The caves –which are shrines carved from limestone cliffs – were extensively damaged by looters during political upheaval in China around the turn of the century, with smaller statues stolen and large ...

Jalue Dorje knew it would be the last big party before he joins a monastery in the Himalayan foothills — thousands of miles ...

Radhika Aligh heads to the Land of the Thunder Dragon for a historic pilgrimage through its mountains — and meets plenty of ...

Jalue Dorje grew up like a typical American teen playing football and listening to rap music in a Minneapolis suburb. After ...

After graduation in 2025, he’ll head to northern India to join the Mindrolling Monastery, more than 7,200 miles (11,500 ...

Jalue Dorje knew it would be the last big party before he joins a monastery in the Himalayan foothills -- thousands of miles from his home in the Minneapolis suburb of Columbia Heights, where he grew ...

The youthful Buddhist lama sat on a throne near an altar decorated with flowers, fruits and golden statues of the Buddha, ...

Teenage Buddhist lama celebrates last birthday in the U.S. before joining Himalayas monastery - A U.S.-born Buddhist lama ...

While the trees, rocks and rolling waves create an impressive stage, it’s the pavilions, statues and man ... s the dragon’s head,” he says, pointing to a large stone jutting up about 50ft ...

and include a zippered Head sculpture by Grossman. Joyce J. Scott, Buddha Gives Basketball to the Ghetto, 1991. Promised gift to the Weatherspoon Art Museum from the Carol Cole Levin Collection ...

No major temple in Thailand is without a figure of the Big Buddha. The tallest statue has a height of 500 meters and is ... symbolizes a successful marriage. Thais consider the head to be the most ...