The Shugsep nuns hold a special puja for help to repair the leaking water system. Image courtesy of the TNP The Tibetan Nuns Project (TNP), a US-registered charity based in Seattle and in the Kangra District of Himachal Pradesh,...

Kirti Rinpoche during a long-life ceremony at Kirti Jepa Dratsang in Dharamsala, 2016. Image courtesy of Kirti Getsa Tsokpa In his foreword to the book Three Lives in One Lifetime: An Interview with Kirti Rinpoche Lobsang Tenzin Jigme Yeshe...

While the proposed hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo River has sparked concerns in India, from China’s perspective it is mostly motivated by domestic factors.

From studying the downfall of Chinese imperial dynasties to securing cocoa beans in Africa, here’s a round-up from today’s China and economy coverage.

Around 1,000 monks and nuns were expelled from Larung Gar Buddhist Academy late last year. Source

Study tracking climate patterns across thousands of years found that periods of lower rainfall coincided with some major political upheavals.

By Deepak Kumar Nayak On February 9, 2025, inflicting significant losses on the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), a joint team of Security Forces (SFs) comprising District Reserve Guard (DRG) and Special Task Force (STF) personnel, shot dead at...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit the U.S. on Wednesday. President Donald Trump announced Modi's White House visit as India's foreign secretary, Vikram Misri, met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing, where they agreed...

BEIJING — China hopes the Dalai Lama can "return to the right path" and is open to discussions about the Nobel Peace laureate's future, as long as certain conditions are met, the foreign ministry said on Monday. The exiled leader...

Gyalo Thondup began discussions between Tibetans and Chinese leaders in 1979, in a departure from his earlier approach of armed struggle.

A bizarre mining business’s fake audit reveals the potential for fraudsters at Companies HouseAt first glance, there is nothing remarkable about Gofer Mining plc. It appears to be just another multibillion-pound corporate giant, with London headquarters in Canary Wharf...

In tribute to the curiosity of Alan Senauke (1947–2024) The post Peace Becomes Possible: An Interview with Thích Nhất Hạnh first appeared on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. The post Peace Becomes Possible: An Interview with Thích Nhất Hạnh appeared...

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed reporters at the White House last week, during which the president laid out his plan for the US to “take over” Gaza. The president elaborated further that his plan...

Reflecting on thirty years of Vajrayana practice, Justin von Bujdoss explores identity, struggle, and the essence of dharma. The post Distilling the Essence first appeared on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. The post Distilling the Essence appeared first on Tricycle:...

The Chinese company, Lixun Diasheng, has faced criticism after illegally photographing employees and publishing the photos of them while using the toilet. The controversial practice of Lixun Diasheng, a company based in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, has sparked widespread condemnation...

Click to expand Image A security guard outside the Shangri-La Key School in Kardze prefecture, Sichuan province, China, September 5, 2023. © 2023 AP Photo/Andy Wong The Chinese authorities, as part of their suppression of Tibetans’ basic rights, have...

In an excerpt from her memoir, author and academic Jan Willis recounts an auspicious meeting with the Dalai Lama in the 1970s. The post Flesh-and-Bones Buddha first appeared on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. The post Flesh-and-Bones Buddha appeared first...

On 20 January 2025, a day when the tech titans of the West were in prominent attendance at Trump’s presidential inauguration, a little known China artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepSeek released an open source version of its R1 model,...

Click to expand Image A Chinese police officer for border inspection on duty at the Khunjerab Pass in northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, January 2, 2025. © 2025 Hu Huhu/Xinhua via Getty Images (New York) – The Chinese government is maintaining severe...

Thupten Jinpa. From youtube.com The Tergar Meditation Community, founded by the revered meditation teacher and master of the Karma Kagyu and Nyingma lineages of Tibetan Buddhism Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, has announced that it will host a free webinar on 15...

Route begins operation on February 19 and offers flights twice a week from Hong Kong, with layover in Sichuan province.

By Eugene Whong and Cici Zhang Radio Free Asia asked DeepSeek, the Chinese-made artificial intelligence platform that earlier this week beat out U.S.-based ChatGPT as the most popular free app on Apple’s App Store, a series of questions about topics...

US president orders 90-day review of foreign assistance programmes to determine if they should be maintained, modified or eliminated.

Efforts to improve electricity for troops stationed in remote and mountainous areas are part of China’s military-civilian fusion strategy.