Tibetan ‘prime minister’ not for second term

Samdhong Rinpoche, “prime minister” of the Tibetan government-in-exile in Dharmasala, is reluctant to contest for a second term, saying a younger person should take charge – but has indicated he would stay if the Dalai Lama wanted him to.

Dalai Lama calls for world peace, the Buddha way

Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, Sunday inaugurated here a three-day international conference to mark the 2,550th death anniversary of the Buddha and called for peace in the world by spreading the message of love and compassion.

The Story of a Monk Wanderer: Part 1

Recently, there has been a spate of articles on Gendun Chophel in Phayul: two of them reviews of a Swiss filmmaker Luc Schaedler’s documentary on his life, cursory like blurbs on DVD jackets.

So Long, Dalai Lama: Google Adapts to China

So what does the Dalai Lama look like, anyway?Chinese Tibetans or other Buddhists who might be curious could try finding images of the spiritual leader on Google.cn, a new search engine that Google tailored for China