Eastern culture often seems far removed from our mostly Western sensibilities. Epistemologically speaking, when the most New Worlders hear the word "chant" in relation to music, we immediately think ...

A group of Tibetan Buddhist Monks from the historic Gaden Shartse Monastery will return to the Aspen area this summer, host Aspen Tibet announced. A staple of summers here many years, the monks ...

Tibetan monks are scheduled to arrive in Laguna Beach this weekend, with the public invited to take in a series of related cultural events during their 10-day visitation. The Drepung Gomang monks will ...

Tibetan Buddhist monks kicked off a week of sacred art Tuesday at UND with music and chanting. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day at the Museum of Art, they'll sprinkle colored sand into an intricate ...

Protest interupts press tour of Buddhist monastery in Tibetan area. LABRANG MONASTERY, Gansu, China, April 9, 2008 — -- A Buddhist monk was handing over a white shawl to me, a Tibetan ritual used ...

Indiana University of Pennsylvania will host 10 monks who will present Mystical Arts of Tibet Oct. 19 through 26. Events during the week will include the construction of a sand mandala and a butter ...

Some 8,500 Tibetans live in the United States, with close to 3,000 in Minnesota -- making it the second-largest Tibetan community after New York. Even though they no longer reside in their homeland, ...