Hundreds More Removed From Larung Gar as Friends Faint in Grief

Kunsang Tenzin  |  Radio Free Asia Authorities in southwestern China’s Sichuan province last week expelled a further 500 monks and nuns from the Larung Gar Buddhist Academy, leaving many of those left behind fainting and in tears over the forced separation from their friends. The group removed on Dec. 24 came originally from the Golog […]

Older Monks and Nuns Expelled From a ‘Calmer’ Larung Gar

Kunsang Tenzin  |  Radio Free Asia Chinese authorities working to reduce the size of Sichuan’s Larung Gar Buddhist Academy in Tibet are now targeting the center’s older monks and nuns for removal, meanwhile sparing the houses of Han Chinese lay members from destruction, sources say. Demolition crews have not yet finished their work of tearing […]

Larung Gar Monks, Nuns Forced to Return to Their Family Homes

Kunsang Tenzin  |  Radio Free Asia As Chinese work crews continue to demolish dwellings at Sichuan’s Larung Gar Buddhist Academy, authorities are forcing many monks and nuns living at the academy back to their family homes in the neighboring Tibet Autonomous Region, sources in the region say. The move supporting China’s plan to reduce the […]

'Underage' Tibetan Monks Face New Clampdown on Religious Life

Kunsang Tenzin  |  Radio Free Asia [caption id="attachment_2683" align="alignleft" width="300"] Young Tibetan monks in Tibet (tibetoffice.org/)[/caption] Authorities in northwestern China’s Qinghai province are blocking young Tibetan monks visiting home for the Lunar New Year from returning to their monasteries, demanding instead that they give up their robes and attend government schools, sources said. The move […]