Tibetan Monks

In The Internet Age, Tibet Is Still The Hidden Kingdom

Richard Schiffman | Posted 01.09.2012

Richard Schiffman

There is little hope that Tibet will move off the back burner of global concern. How many more Tibetans will burn themselves in a futile attempt to grab the attention of a world that is looking elsewhere?

Tibetan Exile Sets Self On Fire In Front Of Chinese Embassy

AP | ASHOK SHARMA | Posted 01.04.2012

NEW DELHI — Police overpowered a young Tibetan exile who set himself on fire outside the Chinese Embassy in the Indian capital Friday in solidar...

Nepal Detains Over 100 Tibetan Protesters After Prayer Service

AP | By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA | Posted 01.01.2012

KATMANDU, Nepal -- Nepalese police detained more than 100 Tibetan exiles on Tuesday who had gathered to pray for nine Tibetans who set themselves on f...

Dalai Lama: China's 'Ruthless Policy' Caused Monks To Set Themselves On Fire

AP | Posted 12.29.2011

TOKYO -- Tibet's exiled Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama, pointed to what he called China's "ruthless policy" as prompting the recent deaths of Tibetan...

China Attacks Dalai Lama Over Tibetan Self Immolations

AP | Posted 12.11.2011

BEIJING -- China on Tuesday accused overseas followers of the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama of inciting a recent string of self-immolations ...

Tibetan Monks Set Selves On Fire

AP | ALEXA OLESEN | Posted 11.26.2011

ALEXA OLESEN, Associated Press BEIJING — Two Tibetan monks set themselves on fire Monday in a protest over China's tight rein over Buddhist pract...

Tibetan Monk Reportedly Sets Himself On Fire In China

AP | By GILLIAN WONG | Posted 05.25.2011

BEIJING -- A Tibetan monk in western China set himself on fire in an anti-government protest, then was beaten and kicked by police, prompting hundreds...

Tibetan Monks Study Science At Emory

AP | DORIE TURNER | Posted 05.25.2011

ATLANTA — Munching on pizza. Posting on Facebook. Hanging out with friends on weekends. Some of the newest students at Emory University's student...

Chinese Media Courts the Youngest Hero of the Tibet Quake

Rebecca Novick | Posted 05.25.2011

Rebecca Novick

A ten-year-old Tibetan boy who saw his home completely flattened in an April 14 earthquake volunteered to work as a translator for a Chinese medical team treating survivors

Tibetan Monks Storm Chinese Embassy In India To Protest Games

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW DELHI — More than a thousand Tibetan exiles held protests in pouring rain Friday in New Delhi, chanting anti-China slogans and demanding fre...

Mind/Body/Spirit: The Meditation Connection

Kay Goldstein | Posted 11.17.2011

Kay Goldstein

Science is finding ways to verify what the ancients already knew: practices that expand awareness and consciousness can be of benefit to all aspects of the human condition.