Tawang: The Indian monastery town coveted by China
bbc.com By Anbarasan Ethirajan BBC News High in the Himalayas, the holy town of Tawang is one of the most intractable issues in the border dispute between India and China […]
bbc.com By Anbarasan Ethirajan BBC News High in the Himalayas, the holy town of Tawang is one of the most intractable issues in the border dispute between India and China […]
The community dates to the 14th century, when merchants from Nepal, China, and Kashmir began settling in Tibet.2022.01.17 Sakina Batt, a young Tibetan Muslim who now lives in Kathmandu, has […]
MAGAZINE: EDITION APRIL 2021World Religions 8th June 2021 The Potala Palace complex in Lhasa (altitude 3,700 metres), Tibet, has been home to the Dalai Lama for centuries. The construction of […]
Source: Associated Press By YANAN WANG BEIJING (AP) — China’s Communist Party chief in Tibet insisted Wednesday that the Tibetan people feel more affection toward the government than to the […]
Source: Reuters BY Joyce Zhou, Christian Shepherd CIZHONG, China (Reuters) – Ruanna, a 77-year-old Tibetan woman living in a remote Chinese village overlooking the Mekong river, says her Catholic faith has […]
Source: Religion News Service By Meagan Clark and Vishal Arora DHARAMSHALA, India (RNS) — Tibetan Buddhist monks from around the world are gearing up to discuss whether the aging Dalai […]
Source: Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A Tibetan man set himself on fire and died in a protest earlier this week calling for the return of the region’s exiled Buddhist […]
BBC Documentary about Reincarnation of Khensur Rinpoche Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Many in the West may not be able to locate Tibet on […]
Source: Bloomberg For three centuries, a succession of Tibetan spiritual and political leaders known as Dalai Lama ruled from a crimson-and-white castle overlooking the city of Lhasa. The Potala Palace […]
Source: The Guardian A top Chinese leader has called for “advancing anti-separatism efforts” in Tibet, in a sign of continued high-pressure tactics in the Himalayan region. Wang Yang, the Communist party’s […]
Source: Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Children in traditionally Buddhist Tibet have been banned from taking part in religious activities over the summer holidays, an official Chinese Communist Party newspaper […]
Source: Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities are ramping up political indoctrination among Tibetan Buddhist clergy and officials in charge of religious affairs as part of a campaign to […]
Source: Associated Press DHARMSALA, India (AP) — The prime minister of the self-declared Tibetan government-in-exile urged his compatriots Saturday to strengthen efforts to make the return of the Dalai Lama […]
SOURCE: CNN By Sugam Pokharel, Yuli Yang and Daniel Burke, CNN (CNN)The Dalai Lama, the globe-trotting Tibetan spiritual leader, will do no more traveling this year, a spokesman said, saying the […]
Source: BBC News By Pico Iyer 8 March 2018 In time, like space, a curious mathematics often takes hold. The fewer things you have in your memory, the more space […]
Source: Reuters By Rupam Jain 4 MIN READ NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has banned Tibetans from holding a rally with the Dalai Lama in New Delhi this month to […]
Source: The Huffington Post His reincarnation is overshadowed by political maneuverin By Mary Papenfuss The Dalai Lama traveled to the Himalayan Indian town of Tawang this week to begin days […]
Source: Reuters By Sunil Kataria | TAWANG, INDIA Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said on Saturday the Tibetan people should decide if they wanted to continue with his institution, […]
Source: The Washington Post By Simon Denyer LHASA, China — In the contest for Tibetan hearts and minds, a 26-year-old Buddhist monk is emerging into the spotlight. He is the […]
Source: Reuters BY DAVID BRUNNSTROM U.S. President Barack Obama met the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, at the White House on Wednesday despite a warning by China that […]