Dalai Lama inaugurates the first Tibetan community FM radio
The first Tibetan community FM radio ‘Tashi Delek 90.4 FM’ was launched today at Upper Tibetan Children’s Village school by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Old charge resurfaces against prominent Tibetan
A leading Tibetan collector of antiquities has been in detention nearly five months, his lawyer said Tuesday, and faces charges dating back over a decade that critics fear may be politically motivated
Kyegudo 49th day prayer service
His Holiness the Dalai Lama presides over a special prayer service to observe the customary seventh week or 49th day of the thousands of Tibetans who died in the devastating April 14 earthquake in Kyegudo at the Tsuglagkhang in Dharamsala, India, Tuesday, June 1, 2010. Also in the photo is His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa. Under the direction of the Central Tibetan Administration, similar prayer congregations are being simultaneously held in all the Tibetan communities around the world. China on Monday put the final death toll from the Keygudo earthquake at 2698. Unconfirmed sources in qauke-hit, however, say as many times the official figures had died in the disaster. Tuesday’s prayer services mark the end of weekly customary prayer services conducted by Tibetan Buddhists for seven consecutive weeks after the death of a person. (Photo credit: Tibet.net)
Local Doctors Spend Time with His Holiness the Dalai Lama
In our modern-day times the words “wisdom” and “compassion” aren’t necessarily used in the same sentence, but, perhaps, they should never be separated. Two local doctors set out last month to embrace the Dalai Lama’s teachings of “The Heart Sutra” and discovered that
Aiming for the Highest Office of the Tibetan Government in Exile
When an email circular came through my inbox last week, I became quite eager to meet and hear from the man himself – many regard him as a serious and popular candidate to the office of Kalon Tripa. The Election of the 3rd Kalon Tripa is due