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Buddhism in Mongolia
![How Mongolia’s Traditional Naadam Festival Is Becoming More International How Mongolia’s Traditional Naadam Festival Is Becoming More International](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-07-18-165301.jpg)
How Mongolia’s Traditional Naadam Festival Is Becoming More International
By Bolor Lkhaajav
Naadam's international status is a function of both the growing Mongolian diaspora and government efforts to attract foreign tourists.
![Implications of Dalai Lama Identifying New Head of Tibetan Buddhism in Mongolia Implications of Dalai Lama Identifying New Head of Tibetan Buddhism in Mongolia](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-03-29-080141.jpg)
Implications of Dalai Lama Identifying New Head of Tibetan Buddhism in Mongolia
By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
His move, which adds a twist to the Tibetan power struggle with China, will have to be endorsed by the Mongolian clergy for broader acceptance.
![China’s Grip on Mongolia’s Quest for Spiritual Leadership China’s Grip on Mongolia’s Quest for Spiritual Leadership](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-03-23-134112.jpg)
China’s Grip on Mongolia’s Quest for Spiritual Leadership
By Amar Adiya
The search for the next Jebtsundamba Khutuktu is being complicated by Beijing’s desire to assert control over Tibetan Buddhism – even outside China’s borders.
![Dilemma of the Sacred Lands: Preserving Mongolia’s Ovoos Dilemma of the Sacred Lands: Preserving Mongolia’s Ovoos](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-05-05-161041.jpg)
Dilemma of the Sacred Lands: Preserving Mongolia’s Ovoos
By Bolor Lkhaajav
Amid Mongolia's mining boom, cultural sites such as ovoos (cairns) need special protection.
![China Needs to Get Over the Dalai Lama’s Visit to Mongolia China Needs to Get Over the Dalai Lama’s Visit to Mongolia](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-12-29_18-44-05.jpg)
China Needs to Get Over the Dalai Lama’s Visit to Mongolia
By Bolor Lkhaajav
It's Mongolia's right to invite a religious leader to visit. China is exaggerating the political significance.
![The Dalai Lama in Mongolia: 'Tournament of Shadows' Reborn The Dalai Lama in Mongolia: 'Tournament of Shadows' Reborn](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-12-02_15-47-35.jpg)
The Dalai Lama in Mongolia: 'Tournament of Shadows' Reborn
By M.A. Aldrich
Buddhism in Mongolia has always had a strong connection to geopolitics.
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