the struggle against separatism.

Nyingchi orphanage prepares to welcome New Year

Nyingchi orphanage prepares to welcome New Year

The Nyingchi Children’s Charity Home opened in 2016 is a big family with 433 kids and 72 employees. The year 2019 will be the fourth Tibetan New Year the kids spend at the home. To make the kids have a happy and fun holiday, employees at the center began

In memory of the 10th Panchen Erdeni

In memory of the 10th Panchen Erdeni

The 10th Panchen Erdeni has been gone from us for eight sharp years. His smiles and what he did for the Tibetans are so fresh in my mind that I miss him very much.