Members of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police wear military fatigues, with thick boots and heavy jackets. On the job, they guard the vast border between India and China, where the mountaintop temperature ...

Filmmakers rarely enjoy a reputation for saintliness. Neten Chokling may be the exception. The 33-year-old Buddhist lama, or teacher, heads a monastery in India and is said by some to be the ...

My Reincarnation was in production for more than 20 years, beginning when acne-plagued teenager Yeshi Silvano Namkhai learned that he'd been dubbed the reincarnation of a famous Tibetan yogi. The ...

Pilgrims on the Kailash Manasarovar Yatra, a sacred journey to Mount Kailash in Tibet, marked the International Day of Yoga 2025 by performing yoga sessions in Bainang County, Tibet Autonomous Region.

The idea that yoga is beneficial is not new. But new studies continue to advance our understanding of the health benefits attained through yoga practice. Three studies reported in the April 2014 issue ...

It’s impossible to know whether Milarepa, the real-life, 11th century mystic at the center of director Neten Chokling’s “Milarepa: Magician, Murderer, Saint,” ever met the director -- Chokling has ...

S.I.'s Buddhist treasure celebrates with prayer, music, art ... & dairy products? Essentials to the Tibetan state of mind: Prayer, song, butter. Butter? Oh yes, the schmear that goes so well on your ...

My Reincarnation was in production for more than 20 years, beginning when acne-plagued teenager Yeshi Silvano Namkhai learned that he’d been dubbed the reincarnation of a famous Tibetan yogi. The ...