Dusk falls early and in the twilight, the huge main Assembly Hall of Sera Jey Monastery in Bylukuppe, Kodagu district, gives one the impression of being in Tangla Kang at Lhasa in Tibet.

A pair of handprints mar the body of Buddha in West Sedona. That's how some local Buddhists view two blemishes that appeared last August on the base of the 36-foot tall Amitabha Stupa, a sacred architectural structure revered in Buddhism as a source of compassion.

Picture taken on March 14, 2010, shows tourists visiting the Gedan Songzanlin Lamasery, known as a "mini-Potala Palace," in Shangri-La County, southwest China's Yunnan Province.Built in 1679 in the Qing Dynasty and covering an area of 330,000 sq m, the Songzanlin Lamasery is the largest of its kind for Tibetan Buddhism in Yunnan.

This article will stand as this Examiner's first of a series on World Religions, and their relationship with the New Age Movement.

Guy Baker enters the debate on the Thai government's refusal of a visa for Jetsun Pema by saying that Tibet under the Dalai Lama is a ''theocracy'' and that Tibetan Buddhism ''belittles Buddhism''. Collins Dictionary defines theocracy as ''a government by a deity or a priesthood''. Is Tibet a theocracy? Based on this definition, of course.

In A.D. 552 a Korean envoy presented himself at the Japanese court of Emperor Kimmei.

ACCORDING to history researchers, Buddhism was established in China as early as the Qin Dynasty .

Press Trust of India BEIJING, 13 MARCH: China, which brought its handpicked 11th Panchen Lama into political limelight by making him the member of a top advisory body, has not picked him for the post of group's deputy chairman contrary to speculation.

The founder of the Summit Dharma Center and Tibetan monk Michael Gregory leads a workshop at the Yoga Studio at Vail Athletic Club from 9:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m., Saturday.

President Barack Obama personally welcomed the Dalai Lama to the White House in February and lauded his goals for the Tibetan people.

When problems seem to come one after the other, some may give in to resignation or despair, silently asking the question: "Is this all there is to my life", as past hopes and dreams fade away.

China says it expects new attacks by separatists seeking independence for the traditionally Turkic Muslim region of Xinjiang after deadly ethnic violence there last year.

As the world continues to analyze the apology of Tiger Woods as well as the death of Michael Jackson, the global epic "Karma: The New Revolution" will explain the role Karma has played in both of these events.

Lama Glenn Mullin, whose more than 30 widely-respected translations of Tibetan Buddhist texts and commentaries have earned him wide respect in Buddhist and academic circles, will visit Brattleboro for four days in mid-March to present talks about his work in Mongolia and to provide insights on some of the Tibetan Buddhist texts he has worked with ...

I used to think speed equals distance divided by time. But not necessarily, because according to Thanong Khanthong, "the speed of light equals distance multiplied by time". I thought Albert Einstein's theory of relativity said there is no absolute time.