AFP London–Britain said on Tuesday that Prime Minister David Cameron is free to meet with anyone he chooses, afterChinasaid the premier’s meeting with the Dalai Lama was an “affront to the Chinese people”. China said it had launched “solemn representations” with London after Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader held a private meeting with Cameron and his [...]
May 15th 2012 London, UK,14 May 2012- His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s first engagement of the day was an interview with Sarah Montague of the BBC which will be broadcast later today and tomorrow. Among the topics they discussed were what His Holiness felt when he heard he’d won the Templeton Prize and what [...]
(AFP) |May 11, 20123:40 pm VIENNA—Austria’s Chancellor Werner Faymann and Vice-Chancellor Michael Spindelegger are expected to meet with the Dalai Lama during his visit to Austria from May 17-27, their offices said Thursday. Faymann was scheduled to meet with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader alongside Vienna Archbishop Christoph Schoenborn, the chancellor’s office said, specifying [...]
Workshop on Buddhism and Tibetan Culture The three-day Buddhism Retreat for Tibetan University Students will be held at the Garrison Institute,Garrison,NY from July 5 to 7, 2012. The Garrison Institute is housed in a beautifully renovated 77,000 square foot former Capuchin monastery with comfortable accommodations and wonderful meeting facilities. Located one hour north of New [...]
May 1, 2012 OTTAWA: Parliamentarians from around the world today adopted the Ottawa Declaration. They had gathered in Ottawa for three days of intensive deliberations on the worsening situation in Tibet at the invitation of the Parliamentary Friends of Tibet, Canada. Legislators from Asia, Europe, the Americas, Africa and Oceania were joined by prominent [...]
Rochester, MN, April 25–On April 24, 2012, His Holiness the Dalai Lama first gave an interview to Piers Morgan of CNN, who began by asking His Holiness about his health given his medical check up. His Holiness responded by saying that for the last seven years he has been having his annual check up [...]
Remarks by Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari to the Council on Foreign Relations Washington DC. April 23, 2012 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 [...]
Rochester,MN April 23–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 members of the Tibetan community [...]
Long Beach, California, April 21–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 [...]
|
|
Latest from Tibet.net
Tibet, cynical Sinicism and the tragedy of self-immolations
By Robert D. Sloane East Asia Forum | May 9th, 2012 In a recent article, Barry Sautman ascribes recent self-immolations in Tibet to a few disgruntled monks at a single monastery. Their complaints, he says, reflect general social and economic issues rather than a genuine concern for the Tibetan people’s political and religious rights. [...]