China has deployed 400 military personnel to Larung Gar Buddhist Academy in eastern Tibet, a move seen as heightening control ...
The appointments at Larung Gar in southwest China are the latest sign of Beijing’s distrust of members of the Tibetan Buddhist clergy who embody the region’s traditional culture and beliefs.
Jue Liang & Andrew S. Taylor in Conversation with Padma 'tsho In 1997, the first cohort of women to receive the highest degree in Buddhist philosophical training graduated from the Larung Gar ...
China is demolishing homes and evicting thousands from Larung Gar, the world's largest Tibetan Buddhist institution.
In 2016 local authorities, claiming concerns over overcrowding, started to demolish buildings at Tibet’s largest Buddhist institute, Larung Gar. “They evicted resident monks, reducing their ...