Exhausted Dalai Lama sits out his 69th birthday bash
Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama spent his 69th birthday resting after his doctors advised him to slow down his gruelling schedule, aides said.
Dalai Lama turns 69
The Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of the Tibetans, turned 69 Tuesday amidst reports that China was hardening its stance on his demand for internal self-rule in Tibet and was even looking for his reincarnation to succeed him.
China urged to look after its heritage
UNESCO has urged China to take more care of Beijing’s Forbidden City and Tibet’s Potala Palace and says it plans to re-examine whether they should be put on a danger list.
The Statement of the Kashag on the 69th Birthday Celebration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
On this auspicious occasion of the 69th birthday celebration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the Kashag on behalf of the Tibetan people inside and outside Tibet would like to pay its deep respect by offering our warm greetings
Dalai Lama’s Birthday in New York
They were on subway trains from Queens and Brooklyn. They were on cars and trains from Connecticut and other parts of upstate New York. Some of them had journeyed the day before on the cheap China Town buses from Boston and Washington, D.C.
Tibetans in exile
THE TIBETAN refugees are one of the most resilient and successful refugee groups in the world. Secluded as they were for several centuries in the “roof of the world” with hardly any contact with other societies and cultures