Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama of Tibet: still disappeared
The year 2005 has been declared as the International Year of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima the 11th Panchen Lama of Tibet. He turns 16 on 25 April 2005.
Black holes in Beijing history books are a match for Japanese silences
For graphic accounts of Japanese atrocities in China, there are few better places to look than Chinese history textbooks, adorned as they are with pictures of soldiers preparing to bayonet thousands of people in Nanking in 1937.
Sikkim’s Legislative Assembly Hosts Luncheon
Early this morning, His Holiness the Dalai Lama granted audiences to family members of Sikkimese dignitaries and then drove to the Guards Ground to continue his teachings on Relaxing the Mind Itself.
‘Karmapa’s return to Rumtek depends on India’
The return of the 17th Karmapa Orgyen Trinley Dorje, who is currently staying in Dharamsala, to the Rumtek monastery in Sikkim depends entirely on India, the Dalai Lama has said.
Tibetans celebrate temple
Dane County’s Tibetan community gathered with friends Friday to break ground for a new temple at Deer Park Buddhist Center that is viewed as a holy place for the heart and mind.