Patna, Bihar, India 5 January 2013 This morning His Holiness the Dalai Lama met a group of more than 200 Vietnamese, monks, nuns and lay-people. In his advice to them he began by clarifying what it means to be a Buddhist today: “Just putting on yellow robes and shaving your head is not (...)
BANGALORE: On the second day of a week-long lobby campaign that was started on the 1st of January in Bangalore city, a press conference was held in the city Press Club on Wednesday morning. The press conference which was attended by over 30 reporters and journalist from various electronic and (...)
(Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama) Patna, 4 January 2013 On arrival in the ancient Indian city of Patna yesterday, His Holiness the Dalai Lama was warmly welcomed at the airport by the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. He was then driven a short distance to the State Guest House, where he (...)
BANGALORE: The Tibetan Parliament delegates called upon Shri K.G. Bopaiah, the honorable Speaker of the Karnataka State Assembly, to formally launch the month-long All India “Solidarity with Tibet” campaign initiated by the exile Tibetan Parliament. Co-inciding with the auspicious beginning of (...)
NDTV (PTI) January 03, 2013 PATNA, Bihar: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama arrived in Patna on Thursday to take part in a three-day International Buddhist Conference starting in Patna from January 5. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar went to Jayprakash Narayan airport to receive the Dalai Lama (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The first Tibetan teacher’s meeting is currently under-way at the Tibetan Children Village school at lower Dharamshala. The three-day meeting is organised by the department of education, Central Tibetan Administration. Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay who is also the Kalon for the (...)
PRESS RELEASE Tibetan Task Force on Negotiations Discusses Critical Situation in Tibet and China’s New Leadership A two-day meeting of the Task Force on Negotiations was held in Dharamsala from December 31, 2012 to January 1, 2013, chaired by Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay. The meeting reviewed the (...)
DHARAMSALA: On behalf of the Central Tibetan Administration, Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay extends his heartiest congratulations to Ms. Maya Graf on her election to the President of the Federal Parliament of Switzerland. “I am pleased to learn that you have been successfully elected as the President (...)
SYDNEY: A two-day International Sino-Tibetan Dialogue Conference was held from 29 to 30 December, 2012 at Bankstown Sports Club, NSW. The conference was organized by Sino-Tibet Study Group, New York and Chinese-Tibetan Friendship Association, Sydney. About 100 Tibetan and Chinese scholars, (...)
By Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) – A prominent group of Chinese academics has warned in a bold open letter that the country risks “violent revolution” if the government does not respond to public pressure and allow long-stalled political reforms. The 73 scholars, including well-known current and (...)