China’s MBA monks mix business with prayer
The first group of monks in China to complete an MBA course have begun reflecting on their achievements, state media said on Wednesday. Shanghai’s Jade Buddha Temple commissioned Jiaotong University to design a degree focusing on monastery management
China thanks Russia for denying Dalai Lama entry
Chinese State Administration for Religious Affairs Director Ye Xiaowen praised the organization of a World Summit of Religious Leaders taking place in Moscow and thanked the Russian government for its understanding on the issue of Dalai Lama XIV’s visit
TEAM leads environmental conservation efforts among Tibetan exiles
Tesi Environmental Awareness Movement (TEAM) commemorated its first anniversary on June 5, 2006, World Environment Day, with the students of the Tibetan Children’s Village School in Suja near DharamsalaTibetans. TEAM organised various environmental activities for the school children to mark the twin event. These included an essay and drawing competition and the screening of the film, “Kekexili: The Mountain Patrol
TPPRC’s 5th Workshop on Youth Leadership held in Dharamsala
The Tibetan Parliamentary and Policy Research Centre based in New Delhi, funded by the Friedrich Naumann Stiftung successfully concluded a 10 day long 5th Youth Leadership Workshop titled Introducing the University Students Towards Future Leadership and Responsibilities in Dharamsala from 22nd June to 1st July 2006. The workshop was attended by 51 students
Indian Buddhist monks look to Lhasa as border post opens
Chant master Kunzang Norbu, who teaches child monks at a monastery in the Indian state of Sikkim nestled in the Himalayas, believes his prayers to visit the highest seat of Tibetan Buddhism in Lhasa have finally been heard. “We have been praying day and night for years that the famed Silk Road is reopened
Train to Tibet unveils beauty, sickness, spilled ink and mixed feelings
The first train from Beijing to Tibet finished an arduous journey along the world’s highest railway Monday, opening direct service to the Himalayan region that China has been trying for decades to tame. Pens spit ink and packaged foods burst in the low pressure as the “Sky Train” climbed
Tibet railway an ‘invasion’ by China
A nephew of the Dalai Lama has likened a new railway linking China and Tibet to a second invasion of his homeland that will make its people “an endangered race”. Chinese President Hu Jintao opened the world’s highest railway last Saturday
‘Guarded’ optimism at Nathu La
It is party time at Nathu La. Hands that once held guns to guard the Indo-China border, are at work, getting ready for July 6 when the pass will reopen after 44 years. “We are very happy that past linkages, be it cultural or econnmic, will be re-established