Last cave family struggles for life among Buddha ruins
How to define borders slows deal with China HONG YA, China -- The plain-looking house with heavy wooden doors that overlooks this village is an unlikely shrine for Tibetan Buddhists. Come see, this is the place where the Dalai Lama was born," Gong Jiashi, the house's caretaker, said with a big smile as he pushed the doors open and gestured to a tiny room in the corner of a courtyard.
'Priceless' Buddha images seized en route to the US
How to define borders slows deal with China HONG YA, China -- The plain-looking house with heavy wooden doors that overlooks this village is an unlikely shrine for Tibetan Buddhists. Come see, this is the place where the Dalai Lama was born," Gong Jiashi, the house's caretaker, said with a big smile as he pushed the doors open and gestured to a tiny room in the corner of a courtyard.
Bamyan Buddha statues in central Afghanistan may be rebuilt by 2009
The Dalai Lama has said he wants a 'middle way' rather than independence for Tibet, but the Chinese authorities accuse him of lying Lhasa, Tibet (China) -- China's new top official in Tibet has started a campaign to stamp out allegiance to the exiled Dalai Lama and to extinguish religious beliefs among local government officials.
Reclining Buddha Entering Nirvana
The reclining Buddha was carved out of the face of a rock mountain nearВ Dazu.В  Grotto art in that county is rated alongside China's other great Buddhist cave sculpture at Dunhuang, Luoyang and Datong.В  The cliff carvings and statues amount to thousands of pieces, large and small, scattered over the county in approximately 40 places.В  They date from the Tang Dynasty (9th century) to the Song (13th century).
"Electronic eyes" to protect ancient grottoes
China will invest 17 million yuan to install an electronic monitor system in Kizil Thousand-Buddha Grottoes in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.Comment
Relics from Buddha on display in Indianapolis
Zhang Qingli, appointed as Communist Party secretary of the Tibetan Autonomous Region in May has moved swiftly to tighten his grip over this deeply Buddhist region. Beijing, China -- ChinaВ’s new top official in Tibet has embarked on a fierce campaign to crush loyalty to the exiled Dalai Lama and to extinguish religious beliefs among government officials.
'Buddha's sons reduced to outcasts in Nepal'
How to define borders slows deal with China HONG YA, China -- The plain-looking house with heavy wooden doors that overlooks this village is an unlikely shrine for Tibetan Buddhists. Come see, this is the place where the Dalai Lama was born," Gong Jiashi, the house's caretaker, said with a big smile as he pushed the doors open and gestured to a tiny room in the corner of a courtyard.