CHICAGO (AP) : The U.S. needs find a way to be a leader in global peace, former President Jimmy Carter said Monday at a gathering of Nobel Peace Prize winners.Mikhail Gorbachev and the Dalai Lama are just a few laureates expected in Chicago for the three-day summit, the first of its kind in (...)
Where is China Heading on Tibet? You know that I have been leading the Tibetan delegation for the dialogue with the Chinese government for the last many years. But I am not here today to give you a report on my progress because there is nothing new to say on that front. My last meeting (...)
By Yan Lianke BEIJING — Old habits die hard. Despite leaving my home in the countryside more than 30 years ago, I never feel that the first of January marks the start of a new year. In my hometown, the true beginning of a new year is the first day of the Chinese Lunar New (...)
On April 22, 2012 morning His Holiness left the city of Long Beach for Rochester, Minneapolis. Gaden Shartse Abbot Jamyang Choeden, Geshe Lobsang Tsultrim, Managing Director, and staff of Gaden Shartse Thubten Dhargye Ling saw him off at the airport. On his arrival in Rochester, several hundred (...)
On his last full day in Long Beach during this visit, His Holiness bestowed the Yamantaka Initiations, addressed a group of Chinese & others, and spoke to more than 10,000 people on Peace in Troubled Times. His Holiness left his hotel early in the morning to the Long Beach Arena to finish (...)
SAN DIEGO: On his final full day in San Diego during this visit, on April 19, 2012 His Holiness continued with his theme of compassion without borders and spoke to a sold out crowd of 13000 people at the San Diego State University on upholding universal ethics and compassion. He also (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Reports coming out of Tibet say two more Tibetans have set themselves on fire yesterday in Zamthang in Tibet’s northeastern Ngaba region. Choepak Kyab and Sonam, both in 20s, who belonged to nomadic herder families, set themselves on fire close to a local government office in Barma (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Kalon Tripa will leave Dharamsala tomorrow to take part in the upcoming 12th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Chicago and the 6th World Parliamentarians’ Convention on Tibet in Ottawa. At the Nobel Peace laureates’ summit in Chicago from 23 – 25 April, Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang (...)
CAIRO: Engineering students from the American University in Cairo (AUC), Bassma Taher and Samar Sultan are the first Egyptians selected as Dalai Lama fellows for the year 2012, winning $4,500 each for their project Kaab Dayer, which aims to empower underprivileged people by developing their (...)
His Holiness the Dalai Lama during his talk at the University of San Diego on April 18, where he was presented with the University’s Medal of Peace/OHHDL Photo SAN DIEGO: On his first day in San Diego on April 18, 2012 morning, His Holiness participated in a panel discussion on climate change in (...)