Devotees flock Tibet’s Kumbum monastery as rumour of Dalai Lama visit spreads
A rumour has spread like a wildlife in Tibet that His Holiness the Dalai Lama is on a visit to Tibet and China. The news has caused impatient
The spiritual blend of JuBu: Mix of Judaism, Buddhism works for some people
he altar in Becca Topol’s living room carries a statue of Buddha and a garden stone painted with the Hebrew word for peace, “Shalom.” “I’m a Jewish Buddhist
Dalai Lama, Tutu among religious leaders calling on G8 to keep promises
Forty religious leaders from around the world, including Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Camp seeks to fill a vacuum of peace
Communist China invaded Tibet in 1950 leaving a peaceful, Buddhist based society under the control of a ruthless regime. The Tibetans launched
Tibetan Monk Faces Eight Years for Separatism
A Tibetan monk in China’s southwestern Sichuan province is facing up to eight years in jail for allegedly painting separatist slogans on government
Sikkim Diary
Past lush forests and verdant hills, with the Teesta snaking its way many hundred feet below, the drive to Sikkim is always a memorable experience. And
Tibet’s culture faces oblivion
With the Dalai Lama in his 70s, their dreams of returning to a free Tibet are being crushed by the realisation they face a long, bleak period without an international icon to plead their
Railroad to Perdition
The opening this month of the final segment of world’s highest railway, from Beijing to Lhasa, Tibet, is a staggering engineering achievement and a testimony to the developing
Team Tibet to play in All Nations Cup
For the first time ever, Tibet will be represented at a North American Soccer tournament. Team Tibet is one of the 37 nations competing in the All Nations Cup
Gyatso school teacher Nyima Choedron released from prison a year early
Nyima Choedron, the former teacher at a Lhasa school serving ten years in prison for ‘splittism’, has been released from prison a year before the end of her sentence