A U.S.-born Buddhist lama celebrated his 18th birthday with an elaborate enthronement ceremony. Hundreds attended the event at the Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota.

It's the last big party for Jalue Dorje before he joins a monastery in the Himalayan foothills — thousands of kilometers from ...

Mickey, the zoo’s oldest macaroni penguin, turned 40. Her birthday was celebrated with a colorful ice cake decorated with ...

He heard the monks with shaved heads, in maroon and gold robes like his own, chant sacred mantras. Behind them, his shaggy-haired high school football teammates sang "Happy Birthday" before he cut the ...

Read about the extraordinary coming-of-age story of Jalue Dorje, a young Buddhist lama recognized by the Dalai Lama as a ...