Buddhism
China Warns Botswana Over Dalai Lama Visit
Beijing issued a warning to Botswana Wednesday over its plans to host the Dalai Lama next month, asking the African...
Thai Court To Charge Disgraced Ex-Monk With Rape
A Thai court was set Thursday to charge a disgraced ex-monk with raping an under-age girl, fraud and money laundering...
China Pressures Botswana Over Dalai Lama Visit
China piled pressure on Botswana on Saturday over a scheduled visit to the southern African country by the Dalai Lama,...
Thailand To Check Monks’ Bad Habits With ‘smart ID Cards’
Thailand's Buddhist monks could soon be issued "smart ID cards" flagging any drug or criminal records, in the latest...
Botswana Risks China Ties With Visit From Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama will visit Botswana next month and meet with President Ian Khama, Botswana officials confirmed, in a...
Sri Lanka’s Fugitive Monk Surrenders
A radical Buddhist monk wanted in connection with a string of hate attacks in Sri Lanka surrendered Wednesday after...
Minister Under Fire For Attack On Sri Lankan Rights Lawyer
Sri Lanka's justice minister faced calls for his resignation Tuesday after accusing a human rights lawyer of misleading...
Myanmar Anti-Islam Monk Says Barred From Facebook
A Myanmar monk once dubbed the "Buddhist Bin Laden" for his extremist diatribes says he has been banned from using...
Sri Lanka Makes First Arrest Over Hate Crimes Against Muslims
Police in Sri Lanka have arrested a key figure from an extremist Buddhist organisation blamed for a series of hate...
Faced With Ban, Myanmar Hardline Monks Change Name
Myanmar's ultra-nationalist Ma Ba Tha movement announced Sunday it was rebranding under a new name, days after Buddhist...
Myanmar’s Hardline Monks Gather Despite Ban
Hundreds of monks and supporters of Myanmar's ultra-nationalist Ma Ba Tha movement gathered in a Yangon monastery...
Portrait of Myanmar’s ‘Buddhist Bin Laden’ Chills Cannes
Barbet Schroeder spent months with Ugandan dictator Idi Amin at the height of his power, when corpses would wash up...
Myanmar Top Buddhist Body Muzzles Hardline Group
Myanmar's top Buddhist body has ordered hardline group Ma Ba Tha to remove all public displays, according to a document...
China Renames Districts In Disputed India State
China has renamed six districts along a disputed Himalayan border region with India, in a move seen as "retaliation"...
Dalai Lama Accuses China of Fooling Its People
The Dalai Lama on Saturday accused China of spreading false information about his trip to a monastery near India's...
Dalai Lama Accuses China of Fooling Its People
The Dalai Lama on Saturday accused China of spreading false information about his trip to a monastery near India's...
Dalai Lama Visits Disputed Monastery, Angering China
The Dalai Lama will Saturday address devotees at the monastery near India's border with China where he took shelter on...
Shorn of Their Locks, Thai Women Join Rebel Monk Ranks
Scissors fly as Thai families surround their daughters to shear off tufts of hair until they are nearly bald -- a...
China Protests To India Over Dalai Lama Visit
China said on Thursday that it has lodged an official protest with India over the visit of the exiled Tibetan spiritual...