Interview with Secretary of Department of Home

The Department of Home of the Central Tibetan Administration today concludes its meeting of settlement representatives held in Dharamsala from 28 October-1 November, 2003. A lot of issues have been touched during the meeting which saw

Tibetan monks tour across U.S

From a tightly packed room at the Six O’Clock Series lecture to a filled and buzzing dining hall containing table after table overflowing with food at the Interfaith dinner, to a steady stream of people watching the evolving sand mandala in the Ohio Room

Tibetan monks tour across U.S

Ten Tibetan, Buddhist monks spent four days constructing the mandala in the Ohio Room. The mandala is a three-dimensional sand artform that is created during their meditation. The mandala was swept into an urn and destroyed Thursday to symbolize how nothing in life is permanent. (SARAH BILITSKI/PENN)

The Dalai Lama speaks about the ‘Power of Compassion’

The Dalai Lama speaks about the ‘Power of Compassion’ before a Japanese audience of over 4,000, in Tokyo November 1, 2003. The Dalai Lama arrived in Japan on Friday for a visit that is likely to irritate China, which views Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader as a ‘dangerous separatist.’

Photo by Toshiyuki Aizawa