Dharamsala, HP, India, 1 July 2011 (By Ravi Nessman, Associated Press) – The Dalai Lama said Friday that China’s Communist leadership can play no role in deciding who succeeds him as the leader of Tibetan Buddhism upon his death and called Beijing’s meddling in the issue “a disgrace.” The …

  – Lobsang T. Namru, Minneapolis, MN The recent election of Dr. Lobsang Sangay to the helm of Tibetan exile administration and the process leading to was historic in the annals Tibetan politics, and exemplary by any measure of a democratic institution. Weren’t we excited by the enthusiasm and participation …

  by Kelsang Gyaltsen, Envoy of H. H. the Dalai Lama Posted on 20 Juni 2011 Once again the small Tibetan world in exile seems to be torn apart by an emotional and political dispute over the devolution of the administrative and political powers of His Holiness the Dalai Lama …

When: Tuesday, June 14 · 6:30pm – 8:00pm WHERE: Asia Society, 725 Park Ave, New York, NY Columbia Water Center is co-sponsoring the event. Asia Society’s Center on US-China Relations will present a film and discussion called Revealed: Himalayan Meltdown. The 45-minute documentary co-produced by the United Nations Development Programme …

Tibetans in exile build new institutions as their spiritual leader leaves politics. By AMY YEE The Wall Street Journal (Opinion Asia) June 10, 2011 The Dalai Lama’s official role in the Tibetan exile administration has ended. The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), based in Dharamsala in northern India, last week finalized …

New York, June 5—The 9-day Tibet Awareness Program at the Federal University of Santa Catarina in Florianopolis, South Brazil, concluded successfully on the evening of June 4th with the dismantling of intricate Sand Mandala created by Ven Tenzin Thutop of the Namgyal Monastery as well as the Brazilian writers/journalists’ interesting …