DHARAMSHALA: A month-long inter nunnery winter debate (Tib: Jang Gun Choe) for the year 2013 began today at the Dolmaling Nunnery and Dialectic Institute near Dharamshala. More than 500 Buddhist nuns from 8 different nunneries including 200 from Dolmaling, are participating in the session. (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Newly-appointed Justice Commissioner Ngawang Choedak Choetri Tengpa took the oath of office from Chief Justice Commissioner Ngawang Phelgyal Gyechen at a ceremony held today at the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission. The ceremony was attended by Justice Commissioner Tsering (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Central Tibetan Administration today observed the 144th birth anniversary of world’s icon of non-violence and truth, Mahatma Gandhi, and called on Tibetans inside and outside Tibet to reaffirm their commitment to non-violence in the freedom struggle. Gandhi Jayanti on 2 October (...)
By Simon Denyer [The Washington Post] BEIJING – After Xi Jinping took over as head of China’s Communist Party last December, some liberals dared to hope that change was in store for the world’s most populous nation. Xi’s father, a veteran party leader, had enjoyed a reputation for open-mindedness (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Department of Health, Central Tibetan Administration today began a three-day ‘School Health Workshop cum Substance Abuse Review Meeting’ at the LTWA hall. More than 27 participants including two school rectors, from Tibetan schools across India are taking part in the program. (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Thousands of devotees from 54 countries, including hundreds from Taiwan, Mainland China and Hong Kong, are in Dharamsala to attend His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s four-day teaching,which began today. His Holiness the Dalai Lama is teaching ‘Nagarjuna’s Sixty Stanzas of Reasoning’ and (...)
Appel à communications : Trichologie tibétaine. Les cheveux et leur traitement dans l’aire tibétaine Les cheveux (et plus largement les poils) sont un élément central de présentation et du soin de soi, un symbole puissant et un marqueur identitaire … Continuer la lecture (...)
Nous avons le plaisir de convier tous nos membres et futurs membres à la première conférence du cycle des conférences SFEMT 2013-2014, le jeudi 17 octobre 2013 à 17 h : Nicolas Sihlé (chercheur au CNRS, UPR 299, Centre d’Etudes Himalayennes) : « Éclairages … Continuer la lecture (...)
(jeudi de 17h à 18h30 à la Maison de l’Asie, la salle varie en fonction des dates) Jeudi 17 octobre 2013 : Nicolas Sihlé, « Éclairages comparatifs sur la place du don bouddhique dans le cas tibétain » (Grand salon) … Continuer la lecture (...)
By Benjamin Kang Lim and Ben Blanchard Beijing|Sun Sep29, 2013 5:30 pm EDT (Reuters) – President Xi Jinping believes China is losing its moral compass and he wants the ruling Communist Party to be more tolerant of traditional faiths in the hope these will help fill a vacuum created by the (...)