On July 7, 2011, His Holiness continued with his preparatory prayers for the Kalachakra initiations and was also welcomed in the United States Congress by Speaker John Boehner and congressional leaders from both the Republican and the Democratic parties. Highlighting the traditional bipartisanship that the issue of Tibet enjoys …
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama left the hotel for the Verizon Center, venue of the Kalachakra teachings, early in the morning to begin the preparatory prayers. The Board of the Capital Area Tibetan Association received him on his arrival at the Center. After the ceremonial Mandala offering, His Holiness …
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Dharamsala, HP, India, 1 July 2011 (By Ravi Nessman, Associated Press) – The Dalai Lama said Friday that China’s Communist leadership can play no role in deciding who succeeds him as the leader of Tibetan Buddhism upon his death and called Beijing’s meddling in the issue “a disgrace.” The …
Read More »When: Tuesday, June 14 · 6:30pm – 8:00pm WHERE: Asia Society, 725 Park Ave, New York, NY Columbia Water Center is co-sponsoring the event. Asia Society’s Center on US-China Relations will present a film and discussion called Revealed: Himalayan Meltdown. The 45-minute documentary co-produced by the United Nations Development Programme …
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New York, June 5—The 9-day Tibet Awareness Program at the Federal University of Santa Catarina in Florianopolis, South Brazil, concluded successfully on the evening of June 4th with the dismantling of intricate Sand Mandala created by Ven Tenzin Thutop of the Namgyal Monastery as well as the Brazilian writers/journalists’ interesting …
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Reconstruction work has added to unease over Beijing’s policies and fuelled tensions between Tibetans and Chinese settlers [Brice Pedroletti, Guardian Weekly, Tuesday 24 May 2011] A year ago an earthquake devastated the Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Yushu, in Qinghai province, south-west China, claiming 3,000 lives. Now, it is in …
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