NEW DELHI (IANS) – During a National Conference in 2021 focused on religious affairs, Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasized the importance of Chinese-oriented religions in China. The Chinese ...
In sixth-century China, a woman known to history as Empress Dowager Ling ruled over an empire called the Northern Wei. Historians do not know her birth name or in what year she was born, but they do ...
Buddhism originated around the fifth century B.C.E. in India, but today, more Buddhists live in China than India. Han Buddhism, the dominant branch of Buddhism in China, has blended with local belief ...
NEW DELHI, (ANI) – Bodhidharma, a revered Buddhist monk who lived during 5th or 6th century is credited for transmitting Chan Buddhism (the Chinese school of Mahayana Buddhism) in China. The word Chan ...
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China's Grip Tightens on Tibetan Buddhism

India, March 10 -- In Tibet, monasteries are not just spiritual centers but repositories of culture, history, and identity. Yet under Xi Jinping's China, these traditional institutions have become ...
The recent transfer of cultural artifacts, including several Tibetan Buddhist relics, from the US to China may help advance the Chinese government’s efforts to distort Tibet’s history and appropriate ...
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