[dalailama.com] His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give a one day teaching on the Life Stories of the Buddha (Jataka Tales) as part of the Great Prayer Festival from the Main Tibetan Temple in Dharamsala, HP, India on March 16, 2014 starting at approximately 8:30am Indian Standard Time (IST). His (...)
BRUSSELS: The Tibetan community in Belgium commemorated the Tibetan National Uprising Day on 10 March. The official function was held at the Schuman Circle in front of the European Commission in Brussels. The Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama read out the message of Sikyong Dr. (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Special Committee on the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights of the Italian Senate has adopted a resolution on Tibet. The resolution came against the backdrop of a testimony by Kalon Dicki Chhoyang of the Central Tibetan Administration’s Department of Information and (...)
DEHRADUN: The second series of “Nuns Empowerment and Need Analysis Workshop”, organised by the Central Tibetan Administration’s Women’s Empowerment Desk of Social and Resource Development Fund, began today at Sakya Rinchen Choeling nunnery in Dickyiling Tibetan settlement in the northern Indian state (...)
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR [The New York Times] By Scott Moore Last week, China’s two primary legislative bodies, the National People’s Congress and the People’s Political Consultative Congress, convened their annual meetings in Beijing. Although the delegates’ primary function is to ratify decisions made (...)
DHARAMSHALA: A 5-day research methodology workshop for an in depth study of the Tibetan Buddhist canons is underway at the Central University of Tibetan Studies, Sarnath. The workshop is being held as part of the Department of Religion and Culture’s efforts to encourage in depth study of the (...)
DHARAMSHALA: India-Tibet Friendship Society, a Tibet Support Group based in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, organised a seminar on the strategic role of Tibet in India-China relations on the eve of the 55th Tibetan National Uprising Day on 10 March. Addressing the seminar, Acharya (...)
By Namse Namgyal My name is Namse Namgyal. The lack of knowledge behind the pairing of these two names would make many a Tibetan smile. My mother, as happened with many Tibetans brought up in Switzerland, grew up quite disconnected from the traditional Tibetan ways and only became aware of the (...)
http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/3346/ Research Associate in Buddhism (Fixed Term) Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available until 30 September 2017 in the first instance. Fixed-Term Research Associate in Buddhism. Faculty of Divinity Applications are invited for a fixed-term Research (...)