Thaye Dorje pledges "role and activities as Karmapa will continue as before"

Female monastics make history in southern India

Event to be livestreamed on 22 December

Lineage connection with the region established by the first Karmapa

Highlights close ties between Karmapa and Khyentse lineages

Ani Choying Drolma, musician and humanitarian

Program to explore intersections of Buddhism and modern psychology

Visit includes dates in Geneva, Zurich, and Paris

Fourth Geshema examinations begin at Gaden Choeling Nunnery

270 senior religious figures call on world leaders to ratify climate pact

Karmapa convenes 7th Khoryug Conference

His Holiness praises nuns as “future holders of the Buddhadharma"

Buddhist climate change statement delivered as COP21 draws to a close

Eminent Buddhists issue landmark call to political leaders for climate change agreement