The Dalai Lama has often called himself a simple monk, but millions of his Tibetan Buddhist followers have worshipped him for ...

Sethan wasn't on our itinerary; in fact, we'd never heard about it before. But sometimes, the best journeys are the ones you ...

"Be careful, people are watching you." As the men tailing us come running, the monk walks away. "They" are the Communist ...

From sacred lakes to former kingdoms, these trails deliver all the Himalayan drama without the Everest circus.

The Dalai Lama said he will be reincarnated after he dies, and no one can interfere with the matter of succession. The ...

Tibetan Buddhists believe the current Dalai Lama is the 14th reincarnation of a spiritual leader first born in 1391. He led Tibetans through some of the most calamitous events in their history.

For more than 60 years armed with little more than charm and conviction, he has managed to keep the cause of his people in ...

The Communist forces, emerging victorious from a bloody Chinese civil war, marched into Tibet in 1950 and formally annexed it into the newly founded People’s Republic of China the following year ...

In the southern mountains of Tibet, a nocturnal creature hides under the rocks during the hot days. Ma S, Shi S-C, Qian T-Y, Sui L-L, Wang B, Jiang J-P (2024) Animals In the towering, rocky desert ...