Friday, December 20 2024

Office of Tibet

What Can the Dalai Lama’s White House Visit Actually Accomplish?

On February 21, the Dalai Lama visited United States President Barack Obama in the White House over the objections of the Chinese government. Beijing labels the exiled spiritual leader a “wolf in sheep’s clothing” who seeks to use violence to free Tibet from Chinese rule. The Dalai Lama, who fled …

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama Meets with President Barack Obama

  tibet.net February 21, 2014 WASHINGTON, DC. FEBRUARY 21, 2014: His Holiness the Dalai Lama met with President Obama this morning at the White House. This was the third meeting between the Tibetan spiritual leader and the sitting American President. The earlier two meetings, also in the White House, took …

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Sikyong successfully concludes visits to Miao and Tezu Tibetan settlements

tibet.net February 2, 2014 GUWAHATI: Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay successfully concluded his successful tour of Arunachal Pradesh, visiting Tibetan settlements in Miao and Tezu on 30 and 31 January. Sikyong addressed the general public, and interacted with students and teachers on how to improve the education standard of Tibetans during …

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Sikyong vists Remote Tuting settlement

  tibet.net February 1, 2014 GUWAHATI: Flying in a helicopter over hills and valleys dotted with Siang river which joins the Brahmaputra flowing from Tibet, Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay arrived on his first ever visit to the remote settlement in Tuting on 30 January, after successfully concluding his tour of …

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Tibet’s Panchen Lama: 25 Years After

  By Thubten Samphel January 30, 2014 On 28 January, 25 years ago, the 10th Panchen Lama of Tibet died at the age of 51. Popular Tibetan opinion commonly refers to the 14th Dalai Lama and the 10th Panchen Lama as the “sun and moon” of the Tibetan Buddhist firmament. …

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