In meditation, Buddhists imagine the Buddha as a way of understanding Buddhist teachings. Tibetan Buddhists often use visualisation in meditation with the aim of imagining the Buddha so that they ...

and senior Tibetan Buddhist lamas identify the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama according to Tibetan Buddhist practices and tradition. The process also includes testing candidates to see if they can ...

A sky burial is a type of funeral often practised in Tibetan (Mahayana) Buddhism. As a reminder of impermanence and as a last act of generosity, the body of a deceased person is left high on a ...

To the Chinese government, however, Tibetan Buddhism is a threat to its rule and a challenge to its goal of colonising Tibet. Undermining and eliminating the unique practices of Tibetan Buddhism is ...

Advice and encouragement from a leading spiritual teacher and popular author on how to approach the foundational practices of Tibetan Buddhism. For anyone interested in Buddhist practice and ...

Part V: Contemporary Culture and Identity - "identity", like culture, can be formed from outside as well as from inside, and we look at Chinese views of Tibetans, and at some western ideas of Tibetan ...

The research yielded numerous discoveries, among which is a collection of important Buddhist texts dating to ... co-edited a book from the proceedings – Tibetan Monastery Collections and Museums: ...

They can also perform other shamanic services such as divination. Buddhist philosophy, demonic religion, and magic and ritual practices coexist with little friction in Tibet.

NAGOYA -- "It's just like being in Tibet!"That's the impression when you step into the Qambalin Buddhist temple in this city's Moriyama Ward, the only･･･ ...

further distancing them from Tibetan Buddhism. Parents are also barred from taking their children to monasteries or allowing participation in religious practices during the break. Regions such as ...

The region is administered from Shigatse city, the traditional seat of the Panchen Lama, one of the most important figures in Tibetan Buddhism. Many homes in Shigatse city were reduced to rubble ...

She believed that severe ascetic practices would lead to helping others, and when she learned that Tibetan Buddhist ascetic practices were even more severe, became interested. She went to Tibet ...