The Dalai Lama concludes Vajra Dhatu empowerment
One could hear a pin drop in the Koyasan University auditorium packed with over a thousand Japanese disciples this afternoon. His Holiness the Dalai Lama, while bestowing the Vajra Dhatu (Tib: Dorying) empowerment, had told the audience to meditate on nurturing Bodhichitta
Chinese intellectuals blame China’s repressive policies for self-immolations
After a spate of self-immolations inside Tibet, more than 200 Chinese intellectuals and independent writers from outside China as well as some from inside China have launched a signature campaign, condemning the Chinese repressive policies in Tibet.
61 Tibetans detained near Kathmandu UN office
61 Tibetan refugees including the President of the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress (RTYC) Kathmandu, Tsewang Dolma, General Secretary Yeshi Dolma and executive members of RTYC Pokhara were arrested from Machhindra Park in Lalitpur and detained at the local police station