Will Kalachakra make a mark on Amaravati?
Will Kalachakra-2006 make a decisive social and economic impact on the dusty village of Amaravathi, the Buddhist pilgrim centre, on the banks of river Krishna?
Drawn across the borders
Apart from infiltrations along the Nepal border, Tibetans from Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) have been coming into India to seek political asylum and a darshan of the Dalai Lama via the high mountains of Sikkim. Some get in, but not all are lucky.
Panchen Lama said to praise China policies
A Tibetan teenager chosen by China to fill one of Tibetan Buddhism’s most sacred posts emerged in China’s state-run media on Monday to praise the country’s religious policies.
Indo-Chinese trade through Nathu La to start after March
The border trade between India and China through the Nathu La pass in northern Sikkim is expected to start after March, 2006, Union Commerce Secretary S N Menon said today.
Dalai Lama set to take Kalachakra to new spiritual heights
The 13-day Kalachakra-2006 ceremony, beginning here on January 5, is all set to become a Tibetan tantrik Buddhist show and a great spiritual event as the sect leader, the Dalai Lama, is coming to take part in the ceremony.