| Tibetan Buddha handicrafts shining 2009-10-15 |
| Tibetan Buddha handicraft with thousands years of history make great contributions in making various statues of Buddha for temples and also producing handicrafts for domestic and foreign tourists.
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| Mandala: art treasure of Tibetan Buddhism 2009-06-22 |
| Mandala, as an exquisite religious art of the Tibetan Buddhism, has been well preserved since it was first introduced to Tibet from India in the 11th century. Mandala is finished after a variety of crafting, including hand painting, copper casting, sand laying, wood carving, and hand embroidering. |
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| Mani stone 2005-02-24 |
| Travelers to Tibet may find mani stones and mani stone mounds almost everywhere, in monasteries, beside villages, along paths and on mountains. Sometimes they are decorated with sheep and yak horns. Usually the universal mantra, Om Mani Padme Hum, is inscribed on these smooth stone plates, pebbles and rocks. |
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| Linden-leaf sutras 2005-03-09 |
| This sutra is one of the most valued one of the collections in Potala Palace-the Bstanvgyur with the Eight Treasures. |
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| Mandala 2005-02-24 |
| Mandala, called Dultson Kyilkhor in Tibetan, means container of essence. The Mandala is a tri-dimensional graphical and geometrical representation of the universe. |
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| Om mani padme Hum 2005-02-24 |
| With its roots in Sanskrit, "Om mani padme hum" is not only a Tibetan Buddhism prayer, but also a healthy voice production exercise. |
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| Losar and religion 2005-02-27 |
| Losar is the New Year festival of the Mahayana Buddhists. The New Years festival falls on the 25th day of the 10th month of the Tibetan calendar. Celebrated over a week, it is a feast of thanksgiving. |
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| Worship road - Tibetan kowtow 2007-06-22 |
| The Tibetan kowtow is a ritual in Tibetan Buddhism. Palms put together, Tibetans prostrate themselves on the ground, with the head, arms, and knees down on the ground, and move forward slowly, following every step with a kowtow. |
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