LHASA -- Thirteen monks were on Tuesday awarded the prestigious Tibetan Buddhist academic degree Geshe Lharampa, equivalent ...

Monks attend a debate and award ceremony conferring the title of Geshe Lharampa at the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, April 15, 2025. Thirteen monks ...

Monks attend a debate and award ceremony conferring the title of Geshe Lharampa at the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, April 15, 2025. Thirteen monks ...

The annual dharma debating exam for the 2025 Geshe Lharampa degree in Tibetan Buddhism took place on Tuesday at the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, Xizang autonomous region. To date, 202 monks have been ...

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is both the head of state and the spiritual leader of Tibet. He was born on 6 July 1935, to a farming family, in a small hamlet located in Taktser, ...