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
Recently, the 11th Panchen Erdeni Choskyi Gyalpo arrived in Ngari Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region to hold Buddhist activities.
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
Monks debate at the Tashilhunpo Monastery in Xigaze, southwest China\'s Tibet Autonomous Region, July 12, 2019.
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
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.
A group of pilgrims from India arrived in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region Thursday to go on a pilgrimage.
Photo shows the scripture debating exam. The scripture debating exam for the 15th "Thorampa" advanced title of Tibetan Buddhism was held in the High-level Tibetan Buddhism College of China in Beijing, on May 14, 2019.
Twelve monks were awarded the degree of Geshe Lharampa Friday in southwest China\'s Tibet Autonomous Region.
The famous Dege Scripture Printing Lamasery in Dege County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province has reached a cooperative relationship with
Photo taken on February 18 shows cham dance preformed in Kumbum Monastery, Qinghai. "Cham", known as "Changmo", is an old song and dancing rituals that is believed to dispell disaster and bring fortune.
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 annual "sunning of the Buddha" is one of the most important ceremonies at Labrang, which is regarded as a top Tibetan Buddhism educational institution in China.
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.
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
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.
Northwest China's Qinghai Province has invested 372 million yuan (54 million U.S. dollars) to renovate dilapidated monasteries since 2015, local authorities said Friday.
A exchange group from the High-level Tibetan Buddhism College of China arrived in Taiwan on Thursday for a week-long visit and Buddhism cultural exchange at the invitation of the Taiwan Association for the Promotion of Cultural Integration of Han and Tibe
The Gyana Mani stone town in Yushu City, Yushu Prefecture, northwest China’s Qinghai province originated more than 300 years ago; it is formed through continuous efforts of generations of craftsmen and nearby residents to engrave and pile up the stones, f
People of the Tibetan ethnic group lit butter lamps and prayed through the night in the annual Butter Lamp Festival commemorating Tsong Khapa, a master of Tibetan Buddhism.
From October 31 to November 6, the 11th Panchen Lama Erdeni Choskyi Gyalpo, a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and a vice president of the Chinese Buddhist Association, attended the 5th World Buddh
The 2018 Tibetan Buddhism Doctrine Interpretation Seminar was held at the China Tibetology Research Center on November 8. The 11th Panchen Lama Erdeni Choskyi Gyalpo, a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Confer
The 11th Panchen Lama Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu returned to Beijing on Tuesday after three months of Buddhist activities in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region where he visited Buddhist sites and conducted rituals.
On the morning of July 19, the 11th Panchen Lama Erdeni Choskyi Gyalpo arrived at Jokhang Temple in Lhasa to worship the Sakyamuni Buddha statue and to lead the sutra chanting in the temple, praying for national stability, prosperity and world peace.
The six-day summer preliminary exam organized by the Tibet Branch of the Buddhist Association of China for Geshe Lharampa title of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism is officially closed on July 5 with the conclusion of the basic cultural knowledge exam.
