Monastery

Briefs, January 7, 2013

7 Jan 2013

Iran's parliament called for a special inquiry into the death in detention of a blogger whose posts criticised the country's leadership.

4:43AM

Clampdown urged on 'migrant monks'

20 Mar 2012

The Communist Party's mouthpiece newspaper in Tibet yesterday called for greater control over 'migrant monks' and the reincarnation of living Buddhas.

10:37AM

Monks plan independent tally of dead

20 Apr 2010

Monks from Serda Lharong monastery in Sichuan are hoping to collate and compare the number of bodies handled by temples in Yushu county so an accurate quake death toll can be determined.

6:37AM

Monastery snubs plea for talks on blockade

24 Oct 2002

Monks yesterday rebuffed a government appeal for negotiations to avoid a week-long blockade of the Po Lin Monastery and the famed Big Buddha statue which is due to begin tomorrow.

8:15PM

Monastic calm ruffled as the reluctant warriors plot tactics

23 Oct 2002

Battle lines were being drawn around the Po Lin Monastery yesterday. And shop owners were siding with the monks as they prepared for the Big Buddha blockade.

8:04PM

Monastery tribute

19 Mar 1997

Thousands of worshippers are expected to head for Po Lin Monastery on Lantau Island on Sunday where about 100 monks will lead worshippers to pray for Deng Xiaoping in a special event for Ching...

2:30PM

Opinion

EU fails to adapt to borderless world

5 comments

4:35AM

Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

2:53AM

Monks held after protest

THE People's Armed Police stormed Nalanda, a major Tibetan monastery, and raided two others as protests were staged by five monasteries and convents in the Phenpo area, 25 kilometres north of...

4:05PM