By Shaun Tandon (AFP) – 5 hours ago WASHINGTON — The leader of Tibet’s exiled government said he would accept the Chinese Communist Party’s rule in the territory, assuring Beijing it faced no threat to its sovereignty if it eases its grip. Lobsang Sangay, who was elected in 2011 to a new position (...)
Portland, Oregon, USA 8 May 2013 Shortly after arriving in Portland today, having flown from one side of the United States to the other, His Holiness the Dalai Lama met staff and Tibetans students participating in the Global Leadership Initiative. He recalled that as early as the time of his (...)
May 8, 2013 Washington, DC: Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay arrived in Washington, DC on May 6, 2013 for his third official visit to the American capital since assuming the Tibetan political leadership. The Sikyong will be in Washington from May 6 to 10 and is accompanied by Special Advisor Kaydor (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Central Tibetan Administration today congratulated former Kalon Tripa Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche on being appointed as the Chancellor of Sanchi University of Buddhist-Indic Studies based in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh on 25 April 2013. “The Kashag would like to (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Department of Health of the Central Tibetan Administration organised an awareness and screening programme on oral hygiene in the Tibetan settlements at Miao, Tezu and Tenzingang in northeastern India from 14 – 24 April. Dr Tsewang who works as a dentist in DTR hospital, Mundgod, (...)
By Peter Dominiczak / The Telegraph David Cameron is refusing to apologise to the Chinese government for meeting with the Dalai Lama. In an escalation of the row between China and the UK, Downing Street made it clear that ministers “will decide who they meet and where they meet them”. Beijing is (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Kalon Dolma Gyari of Department of Home, Central Tibetan Administration, today inaugurated Tibet Charity’s Basic Education School for unemployed Tibetan youths at the Tibet Charity office in Mc Leod Ganj, Dharamsala. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Kalon Dolma Gyari thanked (...)
Maryland, USA, 7 May 2013 Just before landing at Dulles Airport at the end of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s long flight from India yesterday, the pilot warned of heavy cloud cover over the Washington area. Today, the steady rain that fell as His Holiness drove to the Comcast Center of the (...)
[dalailama.com] DHARAMSHALA: There will be live webcasts of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s talks and discussions from the Environmental Summit in Portland and from the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, USA, on May 9-11, 2013. All times Pacific Daylight Time (PDT = GMT-7.00)May 9: (...)
By Ian Simpson College Park, Maryland / 7 May 2013 (Reuters) – Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Tuesday decried Buddhist monks’ attacks on Muslims in Myanmar, saying killing in the name of religion was “unthinkable.” The Dalai Lama, a foremost Buddhist leader, told an audience at (...)