Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India, 10th October 2021 “Today, Dharma friends, we’ll go over the remaining transmission of ‘In Praise of Dependent Arising’” His Holiness announced as soon as the chanting of the ‘Heart Sutra’ was complete. “As the Buddha said in the Questions of Rashtrapala (...)
Dharamshala: The first session of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile would be held for two days from 11 – 12 October 2021, according to a circular issued by the Tibetan Parliamentary secretariat on Sunday, 10 October. The official circular states: In accordance with Article 40 of the Charter (...)
Dharamsala: Today the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile welcomed its new members for the first Standing Committee. As per Article 42 of the Charter of Tibetans in exile, the Standing Committee consisting of two Parliamentarians from each three traditional provinces and one Parliamentarian from (...)
The Wall Street Journal – 8 October 2021 SINGAPORE—After launching experiments aimed at more forcefully assimilating ethnic minorities in remote regions, China’s Communist Party has moved subtly but decisively to make cultural assimilation the central tenet of its policy for managing minority (...)
dalailama.com Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India – As soon as His Holiness the Dalai Lama came into the room from where he engages in online conversations today, monks in Taiwan began to chant the ‘Heart Sutra’ in Chinese. Following their recitation, Mr Chung Chih welcomed His Holiness on (...)
Dharamshala: After getting elected as the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile the previous day, Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel and Deputy Speaker Dolma Tsering paid a series of visits to nearby monasteries earlier this morning. Starting with Tsuklagkhang, the temple (...)
Dharamshala: Newly elected Speaker Ven Khenpo Sonam Tenphel and Deputy Speaker Dolma Tsering of the 17th Tibetan Parliament in Exile were sworn in today at the Sikyong Auditorium, Gangchen Kyishong. The oath of office was administered by Sonam Norbu Dagpo, the Chief Justice Commissioner of the (...)
Marking this year’s World Mental Health Day, the Department of Health, Central Tibetan Administration is launching its pilot telepsychiatry project IMPACT-T (Improving Access through Telepsychiatry in the Tibetan settlements). This year’s theme is “Promoting wellbeing during COVID-19 pandemic”. (...)
Source: dalailama.com Following the announcement yesterday of the winners of this Year’s Nobel Peace Prize, His Holiness the Dalai Lama issued a statement congratulating Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov. He wrote that he was happy to learn that this year’s Nobel Peace Prize had been awarded to the (...)