China president stresses support for Panchen Lama
Chinese President Hu Jintao underscored Communist Party support on Thursday for the boy Beijing recognises as Tibet’s second-most important religious figure despite a different choice by the Dalai Lama.
China’s president meets with Beijing-picked Tibetan Lama
Chinese President Hu Jintao met Thursday with the boy picked by Beijing as the reincarnation of the Panchen Lama the second-highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism in a pomp-filled ceremony broadcast on state television.
Tibetan monks perform traditional dances and chants Friday
Tibetan Buddhist monks from the Gaden Shartse Monastery will present an evening of cultural performances featuring traditional dances, chanting and monastic debate Friday at 7 p.m. at the Coconino Center for the Arts, 2300 N. Fort Valley Road.
Kalon Tripa Briefs Tibetan Religious Leaders on Sino-Tibetan Dialogue Process
At a special luncheon hosted by His Holiness the Dalai Lama for heads of the Tibetan Buddhist traditions and some senior lamas in Bodh Gaya on 25 January, Kalon Tripa Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche gave a detailed briefing on the current state of discussions
Why remember Panchsheel?
Who remembers the Panchsheel Agreement? Some might imagine some lofty dharmic principles enunciated by Nehru and the Chinese, who later in 1962 treacherously “stabbed us in the back.”
Monastery will remember tsunami victims, Buddhism
The Namgyal Monastery of Ithaca will be having a fund-raiser and prayer ceremony on Feb. 12 at 1 p.m. to benefit victims of the tsunami that swept South Asia earlier this year. The Monastery, located at 412 N. Aurora St. in Ithaca since 1992
A Buddhist holy man says hello in Hebrew
On the stage of the Tzavta hall in Tel Aviv, instead of amplifiers for electric guitars or other props for one of the fringe plays staged there, this time there were items of a different sort scattered about: a light-colored sofa with pillows