Tibet

Tibetans in Massachusetts celebrate 14th Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday

July 10, 2025Sacred Spaces

Ahead of his 90th birthday, the Dalai Lama announced that he will be reborn after he dies, and that the Tibetan Buddhist community based in India that he leads will have sole authority in finding his reincarnation. As The World’s Matthew Bell reports, this sets the stage for a dispute with China.

Sonic Buddhism

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

The Himalayas — where legends say the Yeti, or Abominable Snowman, roams.

In DNA testing, ‘Yeti’ samples come up bears, bears, bears

December 10, 2017Science

Young boy holds Tibet flag at independence protest.

Policy or discrimination? UMass Amherst student prevented from carrying Tibetan flag at graduation.

May 4, 2017Education

Woeser on a visit to Tibet, where she grew up.

This woman is the voice of Tibet for China and the world

February 11, 2014Global Politics