LADAKH, India (AP) — One by one, 13 Buddhist monks wearing brightly colored silk costumes and wide-brimmed black hats, stepped onto the rectangular courtyard of the Hemis monastery. They began a ...

Koichi Shinohara traces the evolution of Esoteric Buddhist rituals from the simple recitation of spells in the fifth century to complex systems involving image worship, mandala initiation, and ...

A wooden Buddhist statue slowly moved into a massive cylinder. On the monitor, cross-sectional images revealed the internal ...

The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has been in Washington, D.C. for an 11-day Buddhist ritual called the "kalachakra." Thousands of expatriate Tibetans are seeking his blessing. To learn ...

SEOUL, South Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--How noble would our daily life be if we could accept our daily as a ritual and our life as a ritual? How could we make our daily lives richer and more sustainable?

Lamas perform a traditional Buddhist dance at Yonghe Temple in Beijing yesterday, as part of the celebrations for the Tibetan New Year, which falls today. [China Daily/Xu Jingxing] The annual ...

Panchen Lama Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu will give an important four-day Buddhist ritual known as Kalachakra in Zhaxi Lhunbo Lamasery in Xigaze, southwest China's Tibet, later this month. The temple and ...