Date and Time:  Apr 29, 2011 | 6:30pm to 8:00pm Venue:               Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue, New York, NY Free Event, limited seating available.  Registration Required Debate is an essential skill in Tibetan monastic tradition. Buddhists consider ignorance to be the …

  Organized by Trace Foundation and Latse Library Join us as we celebrate the publication of the most recent work by one of Tibet’s most influential poets, Jangbu (Dorjicering Chenaktsang), and catch a sneak preview of his upcoming documentary Yartsa. The Nine-Eyed Agate: Poems and Stories (Lexington, 2010) features English …

  Tibet House Japan, April 29, 2011 Friday TOKYO: His Holiness the Dalai Lama met with Japanese and foreign media this afternoon before presiding over a mass prayer at Gokokuji Temple. His Holiness said that he was deeply saddened that Japan was struck with three cataclysmic natural disasters one after …

Nawang Phuntsog, an associate professor of education at California State University at Fullerton, has won a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar Award to India for the year 2011-2012. As a Fulbright Research Scholar, Prof. Phuntsog will conduct research to explore the challenges associated with an abrupt shift in the medium of …

A 43-year-old senior fellow of Harvard Law School has been elected Kalon Tripa of the Central Tibetan Administration. DHARAMSHALA: Dr Lobsang Sangay won 27,051 votes (55 percent) in the final round of polling held on 20 March. Out of 83,990 registered voters, 49,184 cast their ballots. The other two candidates …

MIND MOVES: Visit by Dalai Lama was an inspiration to us all, writes TONY BATES Tony Bates, The Irish Times, Tuesday, April 26, 2011 HE CAME, he bowed and he conquered us with his smile. His Holiness, the Dalai Lama. His presence inspired us and touched something deeply human in …