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How to develop your self-confidence, according to the Dalai Lama
Photo by Bill WechterThe Dalai Lama delivers the commencement address to the University of California-San Diego CNBC – 23 June 2017 Believing in yourself is the fire starter for success of almost any measure. But how do you develop that self-confidence? According to the Dalai Lama, it’s simple: “Love brings read more →
In Boston, Dalai Lama Preaches Compassion
The Dalai Lama during his address to a crowd at the Sheraton Boston. Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff By Kiana Cole, Boston Globe – June 25, 2017 People of all ages, many clothed in traditional Tibetan dress, some with babies in strollers and others accompanying elders, came to a Boston hotel early read more →
Is a Buddhist Group Changing China? Or Is China Changing It?
Pilgrims and nuns during a National Day procession last fall. Gilles Sabrié for The New York Times By Ian Johnson, The New York Times – 24 June 2017 YIXING, China — For most of her life, Shen Ying was disappointed by the world she saw around her. She watched China’s economic read more →
Recreating Tibet Outside: Early Years of the Refugee Community
The Dalai Lama at the official reception in Bomdila, Arunachal Pradesh. He is flanked by PN Menon (former Consul-General of India in Lhasa from 1954-1956) and Sonam Topgay Kazi (who served as the Interpreter for the Indian Mission in Tibet from 1949 to 1955), who were sent by the government read more →
US senator slams Chinese paper for ‘threatening’ Indian-origin
By PTI, DNA, A top US senator has slammed a Chinese newspaper for “threatening” a University in California and its Indian-origin chancellor for hosting the Dalai Lama. The Tibetan spiritual leader delivered the commencement address at University California, San Diego on June 17. “I find it unconscionable that a reporter read more →
Trump urged to appoint special coordinator for Tibet
By PTI, DNA, More than 35 US Congressmen have urged President Donald Trump to appoint a special coordinator for Tibet, a post that has been laying vacant for long. “As members of the United States Congress, we write to urge you to appoint the position of Special Coordinator for Tibetan read more →
In China’s far west the ‘perfect police state’ is emerging
Read the original story here. The Guardian, 23 June 2017 It was Friday, the Islamic day of assembly, but outside Kashgar’s Id Kah mosque on Liberation Avenue it was the growl of diesel engines that filled the air not a muezzin’s wistful cry. One by one armoured personnel carriers, some read more →
Dalai Lama on generating the mind for enlightenment
His Holiness the Dalai Lama during the public address at RIMAC field of UC San Diego, 16 June 2017. by TERRY REIS KENNEDY, Jun 21 2017 – Deccan Herald Spiritual teachers remind us that enlightenment is the goal of our journey, a state of irreversibility, once we achieve it. But how do read more →
China: Tibet Propaganda Masks Repression
The Chinese term shehui zhili is normally translated into English as “social governance.” The term highlights the government’s role in providing services and welfare to citizens as well as controlling them, and its cooperation with other stakeholders in society such as nongovernmental organizations and social organizations. © 2017 Human Rights read more →
The Dalai Lama says we can use the same formula for inner peace and world peace
Read the original story here. On June 17, the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, delivered the commencement speech at the University of California, San Diego. His central theme throughout the speech was the idea that world peace depends on inner peace – you can’t solve global issues without first attending to your own emotional read more →
India, China need to set up new framework: Ex-NSA
Former national security advisor Shiv Shankar Menon (C) — Geetanjali Dangwal, DNA correspondent, Beijing’s behaviour has changed over a period, says Shiv Shankar Menon Former national security advisor Shiv Shankar Menon has said that China’s quest for setting a new world order centred around it, has led behavioural changes over read more →
China is accused of ‘Highland Clearances’ with Tibet park bid
China is accused of ‘Highland Clearances’ with Tibet park bid The Herald Scotland – 15 June 2017 CHINA has been accused of launching a campaign similar to the Highland Clearances, with plans to turn Tibet into one of the world’s biggest national parks. The plans, which have been submitted to read more →
With This Move, India Jumped Onto China Bandwagon. Why?
By Nitin Pal, NDTV, Foreign policy continuity is often a good thing: it reassures both the international community and the domestic establishment that the ship of state will generally hold its course, despite the comings and goings of political leaders. If it were not so, and if every incoming government read more →
For UC San Diego, the Dalai Lama’s visit has global impact — for better or worse
By Peter Rowe – San Diego Tribune – 15 June 2017 The 14th Dalai Lama is a Nobel laureate and the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism. He’s also a box office smash. Within hours of offering tickets to the Dalai Lama’s two talks at UC San Diego — Friday’s read more →
Why China Is No Climate Leader
By Elizabeth Economy, Politico 12 June 2017 When President Donald Trump yanked America’s support for the Paris Climate Accords, pundits were quick to hail China as the world’s new environmental leader. Two veteran journalists wrote that the decision was “the greatest strategic gift to the Chinese, who are eager to read more →