Once a beacon drawing pilgrims and tourists from across the world, Tsurphu Monastery now sits in darkness. The crowds and the beggars have gone and only a few monks remain. Even for nonbelievers ...

Mick Brown provides a fuller portrait of the life of the deceased founder and abbot of the Samye Ling Tibetan Buddhist Monastery in Scotland in The Telegraph:. Akong fled from Tibet into India in ...

Dr Choje Akong Rinpoche, the founder and abbot of the Samye Ling Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Scotland, has reportedly been killed in south west China. Akong, 73, who had lived in Britain since ...

The Thangka Festival was heat Tsurphu Monastery in Tibet autonomous region, May 21, 2013.ld on Tuesday, attracting many believers to the monastery to pray, get blessed and appreciate the big and ...

Monks attend an annual Buddha thangka displaying ritual at the Tsurphu Monastery in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, June 11, 2022.Photo:Xinhua ...

The agency quoted lamas at the Tsurphu Monastery - the seat of the Karmapa in Tibet - as saying they needed the Living Buddha. ...

An annual Thangka worship activity to show a 38-meter-by-35-meter Thangka was held at Tsurphu Monastery, a main base of the Kagyu school in Tibetan Buddhism, on Thursday, attracting many followers.

FEARS for the Karmapa's safety since his flight from Tibet to India, can make meeting him a daunting experience. On the three occasions I have met him since his arrival in India 16 months ago, the ...

The Thangka Festival was heat Tsurphu Monastery in Tibet autonomous region, May 21, 2013.ld on Tuesday, attracting many believers to the monastery to pray, get blessed and appreciate the big and ...