December 11, 2011 We, the participants of the conference “Democracy and Human Rights in Asia: One Year after an Empty Chair in Oslo”, who have gathered here in Prague at the invitation of President Václav Havel wish to join in the international efforts to promote awareness and improve progress …

  BEYOND RELIGION: Ethics for a Whole World By His Holiniess the Dalai Lama, Alexander Norman Ten years ago, in his best-selling Ethics for a New Millennium, His Holiness the Dalai Lama first proposed an approach to ethics based on universal rather than religious principles. Now, in Beyond Religion, the …

Mayank Chhaya | December 2, 2011| The Dalai Lama’s political successor and Tibetan prime minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay has significantly stepped up his outreach as the Tibetan issue slides further into global amnesia. A dozen self-immolations by desperate Tibetans since February, 2009, including 11 since March this year alone, has not done …

  Kirti Rinpoche participated in a panel discussion with Prof. Robert Thurman to discuss the topic, “Breaking Point: Understanding the Tibetan Self-Immolations” at the Roosevelt House in Hunter College, hosted by the Students for a Free Tibet on 22 November 2011. It was the last of Kirti Rinpoche’s series of …

Statement delivered by Kelsang Gyaltsen, Envoy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama  at the TIBET INTER-GROUP CONFERENCE ON GENUINE AUTONOMY 29 November 2011 European Parliament, Brussels THE SINO-TIBETAN DIALOGUE:  STATE OF PLAY AND PERSPECTIVES First of all let me express my deep appreciation and gratitude to the Tibet Inter-group of the …

      On 29th November 1956, on the occasion of the 2500th anniversary of the Buddha’s Parinirvana, I had the opportunity to meet Indian leaders and Buddhist representatives from many countries here inNew Delhi. At that time I gave a detailed account of the historical development of Buddhism inTibetand …