Tibetan at parliament to plead for friend’s life

The campaign to stop China executing a Tibetan religious leader was due to come to the Scottish Parliament today. The parliament’s cross-party group on Tibet welcomed exile Geshe Lobsang Tenpa, who is touring the UK as part of an international campaign to save Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche.

Delhi raises the last toast to ‘chhang’

For decades, Delhi’s young and restless have flocked to dark little shacks outlying the main university campus for a swig of the freedom tipple — ‘chhang’ or Tibetan rice beer.

Dalai Lama hails Russian pilgrims

Thousands of Russian Buddhists have journeyed through snow and rain to see the Dalai Lama, who is visiting the remote southern republic of Kalmykia.

Save Tenzin Delek Rinpoche for Tibet’s Sake!

The Norwegian Tibet Committee held a peaceful demonstration on Monday 29th November 2004 in front of the Chinese Embassy in protest against the death sentence given to Tenzin Delek Rinpoche by the Chinese Authorities.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Grace Offering Ceremony

As an outcome of divinations conducted by lamas in reliance upon deities, the Kashag will hold an official prayer offering at the sacred site of Bodhgaya on 25 January 2005 (the fifteenth day of the twelveth Tibetan lunar month) to mark the holy wood monkey year.