Norway’s Parliamentary President avoids Dalai Lama
DHARAMSALA, April 15: Norway’s Parliamentary President and a long-time supporter of Tibet, Olemic Thommessen said he would not meet the
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Pilgrimage to Koyasan, Headquarters of the Shingon Tradition of Japanese Buddhism
[dalailama.com] Koyasan, Japan, 13 April 2014 – Skies were grey and there was a chill in the air this morning as His Holiness the Dalai Lama left Kyoto to drive to Koyasan. The Koyasan mountains south of Osaka are the headquarters of the Shingon sect of Japanese Buddhism, sometimes referred to as Esoteric Buddhism, an epithet for the path of secret mantra.
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Talks to be held next week over Ukraine crisis
DHARAMSALA, April 11: Amid ever increasing possibility of military conflict between Russia and Ukraine that threatens to divide and plunge the world into cold war era, the United States, the European Union,
Read moreChina drills 7km borehole in ‘roof of world’ in oil and gas hunt
By Stephen Chen, South China Morning Post | Arpril 7, 2014
Chinese exploration teams have drilled their deepest borehole yet in the “roof of the world”.
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Dharamsala Tibetans demand Trulku Tenzin Delek’s release
DHARAMSALA, April 8: Tibetans in Dharamsala on April 7 marked the 12th anniversary of the arrest of Trulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, a renowned Buddhist teacher sentenced to life imprisonment by the Chinese government.
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“Buddha” seeks Dalai Lama’s blessings
DHARAMSALA, Apr 3: After completing 30 episodes chronicling the early life of Buddha from his birth to relinquishing the princely life to living an ascetic life practising self-mortification in pursuit of contemplative ideals, Siddharth, the prince of Kapilavastu transforms into Buddha,
Read moreNepal: Increased Pressure from China Threatens Tibetans
[Human Rights Watch] KATHMANDU, April 1: Nepal has imposed increasing restrictions on Tibetans living in the country as a result of strong pressure from China,
Read moreA Merkel, a Map, a Message to China?
By Rachel Lu, Tea Leaf Nation | April 2, 2014
On March 28, German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosted visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping at a dinner
Tibetan writer Tsultrim Gyaltsen and his friend Yougyal sentenced to 13 and 10 years’ jail term
DHARAMSALA, April 1: Tsultrim Gyaltsen, a young Tibetan writer who goes by the pen name, “Shogdril” and his friend Yougyal, a former policeman have been sentenced to 13 and 10 years’ imprisonment respectively by a people’s court in Tibet Autonomous Region.
Read moreMedicine Buddha Empowerment in the Theckchen Chöling Tsuglagkhang
[dalailama.com] DHARAMSALA, Mar 31: His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived promptly in the Theckchen Chöling Tsuglagkhang this morning to commence preparatory procedures for the Medicine Buddha
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