Commentaries & Opinion Pieces

May 20, 2020 Tibet Bureau Geneva to host a virtual panel discussion on the topic 25 years of “Disappearance”: Why the Global Support to Panchen Lama Matters on 25 May 2020. Geneva: Tibet Bureau Geneva will be hosting a virtual panel discussion on the topic 25 years of “Disappearance”: Why the …

May 19, 2020 CTA President Dr Lobsang Sangay welcomes US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s strong call for Panchen Lama’s release. Dharamshala: The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a strong-worded statement on the 25th anniversary of the Panchen Lama’s enforced disappearance, demanding the Chinese government to release and “immediately …

By Tenzin Tseten for Tibet Policy Institute, 19 May 2020 The State Administration for Religious Affairs (SARA) issued a regulation titled Measures for the Administration of Religious Groups on January 1, 2020. The regulation consists of 41 articles under six chapters that came into effect on February 1, 2020. Although the regulation …

Dharamshala: As per the announcement of Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, His Holiness will confer two-day Avalokiteshvara Empowerment (Chenrezig wang) on 30-31 May 2020 from approximately 9 am to 10.30 am (Indian Standard Time). The global audience can tune into live webcasts of these teachings in Tibetan, English, Chinese, …

Dharamsala: “Today is a new day,” announced His Holiness the Dalai Lama as he opened the second session of his webcast teaching about Nagarjuna’s ‘Precious Garland’, “and I’d like to wish all my dharma friends ‘Good morning’.” His Holiness the Dalai Lama at his speaking live to a world wide …

Tibetans in the US and Canada offer lunches to the first responders, nurses, doctors, and also to those who are quarantined. Washington DC: The coronavirus (COVID-19) originated from the Chinese city of Wuhan, which is established beyond doubt. The virus’s initial outbreak was severely censored and obscured by the Chinese …