DHARAMSHALA: A two-day symposium on the historic significance of 1913 treaty between Mongolia and was held in Dharamsala on December 30th and 31st 2010. The symposium was hosted by the Department of Information and International Relations, Central Tibetan Administration based in Dharamsala, India. A group of seven scholars and historians …
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Tibetan monks studying science at Emory University
By DORIE TURNER Associated Press Saturday, January 1, 2011 Some of the newest students at Emory University’s student body may act like typical college kids, but there’s a key difference: They’re Tibetan monks sent by the Dalai Lama to the United States to learn science. Wearing the traditional crimson robes …
Read More »Kalon Tripa Debate 2011 in New York
WHEN: Sunday, January 2, 2011; from 2pm to 5pm WHERE Riverside Church (South Hall), 490 Riverside Drive (between 120th & 122nd St) in Manhattan The Tibetan Community of New York and New Jersey is organizing Kalon Tripa 2011 debate in New York on January 2nd 2011. The debate will be …
Read More »‘Many Chinese apologetic about Beijing’s Tibet policy,’ the Dalai Lama
“With tears in their eyes, they beseech me not to forget the Chinese people,” - His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Read More »Seeing science through a spiritual lens
By Amy Yee Special to The Washington Post Saturday, December 18, 2010 NEW DELHI – The northern Indian town of Bir was greeted with an unusual sight when Scott Schmidt carried six-foot-long plywood sheets on his head through the streets. Schmidt, who develops exhibits for the Smithsonian, had retrieved the …
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