Mumbai, India -- India’s largest religious mass conversion will be held at Mahalaxmi Racecourse on May 27. Laxman Mane, a nomadic tribal whose autobiography Upara (Outsider) is a celebrated work of Marathi Dalit literature, will preside as lakhs of his supporters from 42 nomadic tribes convert to Buddhism. Tibetan ....

Bodh Gaya, India -- The Bodhi tree at Bodh Gaya, which is sacred to millions the world over since Lord Buddha attained enlightenment there about 2,550 years ago, is threatened by an unknown disease

Ottawa, May 10 May: It is with profound shock that the Canada Tibet Committee (CTC) learned today that the Belgian government succumbed to Chinese pressure and conveyed its apprehension to His Holiness the Dalai Lama over his planned visit to Brussels on Friday for a global conference of Tibet support groups, announced CTC Executiv....

NORTHAMPTON - In a half-hour address at Smith College this morning, the 14th Dalai Lama pledged himself to three continuing causes, as an individual and worldwide leader of Tibetan Buddhism.

MADISON, Wis. - The Dalai Lama's three-day visit to Wisconsin raised $503,000 for the local Buddhist group sponsoring it.

Penny Paster, who organized the trip for the Deer Park Buddhist Center and Monastery in Dunn, said the group would use the money from ticket sales and donat....

The Belgian government has asked the Dalai Lama to cancel a long-planned visit to Brussels this week in response to pressure from Beijing, which opposes foreign trips by the exiled Tibetan leader. The Belgian request is linked to the upcoming visit of a Belgian trade delegation to China, led by the Crown Prince. The cancellation of....

Kathmandu: May 08: Zodpa Namgyal, 33 years old is very much on his endurance prostration course, started from his home town Amchok Tsenyi Monastery, Amdo Ngaba to reach Tibet’s capital Lhasa before continuing his crawling journey to Kathmandu.

Having reached Kathmandu, he is now on his way to the northern Indian town of ....

Kathmandu, Nepal -- The descendant of a once powerful Tibetan kingdom is leading a drive in remote northern Nepal to renovate centuries-old Buddhist monasteries that are treasure troves of sacred manuscripts, paintings and architectural marvels.

Though the world discovered anew the once forbidden ancient Tib....

Chicago, IL (USA) -- Stretched out on the lawn of Chicago’s Millennium Park, Molly Karcz soaked up the Dalai Lama’s message of peace along with gentle rays of the springtime sun.

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Kathmandu, Nepal -- A monthly study session on Tibetan Buddhism and culture has been initiated in Kathmandu by Yarlung United organization. The first such session was started here this morning at Chonjor Tibetan Community Hall in Boudha, where a large section of Tibetans reside with the Boudha....

CHICAGO - The Dalai Lama criticized Chinese policies in his Tibetan homeland, calling on rulers in Beijing to grant Tibet something just short of outright independence as a way to foster stability and prosperity.

Making an unscheduled appearance Sunday at a luncheon in between sold-out lectures in Chicago, the 71-year-old....

Reminiscent of former Indian leaders like King Ashoka, Pandit Nehru and Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, India’s scientist President, Dr. Abdul Kalam, praised Buddhism, and said peace and prosperity in this world could be achieved only by following Buddhism.

“Today, several countries," the President said, “were adopting....

CHICAGO - Long lines formed outside Chicago's Harris Theater this morning as Buddhist devotees and well-wishers of the Dalai Lama waited to hear a speech by the exiled spiritual and political leader of Tibet.

Among those were Buddhist monks dressed in maroon and saffron-colored robes and women in traditional Tibetan dress....

Plucked from his birthplace in northeastern Tibet as a toddler, faced with an invasion as a teen and forced into exile in his 20s, the 14th Dalai Lama has spent most of his life shouldering the leadership burdens of his beleaguered homeland.

Now observers say the Dalai Lama, 71, is inching out of the political spotlight ....

The Dalai Lama, exiled since 1959 when the Chinese took over Tibet, is still fighting for freedom but focusing on philosophy during two talks he gave to large crowds in Chicag....

MADISON, Wisconsin - The Dalai Lama said the Tibetan people would live in harmony with the Chinese if the ruling Communist Party would let them govern themselves.

The 71-year-old spiritual and political leader of Tibet brought his message of peace and understanding to a crowd of more than 12,000 at the Kohl Center in Mad....

Madison, WI (USA) -- Thousands waited in line for hours at the Coliseum to hear the Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet who brings the aura of a rock star to his anthem to compassion.

Every watcher of the Dalai Lama notes the Tibetan Buddhist leader's ochre robes, his hearty laugh and his pleas for compassionate living.

But there's much more to the man than his "spiritually cuddly side," journalist Mayank Chhaya notes in his recently published biography, "Dalai Lama: Man, Monk, Mystic.&q....

Kathmandu, Nepal -- A shepherd in a remote region of Nepal near the border with Tibet has been instrumental in the discovery of an extraordinary art treasure that lay hidden from the world for centuries - a collection of 55 exquisite cave paintings depicting the life of Buddha.

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In recent history, we have not heard of Vesak full moon Poya day falling in April. Vesak has always been celebrated in May. One hundred and twenty two years ago, however, in 1885 Vesak Poya fell on April 28.

A month earlier, on March 27, 1885, Governor Sir Arthur Hamilton Gordon had issued....

The popular acc-ounts of Buddha’s life are full of miraculous tales, which is contrary to what Buddha himself had taught and preached.
He was a pragmatist, having no weakness for esoteric imagery. His keen practical sense compelled him to seek the root of human problems. Finding life blighted by m....

Hanoi, Vietnam -- Buddhist monks, nuns and followers have been flocking to celebrations around the country to mark the 2551st birthday of Buddha.

In Hanoi alone, close to 600 pagodas dotted ....

UCLA has an impressive collection of Tibetan-language texts, says R....

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BOISE, Idaho (USA) -- Bill Burns knows it is easy for unncommitted Christians and others to get interested in Buddhism - especially when the Dalai Lama visits America this month.

Burns left th....

Three public events will be held at Cornell University, Ithaca College and the State Theatre

Ithaca, New York (USA) -- His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, Tenzin Gyatso, will visit Ithaca, Oct. 9-10. His Holiness the Dalai....

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Dharamsala, April 16 - His Holiness the Dalai Lama today arrived at 11:00AM at the main Tsuglag Khang courtyard to grace the closing ceremony o....

Saturday April 14, 2007

Dharamsala staff mess goes Vegetarian

April 13, 2007 Dharamsala, India: The Staff Mess at the hub of the Central
Tibetan Administration has struck non-vegetarian foods off its menu for one
year. (from April 11, 2007 until February 2, 2008) 

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KAHULUI – Cutting-edge technology will carry the message of peace and compassion of the 14th Dalai Lama from Maui to the rest of the world through a real-time Webcast that will bring his public presentations on Maui April 24 and 25 to a global audience.

Anyone with broadband access will be able to see and hear the Nobe....

Chicago-area faithful say chair honors wisdom, leadership of visiting Dalai Lama

Chicago, USA -- Every time he prays, Tibetan carpenter Lobsang Yangphel envisions the Buddha radiating wisdom from a majestic throne. So w....

INTERVIEW WITH HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA-by Ewa Kedzierska

FOR GAZETA WYBORCZA, leading Polish daily


Dharamsala, April 4, 2007

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A talk by Khen Rinpoche Lobzang Tsetan, at LACMA

Khen Rinpoche Lobzang Tsetan was recently appointed ....

To a Buddhist lama, teaching peace means helping others reach a state of inner tranquility

Corvallis, OR (USA) -- Tsering Gyaltsen has come a long way to settle in Corvallis as the teacher of a small but devoted group of students interested in learning the anc....

Dharamsala: 9 April: A two-day grand long-life ceremonial Puja (religious prayer) for His Holiness the Dalai Lama by the local Indian communities in and around Dharamsala will be held here on April 15 and 16.

The special long-life prayer session in traditional Hindu form will be held at the main temple court yard start....

New Delhi - The Dalai Lama says he has completely accepted Chinese sovereignty over Tibet and he is no longer advocating independence for his land.

Speaking exclusively to CNN-IBN on the Devil's Advocate programme, The Dalai Lama says his call for the demilitarisation of Tibet and the return of all Han settlers is "a....

Dharamsala: His Holiness the Dalai Lama has considered giving a 3-day special teaching, a first of its kind, here from June 1-3 to motivate especially young Tibetans into learning Buddhism and have a better and deeper understanding of it.

The teaching has been requested by Dharamsala Committee for Introductory Buddhi....

Press Release

International Congress to Address Role of Women in Buddhism

University of Hamburg, July 18, 19 and 20, Campus von-Melle-Park, Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1

April 3 - The Fourteenth Dalai Lama has confirmed his participation as a keynote speaker at the International Congress of Buddhi....

Kathmandu, Nepal -- Boudha near Kathmandu is famously known as Little Tibet. It is one of the top tourist spots in the world, located around five kilometers northeast of Nepal's capital city on the old road from Tibet.

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SECURITY surrounding the Dalai Lama has been tightened after reports of an attempt by the al-Qa'ida-linked terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Toiba to assassinate the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader.

But many Pakistanis see LeT fighters as heroes. A three-tier security ring has been thrown around the 72-y....

Arizona, USA -- The hustle of college life is everywhere on the UA campus, but Khenchen Konchog Gyaltsen Rinpoche wants you to put it out of your mind for an at least an hour and a half.

MADISON – Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman will deliver Drew University’s 2007 Humanities Program Distinguished Lecture at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 4, in Room 107 of the University Center on the campus at 36 Madison Ave.

Thurman’s talk will focus on the fundamentals of Buddhism, the faith’s presence in America, and t....

Daejeon, S Korea -- At last, Bihar government presented a Bill for the revival of Nalanda International University at Nalanda. We all should appreciate and give congratulations to the present government with a thumping desk to start the process of the revival of this International University....

Pune, March 26 - The visitor's book at Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (BORI) has a blessing. It says, “With my sheer hope that this Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute will grow and proliferate much.” It is signed by the Dalai Lama.

Monday was a day of nostalgia for Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. In ....

Losang, once a Buddhist monk who studied under the Dalai Lama, will be hosting the tea ceremony. He is also a specialist in creating mandalas and his work has been performed at Butte College.

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According to the Dawn, one settlement at Siranikot, about 10 kilometres away from New Jatoi town, is on....

Any Tibetan who considers himself or herself as being educated, modern-minded, or just "different" will lose no time in swearing by the name of Gedun Choephel. After all, he embodied the dissatisfaction of all Tibetans at the status quo of our system and championed the call for a virtual social revolution in Tibet.

Dharamshala: The Sakya Tenshug Organising Committee led by His Eminence the Sakya Trizin Rinpoche, and Phuntsok phodrang Dakchen Rinpoche offered a long-life prayer offering to His Holiness the Dalai Lama yesterday morn....

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Labrang, a large and historically important Tibetan Buddhist monastery in China’s central Gansu province, is finding its activities and enrollm....

Dharamshala, March 19 - A genuine sense of dedication would make one's life meaningful, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said this morning adding that such dedication, according to the Buddha's teachings, should be developed and cultivated through reasons.

"This is one of the important points which I usually tell to ev....

The Tibetan prayer wheel sat about two feet off the sidewalk on a wooden beam in front of the Planet Earth Yoga Center in Fremont.

When people and yoga students passed by on North 35th Street, they could spin the copper drum, which has prayers pressed on its side and a scroll of good thoughts inside.

In the Buddhi....

CHAPEL HILL -- Om Mani Padme Hume.

The four words resonate within the dimmed room where members of Piedmont Karma Thegsum Choling (Piedmont KTC) repeat this mantra. Piedmont KTC, a Tibetan Buddhist meditation group, is based in Chapel Hill.

Dharamshala, March 14 - On behalf of all the Tibetans in and outside Tibet and the traditional religious sects, the special organising committee and the retired civil servants of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA)....

A tsechu is a sacred festival in Lamanistic (or Tibetan) Buddhism. Literally translated the word means "day ten." Each district in Bhutan has its own tsechu, but Paro has one of the best

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BEIJING - A Tibetan Communist who led Chinese advance troops into his homeland decades ago has written to President Hu Jintao and condemned hawks for thriving on their opposition to the exiled Dalai Lama and for blocking his return.

Phuntso Wangye’s three letters to Hu have never been made public and signal a debate ....

Kathmandu, Nepal -- His Eminence Chogye Trichen Rinpoche who passed away on 22nd January was cremated here at the premises of Jamchen Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu today according to traditional Buddhist ritual under the direction of His Eminence Sakya Trizin Rinpoche after 40 days of his dem....

New Delhi March 4 - The village of Tengster in northeastern Tibet barely even fits the definition of obscurity with its few hundred inhabitants living under the benign gaze of Mount Kyeri. To be born here would normally mean a life of lofty anonymity. Not so with a child born on July 6, 1935 and named Lhamo Thondup.
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On the Buddha Purnima, the 15th day of the Tibetan New Year, the Monks in South India took out a historic and sacred march for the freedom of ones country that had been under the evil clutches of Red China since half a century.

CROCODILE Hunter Steve Irwin built his Queensland zoo show the world his love of animals - now the Dalai Lama will use it to promote kindness to all creatures.

Australia Zoo's 5000-seat Crocoseum will become the stage for the 14th Dalai Lama to launch the start of Kindness Week later this year, as part of....

Would you like to know why the Dalai Lama always smiles? Discover how he and a million Buddhists around the world utilize the Buddhist distinctive philosophy and practice to achieve peacefulness and happiness in daily life. Explore the establishment of Buddhism, its core teachings, and its approach in solving fundamental proble....

Patna, India -- Buddhist monks, who have sought the Dalai Lama's intervention against non-Buddhist control of Bihar's Bodh Gaya temple management, are critical of his continuing silence on the issue.

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The Dalai Lama has announced he will travel to Chicago in May to make his first public appearance in the city since 1999.

The 71-year-old spiritual leader of the world’s Tibetan Buddhists is expected to hold a public teaching session at Chicago’s Harris Theater and then deliver a public address in Millennium Park on Ma....

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Release date: Feb. 5, 2007
Contact: Nancy Seideman at 404-727-0640 or nseidem@emory.edu

His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama has been named Presidential Distinguished Professor at Emory University, the first university appointment accepted by the 1989 Nobel Peace Laureate and leader of the Tibetan exile community.
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The hall at St. Joseph's Cultural Center looked different than usual.

The plastered walls of the mellow-lit room were punctuated with Buddhist silk wall-hangings and colorful prayer flags.

At the further end of the hall, a young monk draped in maroon bent over a wide, blue board, working assiduously on a pattern....

By IANS, [RxPG] Jammu, Jan 31 - Jammu and Kashmir plans to showcase the magnificent Buddhist monasteries of Ladakh region in Asian countries to attract more foreign tourists.

'Life-size pictures of the monasteries and their historical background will be sent to China, Japan, Malaysia and South Korea,' Tourism Minister Dil....

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Gilgit in northern Pakistan, is a city on the Silk Road. It played a key role in spreading Buddhism from India to the rest of Asia.

A large number of important Buddhist Sanskrit texts have been discovered there. According to historical records, many Chinese and Korean mo....

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BEIJING — Chinese authorities have demolished a statue of a Buddhist master at Tibet's oldest monastery, an activist group said Friday, the latest act in what critics say is an effort by Beijing to dilute Tibet's unique Buddhist culture.

International Campaign for Tibet blamed the mid-May demolition of the 30-foot-tall,....

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Bodhgaya (Bihar), December 30 - The 17th Karmapa Lama, Ugyen Thrinley Dorje held a world peace prayer at an all-religious meet here on Frida....

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