The 2.5 hour symposium features Anam Thubten and David Germano in dialogue about Larung Gar, one of the largest Buddhist institution on the Tibetan plateau. This will be followed by a panel of ...

The sprawling hillside settlement of Larung Gar, home to Serthar Buddhist Institute, in the traditional Tibetan region of Kham. This remote town is at an elevation of around 12,500ft and home to over ...

The prayer gathering has been held for 21 years. The official reason for the ban is overcrowding and unfinished reconstruction. More than 4,000 monastic residences have been demolished in a year, ...

Chinese authorities have recently dealt a blow to the major hub of Tibetan Buddhist learning by expelling more than 1,000 Tibetan monks and nuns from the Larung Gar Buddhist Academy, according to ...

Monasticism has been an integral part of Buddhism and Jainism, Christianity, Hinduism and Taoism for centuries. But in the last 100 years its appeal has gone into dramatic decline. Catholicism, which ...

Government-hired workers tasked to demolish Larung Gar’s cabins seen at rest. Larung Gar’s monks and nuns amble by, resigned against the larger forces affecting them. Credit: David Chan At the eastern ...

Larung Gar, a small town located in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in Sichuan province, China, is famous for its world’s largest Tibetan Buddhist Monastery. However, the town has been caught in ...

Chinese authorities are placing tighter administrative controls over Larung Gar, a Buddhist study center, according to a report released by Human Rights Watch (HRW). About 200 Communist Party cadres ...

Brussels [Belgium], Nov.5 (ANI): It used to be a fine ancient monastery- a sprawling complex housing thousands of monks and nuns, going through various stages of learning about Buddhism. The scholars ...