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Japan: Monk completes nine-day endurance test

A Buddhist monk in Japan completes a gruelling nine-day ritual, apparently without eating, drinking or sleeping, it's been reported.

China urged to release Panchen Lama after 20 years

Tibetan exiles are calling for China to release a high-ranking monk who disappeared 20 years ago when he was just six years old.

October 22, 2015
October 22, 2015

Japan: Monk completes nine-day endurance test

A Buddhist monk in Japan completes a gruelling nine-day ritual, apparently without eating, drinking or sleeping, it's been reported.

May 17, 2015
May 17, 2015

China urged to release Panchen Lama after 20 years

Tibetan exiles are calling for China to release a high-ranking monk who disappeared 20 years ago when he was just six years old.

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