ANANTH KRISHNAN The Hindu (an Indian national daily) BEIJING, December 25, 2011—On Christmas Eve, some of Beijing’s wealthiest and most well-connected residents headed to a sprawling villa on the city’s outskirts. A faux European-style mansion, which sits on an expansive property hidden from public view by high walls and …
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Dharamsala, India, 18 December 2011 – His Holiness the Dalai Lama expressed his deep sadness at learning of the passing away of his dear friend President Václav Havel. In a letter to his wife Mrs. Dagmar Havlova, His Holiness wrote that in his death, the world has lost a …
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DHARAMSHALA: The Central Tibetan Administration has expressed great sadness over the passing away of President Václav Havel, a dear and steadfast friend of the Tibetan people. In a condolence letter sent to the late president’s wife Mrs Dagmar Havlova, today, the Kashag said: “It is with great sadness the …
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Prague, 12 December: “A more open, free and democratic China is of great importance for Asia and the world as a whole”, said the Prague Declaration signed by the six speakers of the conference, “Democracy and Human Rights in Asia: One Year after an Empty Chair in Oslo”, yesterday. …
Read More »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 …
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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 …
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