Alongside Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple is one of the most important sites in Tibet. The Jokhang Temple was built in the seventh century to promote Buddhism in Tibet, and as such earned the ...

Pistono wrote about this journey and many others in his first book, “In the Shadow of the Buddha: Secret Journeys, Sacred Histories and Spiritual Discovery in Tibet.” It documents not only his ...

The first two official Indian pilgrim groups arrived in the Tibet autonomous region on Thursday as part of an annual pilgrimage that will last nine to 12 days. Fifty-eight Indian pilgrims entered ...

Colin Thubron’s new travel memoir follows the writer on a journey of self-discovery, on an expedition uncharacteristically personal and introspective for a travel writer. After the death of his mother ...

Every year, thousands of Tibetans make pilgrimages to Dharamsala, India, to hear the Dalai Lama’s Kalachara teachings. Last year, Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader struck an unusually secular note, ...

Historian Bob Feldman will escort a 15-day tour to Tibet and South China May 27 to June 10. The tour visits Chengdu, Lhasa, Gyantse, Zhigatse, Kunming, Guilin and Guangzhou (Canton). Feldman, a ...

Traditional pilgrimages are drawing ever-increasing throngs. Every year, tens of millions of people of many faiths take spiritual journeys that are becoming increasingly important both to pious and ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information The library’s Tibet Journal, a scholarly quarterly journal in English, first appeared in 1975. It features articles on Tibetan ...