Writing a book on a Tibetan Buddhist monastery is complicated; writ-ing a book on Labrang Monastery is even more so.1 This is because Tibetan religion, society and politics were …

Keywords Labrang, history of Tibetan medicine, Mongol sponsorship, medical paintings, unfolded tree metaphor

Labrang Tashi Khyi Monastery also known as “bla brang bkra shis 'khyil”, “Genden Shédrup Dargyé Trashi Gyésu khyilwé Ling”, “dge ldan bshad sgrub dar rgyas bkra shis gyas su 'khyil …

Labrang Monastery is one of the six major monasteries of the Gelu sect in Tibetan Buddhism. The temple next to Daxia river in the south and back on the Woxiang Mountain in the north.

During the wave of protests that engulfed Tibet in 2008, Labrang witnessed massive demonstrations on 14-15 March spearheaded by the monks of Tashi Kyil monastery against …

Social and political changes in the greater Labrang Monastery region of northeastern Tibet, in southern Gansu, eastern Qinghai, and northern Sichuan provinces are described.

This study investigates the linguistic landscape (LL) of four cafés near Labrang Monastery in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, China, and explores the underlying factors …