TWA holds Free Panchen Lama Concert at TIPA
On April 25th, Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA) hosted a concert in TIPA in honor of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima the XI Panchen Lama’s Birthday. Around 6:15 the crowd began to trickle into the TIPA grounds.
Swiss Federal Councillor Pascal Couchepin to Meet His Holiness
The Swiss Federal Council will officially meet His Holiness the Dalai Lama during his upcoming visit to Switzerland, according to Zurich’s Tages-Anzeiger newspaper.
Tibet And Canada: One Year After
On the same day that Prime Minister Paul Martin made perhaps his most important speech ever to the Canadian public, Tibetans and their Parliamentary supporters also sent a clear message to the Government of Canada.
Paris demonstrates for the young Panchen Lama
The tibetan flags wave in the wind, under the Eiffel Tower. Two hundred people gathered saturday under the Parisian monument to ask for the release of the young Panchen Lama, detained by China for 10 long years.
Panchen Lama Freedom Concert featured first ever performance by new rock band Sontsa
The Canada Tibet Committee, Toronto branch organised an awareness event called the Panchen Lama Freedom Concert at the historic Club Matador.
Young American Prepares for Life as a Lama in a Monastery
Asanga Sakya has been training to be a Tibetan Buddhist leader all his life. He is now on his way to a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Nepal, where he will study and live until he’s an adult.
Devotees fail to get a glimpse of Dalai Lama
The security surrounding the Dalai Lama remained tight during his brief stopover at Salugara on his way to Delhi from Sikkim.
Rise above religion: Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama, in his last leg of Sikkim tour, today visited a number of monasteries in Gangtok and around. Today, he formally inaugurated a monastery in the Chandmari area of Gangtok amidst a sea of devotees gathered to seek his blessings.
Dreaming of Tibet
In isolated communities around the world, particularly in India, Nepal and the United States, Tibetan exiles have created a ‘virtual Tibet,’ where they have endured and even flourished in the face of overwhelming adversity.