Dalai Lama arrives to emotional crowd
About 1,000 supporters of the Dalai Lama welcomed him outside Toronto’s Fairmont Royal York hotel yesterday, waving Tibetan flags, ceremonial scarves, banners, burning incense, applauding and crying out in unison: “Dalai Lama, Dalai Lama.”
Bay Area Tibetans hunger strike for New York compatriots
Around forty Tibetans staged a solidarity hunger strike and rally in downtown Berkeley in California as three Tibetan youth entered their 22nd day of indefinite hunger strike before the UN building in New York.
Local NGOs aid Tibetan refugees living in India
Taiwan’s non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are lending a hand to improve public health conditions among the Tibetan diaspora in India, though much remains to be done, according to the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission (MTAC).
How Buddhism was reincarnated
By rights, Tibetan Buddhism should have faded like the dying light in a thousand butter lamps before a thousand knowing Buddhas. But something extraordinary happened after the Dalai Lama rode a mountain pony into exile in 1959, disguised as a soldier
Dalai Lama to perform special blessing in Toronto
A crowd of about 600 supporters, many dressed in traditional Tibetan dress, greeted the Dalai Lama with songs and dancing when he arrived in Toronto Saturday afternoon. He’s expected to speak to 5,000 faithful at the city’s Sky Dome Sunday.
Canada sets a global example: Dalai Lama
Canada’s peaceful experience with referendums on its future has set an example for the world on successful political dissent, says the Dalai Lama. Two votes on the future of Quebec in Canada that proceeded without violence have shown how a mature democracy can cope with change