PHOTOS: Remembering India's capitulation on Tibet

An article in The New York Times recently speculated that Beijing would try to legitimise its hand-selected (and therefore illegitimate) Panchen Lama, Gyaltsen Norbu, by sending him to study in the......

India and the Dalai Lama's Successor

'While wishing the Tibetan leader a long and healthy life, one can hope for a 'selection' of the Tibetan leader in the Indian Himalayas.''It is vital for Tibetan Buddhism, but it is also in India's......

Why the Karmapa issue could hurt Indo-China ties

The controversy is a sensitive issue which could have an impact on relations with China and could hurt the feelings and sensitivities of the followers of the Karmapa, say B Raman. The Karmapa is......

China's living Buddhas: Nirvana for sale?

IMAGE: A 'living Buddha' of the Lamaozhou temple debates ethnic Tibetan monks inside the Lamaozhou temple in the Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai province, northwest China.......