Toronto: Sikyong Penpa Tsering met with Canadian MPs James Maloney and Karim Bardeesy, as well as former Minister and MP Arif Virani, on 13 May 2025 during his visit to Toronto. The meeting, held at the Tibetan Canadian Cultural Centre, was also attended by Representative Namgyal Choedup and Sherap Therchin, …

Dharamshala: Kasa Dukar Dolma (Tib: ཀ་བཟའ་གདུགས་དཀར་སྒྲོལ་མ།), 85, the mother of the late Hungkar Rinpoche, reportedly passed away on 6 May 2025 in Golog, Amdo, following a prolonged illness caused and exacerbated by the distress and emotional toll of her son’s suspicious death. The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has verified the …

Washington DC: After successfully concluding his engagements with Members of Congress in Washington, DC, Sikyong Penpa Tsering visited Amherst, Massachusetts and Ithaca, New York on 10 and 11 May 2025, respectively, to connect with members of the Tibetan community. In Amherst, Sikyong first met separately with Tibetan youth to educate …

Dharamshala: On 8 May 2025, Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration held an official meeting with U.S. Representative Joe Wilson at the latter’s congressional office. During the meeting, Congressman Wilson conveyed profound admiration for His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, describing him as a source of inspiration. In …

Dharamshala: Almost 500 Tibetan opera performers and their supporters met His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the Tsuglagkhang courtyard today. They belonged to 14 groups who are attending the Sho-tön, the annual opera festival, at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA). Singing and dancing vigorously on either side of …

Dharamshala: On behalf of the Central Tibetan Administration and the Tibetan people, Sikyong Penpa Tsering extended heartfelt congratulations to His Excellency Friedrich Merz on his election as the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. In his congratulatory letter addressed to the new German Chancellor, Sikyong remarked, “Your assumption of …