Paris, 24 February :Vers sur Selle, a small French municipality in the Picardy region of north France became on 22 February, the 63rd municipality in Europe to adopt Tibetan towns and villages. An official ceremony to celebrate the “adoption” was organised at the Town-Hall of Vers sur Selle (...)
[Source: dalailama.com] San Francisco, California, USA, 22 February 2014 – San Francisco was the first place His Holiness the Dalai Lama visited on his initial trip to the USA in 1978, when he accepted an invitation from Richard Blum and his wife Dianne Feinstein. Today, he was the guest of the (...)
[AFP] Washington — President Barack Obama’s meeting with the Dalai Lama sent a “powerful message” with the two leaders discussing human rights, Tibet’s prime minister-in-exile said Friday after the White House talks. “It sends a very powerful message to Tibetans inside Tibet because it gives them a (...)
WASHINGTON, DC. FEBRUARY 21, 2014: His Holiness the Dalai Lama met with President Obama this morning at the White House. This was the third meeting between the Tibetan spiritual leader and the sitting American President. The earlier two meetings, also in the White House, took place on February (...)
WASHINGTON, DC. FEBRUARY 21, 2014: His Holiness the Dalai Lama met with President Obama this morning at the White House. This was the third meeting between the Tibetan spiritual leader and the sitting American President. The earlier two meetings, also in the White House, took place on February (...)
DHARAMSHALA: US President Barack Obama with the Tibet’s spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama today at the White House. The US president reiterated his support for the Middle Way Approach and encouraged direct dialogue between His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s representatives and the Chinese (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Department of Religion and Culture of the Central Tibetan Administration organised a prayer service to mourn and express solidarity with the two Tibetans who have self-immolated this month and those undergoing immense suffering under China’s rule in Tibet. Phagmo Samdup, a (...)
[The Washington Post] By Melinda Henneberger As the Dalai Lama entered the room at the American Enterprise Institute, where he’d been invited to discuss the idea of “moral markets,” the crowd stood and kept still, in reverential silence. Then, though, everyone he passed began to laugh. Not at the (...)
WASHINGTON, DC – February 20, 2014: Dr. Sarah Sewall was appointed today as the U.S. Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights. Her role also includes serving as the Special Coordinator for Tibetan issues. Dr. Sewall previously served as a Senior Lecturer in Public (...)
[dalailama.com] Washington DC, USA, 20 February 2014 – His Holiness the Dalai Lama returned to the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) this morning to participate in two panel discussions, the first involving members of the AEI and the second involving members of the Mind & Life Institute (...)