Ann Tashi Slater talks with best-selling author Elizabeth Gilbert about coming into alignment with your true nature and why she isn’t done learning and growing. The post Finding Freedom in the Flow of Life appeared first on Tricycle: The...

Zhang “Tara” Yadi disappeared on July 30. Rights groups fear she will face national security charges on Tibet.

The statement follows the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday in July, and further calls on the Chinese government to provide updates on Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama. Source

A stone inscription found on the Tibetan Plateau recording a hitherto unknown expedition sent by China’s first emperor Qin Shi Huang in 210BC is genuine, China’s Cultural Heritage Administration has concluded. The carving had triggered a heated debate about...

China has launched a new pilot programme deploying Chinese military veterans in state-run boarding schools to indoctrinate Tibetan children as young as four with military training and political education. Source

The late Tibetan Buddhist teacher, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, explains reincarnation The post The Continuity of Consciousness appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

Zega Gyatso was arrested while seeking medical treatment. Geshe Shersang Gyatso, the monastery’s managing director, took his life after heavy police interrogation. The post Tsang Monastery: One Tibetan Monk Arrested, A Leader Commits Suicide first appeared on Bitter Winter.

Nepal’s new leader yesterday vowed to follow...

Writer Ann Tashi Slater on funeral rites, the Bardo Thodol, and the liberating effect of marking transitions The post Practicing Death to Live More Fully appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

Do not mistake the photographs of Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at Beijing’s Victory Day parade for a new world order. Xi is in no position to lead one.

China's sanctions on Seki Hei, a Japanese Diet member with Chinese roots, are an outrageous form of interference in Japan's domestic affairs. The post China's Arrogance in Full Display as It Sanctions Japanese Diet Member first appeared on JAPAN...

Can a sound bath really help with anxiety? Emilie Lavinia speaks with experts on sound healing and neuroscience to find out

Remembered as a strong champion of women in Tibetan Buddhism, Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche was the first Karma Kagyu lama to support training nuns as khenpos. The post Maniwa Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche, Beloved Tibetan Buddhist Retreat Leader and Stupa Master,...

A cultural center in the U.S. state demonstrates how the authority of Tibet’s spiritual leader has gained new forms of strength in exile. 

China’s top economic planner has flagged a megaproject to expand shipping capacity on the Three Gorges, slated to span the coming five-year plan, while also calling for greater investment to drive strategic initiatives. In a report submitted to the...

A Chinese woman of Tibetan ethnicity has gone viral because of her resemblance to the South Korean actress Song Hye-kyo. Her online popularity has attracted tourists from around China and abroad to visit her. The 27-year-old, known by two...

In an alarming escalation of diplomatic coercion, the Chinese government has imposed sanctions on Hei Seki, a naturalized Japanese citizen, member of the Japanese House of Councilors and an outspok...

A series of incidents across Tibet over recent months reveals an increasingly coordinated campaign of surveillance and suppression targeting Tibetan Buddhist institutions and leaders.

The enfant terrible of ikebana speaks with Tricycle’s Mike Sheffield about free jazz music, Indian lingams, and the connection between flower arranging and the surrender of gassho. The post Kosen Ohtsubo’s ‘Flower Planet’ appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist...

Tibet Action Institute Junior Developer and Sysadmin  Organization Tibet Action Institute’s dynamic and curated global team of campaigners, technology experts and thought leaders carry over 20  years of experience, working with Tibetans and other communities living under repression by promoting...

An AP investigation reveals that U.S. technology companies to a large degree designed and built China’s surveillance state, playing a far greater role in enabling human rights abuses than previously known

An AP investigation reveals that U.S. technology companies to a large degree designed and built China’s surveillance state, playing a far greater role in enabling human rights abuses than previously known

An AP investigation reveals that U.S. technology companies to a large degree designed and built China’s surveillance state, playing a far greater role in enabling human rights abuses than previously known

The move marks the first time China has formally sanctioned a Japanese parliamentarian for political speech

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) aims to el...