The file photo taken Oct 25, 2004 showing lamas stepping out of classroom after one-day...

The file photo taken Oct. 25, 2004 shows lamas stepping out of classroom after one-day studying in outskirts of Beijing. A Sutras Debate examination presided by several eminent monks of the testing and evaluation committee was held at Huangsi Temple in Beijing Oct.17, 2005. After one-year senior course guided by eminent monks in Beijing, 11 lamas in China have become the first school of monks awarded advanced degrees on Tibetan Buddhism by Chinese Tibetan-language Higher Institute of Buddhism Oct.18, 2005.These 11 monks were selected last year from temples in provinces of Yunnan, Qinghai, Sichuan and Gansu as well as Tibet Autonomous Region.