Professor Samdhong Rinpoche Teaches at Gyuto
March 24, 2015
His Eminence Professor Samdhong Rinpoche bestowed the highest integrating Tantra of Saying Manjushri Names and its Extensive Commentary by Gyalwa Gedun Gyatso [His Holiness the Second Dalai Lama, 1476-1542] in at nine-day teaching at the Gyuto Tantric Monastery near Dharamshala from March 7 – 17. The teachings were attended by read more →
International Support for Tibet on Uprising Day
By Sarah Gittleman / March 18, 2015
While the 56th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising on March 10 was marked by increased security by Chinese officials within Tibet, protests and commemorations occurred across the world demonstrating international support for the Tibetan cause. Crackdowns within Tibet began ahead of Uprising Day during the Monlam Prayer Festival when a read more →
Two International Reports Document Severe Repression in Tibet
By Vanshika Tripathi / March 14, 2015
The Amnesty International Report for 2014-2015 details human rights situations in 160 countries and territories including Tibet. This report recounts how the people of Tibet continue to face severe persecution at the hands of China, involving various limitations upon their freedoms of assembly, expression, association, and religious belief. The report read more →
“Don’t Forget the Tibetans”
By Lucy McKormick / March 14, 2015
“My message to the international community is: don’t forget the Tibetans. To forget the victims is to kill them second time.” With this quotation from Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel, German politician Claudia Roth delivered to the Tibetan people a strong message of solidarity. Ms Roth, Vice President of the Bundestag read more →
Tibetan Women Honoured and Remembered
By Lucy McKormick / March 14, 2015
March 12 saw schoolchildren, nuns, laypeople and foreign supporters marching from Martyrs’ Pillar in McLeod Ganj to Lower Dharamshala to mark the 56th anniversary of the Tibetan Women’s Uprising Day. Kalon Dolma Gyari, former Deputy Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament and current Home Minister of the Tibetan administration in exile, read more →
Losar – a Double Celebration
By Wendhe Choetsoe / March 13, 2015
Losar (Tibetan New Year) celebrations in the exiled Tibetan community in Dharamshala began early on February 19, the first day of Losar, the female Wood Sheep Year – 2142. The official gathering at Tsuglakhang, the main Tibetan Temple in the town, saw monks of Namgyal Monastery and officials of the read more →
Eviction Threat Lifted for Bonafide Tibetan Settlers
By Tenzin Samten / March 13, 2015
Tibetans in Dharamshala have been given clarity over the long-running threat of eviction of people who have settled in some areas of forestland and it is good news for those who are deemed to be “bonafide settlers”. In 2012, the Himachal Pradesh Court at Shimla ordered the eviction of Tibetans read more →
Jakata Tales and the Long-Life Prayer for His Holiness at Monlam
By Tsering Wangdue / March 12, 2015
The Long-Life Prayer was conferred on His Holiness the Dalai Lama, in celebration of his 80th year, at the Monlam or Great Prayer Festival which falls during the first days of the Tibetan New Year. On the day following the ceremony he gave a short teaching from the Jataka Tales read more →
Tibet at the Geneva HR Summit
By Rohini Kejriwal / March 7, 2015
The issue of the Tibetan freedom struggle and humans right violations was raised at the United Nations Summit for Human Rights and Democracy in Geneva, Switzerland, held from February 21 – 24. Among the 40 activists, human rights heroes, former political prisoners, journalists and student leaders were two Tibetans – read more →
His Holiness Visits America and Europe
By Tenzin Samten / February 27, 2015
His Holiness the Dalai Lama has been on tour, visiting the United States where he attended the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington DC along with prominent spiritual leaders, the US President Barack Obama and other US congressmen and women. His Holiness followed his visit to America with a trip to read more →