Places of Worship – Potala Palace
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 […]
Chinese official insists no love for Dalai Lama in Tibet
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 […]
Crisis of faith: Tibetan Catholics face modernity in China village
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 […]
Buddhist monks to consider whether Dalai Lama should reincarnate
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 […]
Tibetan dies of self-immolation in protest of China
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 […]
China Need Not be Afraid of Tibetan Buddhism, Islam or Christianity?
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 […]
Rare Tibet Trip Shows China Only Wants a Dalai Lama It Can Control
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 […]
Chinese leader urges fresh push against ‘separatist elements’ in Tibet
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 […]
China: Tibetan students banned from religious activities
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 […]
China steps up ‘training’ of Tibetan clergy, officials
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 […]
Tibetan leader urges efforts to enable Dalai Lama’s return
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 […]
Dalai Lama cuts foreign travel due to age, exhaustion
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 […]
After 100 hours in Tibet, I knew it was time to leave
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 […]
India, with eye on China ties, bans Tibetans rally in New Delhi
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 […]
Dalai Lama Hints At Rebirth As A Woman Outside China’s Influence
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 […]
Dalai Lama says Tibetan people should decide on his succession
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, […]
China prepares for Dalai Lama’s death by looking to its own top Tibetan cleric
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 […]
Obama meets Dalai Lama in spite of China protest
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 […]
China official says Dalai Lama ‘making a fool’ of Buddhism
Source: Reuters Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is “making a fool” of Tibetan Buddhism with suggestions he may not reincarnate, or reincarnate as something inappropriate, and the faithful […]
Chinese celebrities warned not to mix with exiled Tibetans
Source: Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s state media have criticized celebrities for attending an event in northeastern India with members of the Tibetan government-in-exile, adding to Chinese authorities’ warnings […]
