The life and adventures of a Chinese monk who made a 17-year journey to bring Buddhist teachings from India to China. Xuanzang subsequently became a main character in the great Chinese epic Journey to ...

Vegetarianism is not a rule for all Buddhists; it is a unique product of Chinese Buddhism. The rule under which Chinese Buddhists eat vegetarian food dates back to the reign of Emperor Wudi in the ...

The spiritual leader of Tibet has published amply but seldom written in depth about politics. Now, as he approaches 90, he ...

Key Chinese practices this essay will cover are ancestral rites and divination, the teachings of the philosophers Confucius and Laozi, and Buddhism. Appreciating the complexity of this rich and ...

A Chinese term for pagoda did not exist until the first century. The reason is that this new form of architecture was introduced to China only when Buddhism spread to the country. The origin of ...

Ramayana in Chinese Buddhist Texts At a symposium on “Ramayana- A Timeless Guide” organised by the Indian Embassy here on Saturday, a host of Chinese scholars associated with longstanding ...

Wang Huning, China’s fourth senior official and chairman of the Chinese People’s Political ... of the reincarnation system within Tibetan Buddhism. 02:45 Tibetans in exile march in solidarity ...

As rescue workers waded through rubble in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in China's remote Tibet region in January 2025 ...