Lhasa, Tibet (China) -- Three hundred miles of off-road four-wheeling. Past mud-brick dwellings and golden temples. Through scorching sands and freezing snow. From bottomless gorges to soaring mountains. My family and I have traveled every year since I was born, often to what many hold to be the literal “Ends o....

Kathmandu, Nepal -- Chibakhel is not usually counted among Kathmandu’s attractions. Situated in Ward 19, it is off the tourist trail and few even in Kathmandu have heard of it.

Ithaca, New York (USA) -- Ithacans, at least those not in perennial meditation, have noticed the growing Buddhist presence in the city. On July 4, Tibetan Buddhist monks blessed an area by Route 96B on which a new 15,000-square-foot monastery is set to be built.

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama is schedul....

Kalimpong, West Bengal (India) -- High on a hotel terrace in Darjeeling, an alarming noise pierced the Himalayan mists. One moment it sounded like a braying donkey, the next like a crow being strangled. Was it an animal? A bird? “No, no, sir,” said the hotel receptionist. “It is Doctor Sprigg of Kalimpong, tuni....

Freedomhouse.com, August 10, 2007

Washington, D.C., USA -- Efforts by the Chinese government to limit the succession of Tibetan spiritual leaders, part of a comprehensive campaign to control the....

According to Buddhism, a person can reach “Nirvana” or the highest state of enlightenment through continuous -

Vernon, Canada -- Canadian friends are doing everything they can to help the Pangphu Monastery in Tibet. Christine Hwang, formerly of Vernon, now a Vancouver graphic artist, is bringing Lama Rabten to Vernon for a fundraising dinner and slide show Aug. 12.

Pangphu Monastery was established in 1144 AD by D....

Why do some people see only the darker side of any endeavor to create a great thing? Why do they start having suspicion about the good intentions of some who can dream, take lessons from the failures in past and get ahead?

I came across one such article by Shri Sunanda K Dutta-Ray on ‘-

Tibetan spiritual leader to speak at Indiana University in October
By Kaitlin Shawgo

After two years of financial struggles, the Tibetan Culture Center, 3655 Snoddy Road, has paid off its debt. The announcement came Thursday afternoon in conjunction with another announcement outlining the visit of the Dalai Lam....

Bournemouth, UK -- AN ordinary, family-sized house in Bournemouth seems an unlikely place to bump into a world-famous spiritual leader.

<< RAISING AWARENESS: Fio....

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, will deliver a public talk at 2 p.m. Oct. 26 at Purdue University's Elliott Hall of Music.
"His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama is winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989 and has been recognized worldwide for his....

Purdue University will on October 26 welcome Nobel Peace Prize winner and Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. The talk at Purdue is part of the Dalai Lama's weeklong visit to Indiana. He will also visit the Tibetan Cultural Center in Bloomington for three days of religious teachings.

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Leh, Ladakh (India) -- Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, was given a rousing welcome here on his arrival for a 20-day sojourn.

Hundreds of people, including Buddhist monks, lined the streets through which the Dalai Lama made his way.

Dressed up in their traditional gear, carrying scarves ....

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Arjia Rinpoche, the monk who inherited a financial mess when he took over the Tibetan Cultural Center in 2005, says Buddhist philosophy doesn't speak extensively about financial management.

But thanks to the generosity of a small group of anonymous donors, Rinpoche was able to announce Thursday ....

Miami, FL (USA) -- The Medium was 27 floors up in a Sunny Isles Beach skyscraper, down a dark corridor and left of the giant stone elephant. He was conducting a memorial service in an all-white room with panoramic ocean views, Indian bas-relief sculptures carved on the walls and 30 people wearing natural fabric....

BARNET, Vermont (USA) -- For 30 years it has overlooked the village of Barnet, yet the Milarepa Center, a Buddhist meditation facility, has remained a well-kept secret.

February 20, 2007 16:27]
By Glenn Freeman*

Who is the Panchen Lama? where is he? what is his role in the future of Tibet? What is the role of the media in his story? Read on to find out this and much more...

What would happen if vice president Dick Cheney, Billy ....

“Now Bakula is very happy!” ~Geshe Tsulga

In accordance with Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s wishes the Bakula Arhat statue is filled and upright and surrounded by offerings in the new (temporary) Bakula Shrine room here at Milarepa Center.

Jasper, Alberta (Canada) -- A Tibetan monk is coming to Jasper to share his secrets of meditation. Kushok Losang Dhamchoe is a senior monk from Namgyal Monastery, which is the personal non-sectarian monastery of the Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama.

He will be in Jasper f....

Hamburg, Germany -- The Dalai Lama ended his 10-day visit to Hamburg on Friday with a call for more compassion and criticism of the actions of Chinese security forces in Tibet.

Hamburg, July 27: In honour of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s visit to Hamburg, Germany, a benefit (charity) concert was held in the cultural hall of Kampnagel earlier on Wednesday.

His Holiness the Dala....

American Buddhist Net News
July 22, 2007
By Nimal Rajapakse, Ph.D.

Today, no one can deny the fact that all traditional religions are continued to be viewed more and more though the lens of 'science'. There is also an argument that religions should not be viewed as subjects for study us....

ARTICLE (July 22 2007): The spiritual leader of the Buddhist centre in the north German port of Hamburg mumbles prayers and throws rice into the air as he rings a bell. Deshe Pema Samten is in the middle of a traditional ceremony that involves blessing small and large Buddha statues that will sit on the throne of the Dala....

His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaks of right to happiness as 10,000 listen

Hamburg: Welcomed like a pop star by a crowd of 10,000, the the Dalai Lama, 72, lectured in a tennis stadium in the German port city of Hamburg on how to practice non-violence and learn peace.

"Ev....

The soldier who shot and blinded Children In Crossfire founder Richard Moore has acknowledged the damage and hurt he caused during his time here in the Troubles.

The former Army captain, named only as Charles, took to the stage before delegates at the Millennium Forum in Londonderry during a visit by the Dalai Lama ....

Hamburg, Germany -- The Dalai Lama called on wealthy nations Friday to show more responsibility to poorer countries amid criticism from China over his visit to Germany.

<< Th....

With a new museum in the revered Hemis monastery and more schools teaching its history, India's Ladakh region hopes to protect a culture that many fear is changing rapidly as tourism booms.

HEMIS, India -- Tens of thousands of tou....

Hamburg - The Dalai Lama began a 10-day visit to Germany on Thursday with criticism of China's human-rights record in his native Tibet.
Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, gets a helping....

Xiahe, China -- Labrang Monastery is the highest Tibetan Buddhism Institute in the northwest of China. Now this three hundred year old religious center is undergoing its biggest renovation ever. Restoration work begins with an inspection of the buildings and paintings.

Belfast, July 18: THE Dalai Lama arrived in Londonderry yesterday with a powerful tribute to his host Richard Moore from Children in Crossfire – "You are my hero."

The spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists said the words to Mr Moore as he hugged him after touching down at Cit....

DERRY/LONDONDERRY, 18 July - Welcoming His Holiness the Dalai Lama here this evening as the keynote speaker at the International Conference on ch....

Monks and nuns from monasteries across the Himalayas gathered in India's far northern region of Ladakh Tuesday to mark 800 years of the Drukpa, or "dragon" sect of Tibetan Buddhism.

SHEY, India -- Starting before dawn, monks clad ....

Dalai Lama to visit Germany from July 19-27

Hamburg, Germany -- The spiritual leader of the Buddhist centre in the north German port of Hamburg mumbles prayers and throws rice into the air as he rings a bell.

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Dharamsala, India -- Buddhist monks and followers offered prayers for the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala to overcome, according to Tibetan astrology, the year of 'obstacles' in his 73rd year.

Followers from Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Europe and America attended the congregation, as Nyigma monks performed prayers fo....

Luhuo, China -- Pointing to a thangka - a kind of Tibetan scroll-banner painting - hanging in an exhibition hall, Geleg Dainzin explained to a group of visitors how rewarding it is to paint all the tiny, intricate details on a Buddha

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Frederick County, Maryland (USA) -- A Buddhist who has seen waning snowfalls and extensive deforestation in his native Tibet believes the nations of the world must come together to address global warming.

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WASHINGTON, USA -- "The modern world is becoming increasingly religious," yet at the same time there is "intensifying persecution," according to the Hudson Institute's Paul Marshall. He spoke at a forum last week to summarize the results of a detailed new study that will be published next year. ....

Singapore -- Dental experts have raised doubts over the authenticity of a purported Buddha's tooth in a Singapore temple, claiming it could not have come from any human being, The Sunday Times reported.

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Germans like the Dalai Lama more than they do their native-born Pope Benedict XVI, according to a survey published on Saturday.

Berlin, Germany -- A study carried out for the news magazine Der Spiegel showed that 44 per cent of those questioned saw the Tibetan spiritu....

STOCKTON, CA (USA) -- Seven angels watch over the garden at Wat Dharmararam Buddhist Temple. They are the protectors of the sea, the earth, the sky and the trees.

Built from wire and concrete and nine....

One of our personal experiences with our deceased friend with whom we related previously would substantiate this principle as described by Swedenborg:

We once decided to visit our friend in the heavenly regions. We had some joyful news that we wanted to convey to her--news that she was waiting to hear while she was ali....

Dharamsala, July 13 (ANI): Foreign tourists from across the world are making a beeline for Dharamsala to learn and practice Buddhism and its way of living.

Buddhists from across the globe, particularly Asian countries, gathered here to attend a spiritual discourse by Tibetan spiritual leader, The Dalai Lama.

The Dal....

Miami, FLorida (USA) -- Are we at the tipping point for global warming?   What are we doing as a society to make a difference, or are we making things worse?  The Dalai Lama himself has approved a U.S. tour for “The Medium of Tibet State Oracle” as he brings messages of change.  What will the ....

Jasper, Alberta (Canada) -- A Tibetan monk is coming to Jasper to share his secrets of meditation. Kushok Losang Dhamchoe is a senior monk from Namgyal Monastery, which is the personal non-sectarian monastery of the Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama.

He will be in Jasper for the three-day retreat at the ....

San Francisco, CA (USA) -- Sacred relics of Buddhist masters and saints, or Sariras, were on display at Fremont's Willits Center this past weekend. Local residents had a rare opportunity to view the precious collections for free.

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WILLIAMSVILLE, IL (USA) -- Tucked in the second floor of an unsuspecting barn is an eye-opening display of bright colors.

<< A sculpture of Buddha sits ....

Adelaide, Australia -- Science can finally prove what Buddhists have sworn by for centuries - meditation really does sharpen and clear the brain.

Tests by Adelaide researchers have reveale....

VIJAYAWADA, India -- A chance digging by mulberry farmers in agricultural lands have uncovered major Buddhist architectural finds in Kanthamanenivarigudem of West Godavari district.

Two ancient sites are not only seen as prototypes of the present-day temples, but they have also provided the first-ever pro....

Sydney, July 7 July: Sydney's Tibetan community, along with over a dozen of Tibet-support groups and Tibetan Buddhist centre, celebrated His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 72nd birthday, here at the historic Town Hall of the inner-city suburb of Petersham.

Two rows of Ordained Sangha members opened the event with melodious ....

Dharamsala, July 7: His Holiness the Dalai Lama began teaching on Je Tsongkhapa’s “The Principle Path to Enlightenment” [Tib: Jangchup Shoonglam] this morning at the Tsuglagkhang (Main Temple).

The seven-day ....

Belmont, Mass. - Dan Glenn is giving up his life in wealthy Belmont to experience life as a student of Buddhism in rural Vermont.

“It’s a very special place where I hope to continue my journey,” he said.

Glenn has stuck close to Belmont for most of his life. A 1998 Belmont High School graduate, he matriculated from Boston Col....

ASHLAND, Ore. (USA) -- On Saturday, July 28, Venerable Gyaltrul Rinpoche, the presiding Tibetan Buddhist master at Tashi Choling Temple, will offer a teaching from 10 a.m. to noon and again from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Unitarian Center at 87 Fourth Street in Ashland.

The topic of his discourse will be “Advice ....

Ludhiana, India -- A Buddhist food festival was recently organised at Ludhiana's Majestic Park Plaza. It was a purely and strictly "zhai cài", or the pure vegetarian fare cuisine.

Sabyasachi Chatterjee, the manager of the Majestic Park Plaza, said: "At an average, we do almost two-three foo....

GANGTOK, Sikkim (India) -- Along with rest of the world, the 72nd birth anniversary of the 14th Dalai Lama was celebrated in Sikkim today. Over 4,000 people gathered at the Shera Jhy Dophenling monastery in Chandmari, on the outskirts of Gangtok today to celebrate the birth anniversary of the spiritual leader.<....

Petaling Jaya, Selangor (Malaysia) -- NESTLED in the Section 17 housing estate of Petaling Jaya is a serene bungalow, the spiritual home for Buddhists who follow the Mahayana tradition.

New York, July 5: Thirty-two nominations have been received for the inaugural Guru Nanak Inter-faith Prize carrying a cash component of 50,000 dollars to be awarded to an individual or for a collective effort in promoting religious dialogue and peaceful coexistence.

The prize introduced by the Hofstra University, New York....

MOSCOW, Russia -- Scientists and theologians from around the world are trying to solve the mystery of the incorruptible body of Hambo Lama Itigilov known as the “Buryat Nostradamus”.

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Dharamsala, July 6: The courtyard of the Tsuglagkhang (Main Temple) was this morning packed with Tibetans, Indians and foreign tourists enjoying the official celebration of the 72nd Birthday of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet.
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A photo-shoot featuring Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has been confirmed as the top prize in the Travel Photographer of the Year (TPOTY) competition.

Picture: Luke Duggleby's shot of a Tibetan pil....

PATNA, India -- Charging Union Minister and RJD leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh with "playing politics" over shifting relics of Lord Buddha to his parliamentary constituency Vaishali, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday asserted he will not "buckle under pressure."

"Bihar g....

Los Angeles, CA (USA) -- A fascinating new study by UCLA researchers combines modern neuroscience with ancient Buddhist teachings. The scientists believe they have discovered the first neural evidence for why “mindfulness” — the ability to live in the present moment, without distraction — seems to produce a var....

Tuesday, June 26, 2007 21:33

Dharamsala/Kathamndu: June 26: The 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje turned 22 today.

Unlike last year’s grand birthday celebration at the Gyuto Tantric Monastic University here in Dharamsala, this time the celebration is ....

Kathmandu, June 25: In a rare occassion in Tibetan community, Buddhist monks and nuns took part in an interschool Tibetan debate competition organised by Srongtsen Brikuti Boarding High School (SBBHS) here today.

Two monks from Kopan Monastery and two nuns from Kopan Nunnery took part the competition to debate on the....

Patna, India -- A Buddhist monk has filed a criminal complaint against top officials of the Bodh Gaya temple in Bihar for allegedly cutting a branch of a Bodhi tree there, considered sacred to millions the world over as it is believed Lord Buddha attained enlightenment under it about 2,550 years ago.

Patna, June 24: A Buddhist monk has filed a criminal complaint against top officials of the Bodh Gaya temple in Bihar for allegedly cutting a branch of a Bodhi tree there, considered sacred to millions the world over as it is believed Lord Buddha attained enlightenment under it about 2,550 years ago.

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Sydney, Australia -- The Dalai lama’s recently concluded visit to Australia that also included a meeting with Australian Prime minister John Howard has once again drawn the attention not only to the fact that Buddhism is the fastest growing religion in Australia but also that there are more Buddhists....

Andhra Pradesh, India -- A slow wave of conversions is flowing across India as thousands from the country’s most excluded Dalit or “ex-Untouchable” communities seek a fresh start in life as Buddhists

Taipei - A rapping Tibetan lama known for his contemporary style said Thursday on a visit to Taiwan that he wants to promote Buddhism through music for as along as he lives. Making his second visit to the island, Singa Rinpoche, 30, has been invited by Forward Music co....

Humanity's challenges are beyond the reach of the individual, writes Stephen McGrail.

THE Dalai Lama has been and gone but what was his message to business? Together with the spiritual messages in his calls for warm-heartedness and real compassion are a number of astute observations on the context and the natu....

Dharamsala, June 21: After more than a two-week long tour of Australia and New Zealand, the exiled Tibetan leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama returned to McLeod Ganj, his residential hometown in exile, this morning.

As usual, Tibetans here lined up to welcome him after his overwhelming visits abroad where he met seve....

Mumbai, India -- Have you always been fascinated by Buddhism, especially by the way it was in its days of glory?  If you are interested in understanding the religion the way it once was and in its own language, then the K.J. Somaiyya Centre is the place for you.

The institute offers various courses l....

Sydney, Australia -- IT IS said that one should never teach Buddhism unless asked, but since some readers have specifically requested me to write about what His Holiness the Dalai Lama taught in Melbourne, here goes.

Presenting the Buddhist perspectives on the inter-relationships between all living beings and the environment, Judge C. G. Weeramantry, former Vice- President of the International Court of Justice, told the World Future Council in Hamburg that Buddhist teachings and Buddhist kings have been in the forefront of pioneering laws o....

Los Angeles, CA (USA) -- In "What now for the Dalai Lama", Rosslyn Beeby states that the 14th Dalai Lama is (was) renowned for his sense of humour and ability to undercut formality with well-timed wit and ironic understatement, but....

As the Dalai Lama completes his tour of Australia, his visit has been seen by some as boosting the number of adherents to the Buddhist faith as the religion is now moving towards the Australian mainstream.

The Voice of America (VOA) reported that Tibetan nuns chanting traditional prayers are increasingly common in Australia, as ....

Venerable Drimay, a Buddhist nun from California, will be in Williams Lake June 29 to give a public talk on meditation.

Her visit here is the only Canadian stop on her teaching tour of the Northwest United States. She will be in Williams Lake to lead a two-day retreat with the Gendun Drubpa Buddhist Study Group, but her talk on me....

The Dalai Lama has visited New Zealand's Parliament as the country's Government tiptoed around Chinese opposition to meetings with Tibet's spiritual leader.

New Zealand: Prime Minister Helen Clark last week ruled out a formal meeting with the Dalai Lama in Wellington after spending 10 minutes talking to him in a loun....

San Francisco, CA (USA) -- : Kicking off an unprecedented visit and 11-city speaking tour, The Oracle of Tibet (www.tibetanoracle.org) –  the Venerable Thupten Ngodup, Tibetan monk and healer –  made his first-ever public appearances in the United States&n....

Sydney, Australia -- The Dalai Lama has just completed a tour of Australia, boosting what is the country's fastest-growing religion. Australia has more Buddhists per capita than anywhere else in the Western world. From Sydney, Phil Mercer reports on how this religion has moved beyond Asian immigrant communities and into ....

New Zealand: The 'Friends of Tibet' movement in Wellington say it is disappointed that the Prime Minister has chosen to bow to Chinese pressure and snub the Dalai Lama.

The Buddhist leader from Tibet....

Paris Monday, 18 June: Coinciding with 'Fête de la Musique' (Festival of Music) that takes place every 21st of June all over France, 'Tibet – Les Enfants de l’Espoir' is organising a series of concerts by Ani Choying throughout France.

The benefits from the concerts will go to fund the Bangalore college-

by Danielle Teutsch, Sydney Morning Herald, June 17, 2007

Sydney, Australia -- ANYONE hoping the Dalai Lama would divulge the meaning of life at his public talk in Sy....

OAKLAND, Calif. (USA) -- The lesson began with the striking of a Tibetan singing bowl to induce mindful awareness. With the sound of their new school bell, the fifth graders at Piedmont Avenue Elementary School here closed their eyes and focused on their breathing, as they tried to imagine “loving kindness” on ....

Tibet has launched a two-year project to study and preserve a bundle of Buddhist scriptures that were written on leaves more than 1,000 years ago and brought to the region from India.

There are some 4,300 pages of the rare tree-leaf Buddhist Sanskrit scripture in 426 volumes, said Hu Chunhua, a top official of the region ....

'It will be like interviewing Jesus," gushed an atheist of my acquaintance before I went to see the Dalai Lama. Quite sensible people go quite ga-ga over the Dalai Lama, who would be horrified to think that he was just like Jesus. The Dalai Lama has better jokes. At least I think he does. A lot of things that ....

As simple as they are powerful, the Dalai Lama's messages of compassion and kindness commanded the attention of 10,000 Aucklanders yesterday....

11-City Speaking Tour Kicks Off Friday, June 15 at Natural World Museum Exhibit “Making the Choice: Bringing Forth an Environmental Renaissance”

San Francisco, CA (USA) -- : Kicking off an unprecedented visit and 11-city speaking tour, The Oracle of Tibet (

Truth be told, delegates at the Happiness and its Causes conference in Darling Harbour last week looked happy enough already. Maybe their secret was the coconut carrot cake and camomile tea served at morning break.

Only wholesome vegetarian fare was on the menu for the sell-out crowd of middle-aged New Agers and Buddhists....

The architectural remains of the ancient Nalanda university are all set to become the second World Heritage site in Bihar after the Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya.

P.K. Mishra, a superintending archaeologist with the Patna Circle of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Thursday said India has approached Unesco (UN E....

THE Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, has had a triumphal tour, albeit somewhat against the odds, in Australia. The high points were his meetings with Prime Minister John Howard and Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd.

He has advanced Tibet's cause and charmed many thousands of Australians with his spiritual message.

A FEW WEEKS before his 11-day visit to Australia, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama told an audience at a university in Massachusetts, "Within a few years' time, I will retire completely."

Is he serio....

As the Dalai Lama jetted in to town, talking (or not) to the Prime Minister, addressing stadiums of thousands, five Buddhist monks in Marshland rejoiced at the latest offering from their local devotees – electric blankets.

The Buddhist Temple on Marshland Road is never short of incongruous sights: yesterd....

Sydney, June 14: Hundreds of people from Sydney's Tibetan community have turned out to welcome the 14th Dalai Lama at Sydney Airport.

A long li-

Dalai Lama meets New Zealand leader at Australian airport, appeals for Tibet autonomy

SYDNEY, Australia: "Our approach is to bring general unity, harmony between the central government of China and Tibet," he said. "We have to learn to live side by side."

Without genuine autonomy, ....

BEERWAH, Australia -- One of the world's most famous animal lovers visited the former stomping ground of another on Wednesday when the Dalai Lama toured the family zoo of late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin.

The Dalai Lama has visited a zoo in Queensland from where he urged people to take greater care of animals, amid anger from China over his meetings with Australian leaders.

The spiritual leader adressed around ....

CHINA has reacted angrily to the Prime Minister's decision to meet the Dalai Lama later this week, implying that it could harm diplomatic relations.

In a thinly veiled threat issued just hours after John Howard said he would meet Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry called on Ca....

Geelong, Australia -- TIBETAN spiritual leader the Dalai Lama commended Geelong's beautiful people as he left the city.

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Bihar, India -- Japan's Consulate General to India Noro Motoyasu said Monday that his country would provide funds for the setting up an international university in Nalanda to strengthen its cultural bond with Bihar.

'The people of Japan were keen for close cultural relation with Bihar as it was the land o....

Federal Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd is only meeting the Dalai Lama as a political stunt, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer says.

The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, on an 11-day tour of Australia, has a scheduled meeting with the Labor leader in Canberra today.

The Government had labelled Mr Rudd hypocritica....

Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Chief Minister Jon Stanhope has declined to meet the Dalai Lama during his visit to Canberra today.

A spokeswoman claimed Mr Stanhope was too busy to see the controversial Tibetan leader, who would meet instead with Deputy Chief Minister Katy Gallagher.

Mr Stanhope, who recen....

TIBETAN spiritual leader the Dalai Lama smiled broadly as he insisted

 on two sitting ovations in Geelong yesterday.

As thousands of adoring people stood to offer him reverential bows of farewell aft....

Hamilton, Canada -- It's a given that travel will expand your geographical horizons -- but what about those inner vistas, that intimate, holy part inside crying out to be freed from the tyranny of the everyday?

A group of local philanthropists is organizing a group sojourn to a Tibetan monastery....

Canberra, Australia -- The Dalai Lama heads to Canberra on Tuesday, still none the wiser about whether his day will include a meeting with Prime Minister John Howard.

The exiled ....

SUPPORTERS of Tibet's Dalai Lama want the Opposition Leader, Kevin Rudd, to do more than share a cup of tea when he meets the visiting spiritual leader in Canberra tomorrow.

They want Mr Rudd, who speaks Chin....

Smarting from deaths and injuries inflicted by vigilante groups nurtured by the army during King Gyanendra's direct rule, Nepal's Maoist guerrillas Saturday began enforcing an indefinite shutdown of one of the holiest religious sites in the world, revered as the birthplace of the Buddha.

Kapilavastu di....

Sunny cloudscape graphics in the windows and hundreds of brightly-coloured Pashmina scarves lining one whole blue wall of Himalaya Arts and Crafts create the kind of kaleidoscopic atmosphere one might find inside a rainbow.

Situated on West Broadway, owner Pemten Lama says Vancouver's first store offering gifts exclusive....

THE vast basin of Rod Laver Arena usually echoes with the thwack of racquet against ball, the genteel applause of the crowd and the not-so-gentle outbursts of tennis super-brats.

Yesterday, centre court was filled with sounds of a markedly different kind: the deep, resonant chanting of monks, the ritualistic ringing of be....

Dallas, Texas (USA) -- "If you had only one hour, what would you ask?" is not only the byline of Rick Ray's latest documentary on the Dalai Lama but also the difficult question he faced for three months as he prepared for an interview with His Holiness.

"10 Questions for the Dalai Lama"....

With the blustery arctic winds and merciless snow barreling down on his back, Phantsok Dhamchoe proceeded to-

Bendigo, Australia -- THE Dalai Lama visited Bendigo today to bless the biggest Buddhist stupa in the Western world, which is under construction and due to be completed by 2010.
About 2,000 people watched a....

(June 08, 2007 edition) - It’s a rare journey wherein the traveler does not encounte-

IN the mid 1800s those seeking enrichment besieged central Victoria's goldfields.

Smoking: Jaara Jaara elder Brien Nelson greets the Dalai Lama. Thousands saw the spiritual leader in Bendigo. Pictu....

Ireland's ancient Hill of Tara, once the seat of the high kings, was today named one of the world's 100 most endangered heritage sites.

The New York-based World Monument Fund placed Tara on its crisis list after campaigns an....

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Virgin Blue calls for Urgent Aviation Sector Action on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Australia: June 06: Virgin Blue CEO Brett Godfrey today called on the avia....

THE Dalai Lama has called on Australians to help reduce the gap between rich and poor and make environmental consciousness a part of their daily lives.

Tenzin Gyato, the 14th Dalai Lama, was speaking in Perth at the start of his 11-day tour of Australia, where he ....

Eskdalemuir, Scotland (UK) -- Turn a corner on a rural road in Dumfries and Galloway and what might you expect to find? Some sheep, perhaps, or a wind turbine or two - but probably not an enormous development for Buddhist study

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PERTH (Australia), June 06: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama called for greater respect for the Earth as he kicked off an 11-day Australian tour on Wednesday.

Speaking before a crowd of some 2,000 peop....

WHILE the Dalai Lama made a heavily policed but peaceful arrival in Perth yesterday to begin his $3.5 million, 11-day tour of Australia, John Howard was still being coy about whether he would meet the exiled Tibetan leader.

More than 200 supporters greeted the Dalai Lama as he arrived at Perth International Airport....

The meaning of self is on the table at Chuang Yen Monastery - in particular, what Buddhism teaches about letting go of the self - when a quirky question comes up in class:

Could the Buddha make it in America today?

How would he get through to a culture obsessed with selfness, in which therapists, Opr....

Hundreds of well wishers turned out to greet the Dalai Lama when he arrived in Perth today for the first leg of his 2007 speaking tour.

The spiritual leader of Tibet met members of Perth’s Buddhist community, man....

"I KNOW what is a good mattress," Venerable David Lungtok Marks said of his sudden task yesterday of buying bedding for the Dalai Lama.

"It will be a single mattress and a nice one," he said.

Venerable David Lungtok is director of the Thubten Shedrup Ling Monastery at Myers Flat, north-west of Be....

China's new religious affairs regulations for "TAR" entered into force

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) received confirmed information from reliable sources that, in mid May 2007 Chinese People's Armed Police (PAP) demolished a colossal statue of Guru Padmasambava popularly known....

FISHERS, Ind.-On June 27th at 9am, Taktser Rinpoche (Professor Thubten Jigme Norbu) is planning to help launch the 100-mile “March for Tibet's Independence” from China's Consulate in New York (520 12th Avenue). Rinpoche also plans to be on hand to receive the walkers at the conclusion of the “March” on July 4th at Independence ....

Perth, Australia -- The Dalai Lama will fly into Perth on Tuesday at the start of an eight-city Australian tour.

Tour director Dr Alan Molloy said he expected the Dalai Lama to receive a warm welcome wherever he went on the 11-day visit.

"Having not been to Perth since 1992, we expect the WA....

Dharamsala, June 2 : A large number of youth turned out in Dharamsala to attend a discourse on Buddhism delivered by the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.

The Dalai Lama delivered his discourse on the first day of the three-day teachings.

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Sitting on the shelf above my desk is a red velvet Buddha. Not just any red, mind you - it's so bright it's almost fluorescent. It came from the oddly assorted shelves of a small gift shop just off the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, and it's been sitting, watching serendipitously over the room, f....

Sydney, June 3 -

A crowd of supporters of His Holiness the Dalai Lama held a celebration walk from Dee Why to Narrabeen on the outskirts of Sydney, to support and welcome the forthcoming Dalai Lama visit to Sydney Australia.
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TibetNet[Monday, June 04, 2007 16:37]

Dharamshala: Some 3,500 Tibetan youth thronged the auditorium of the Tibetan Childre-

The Saga Dawa celebrations in the southern Russian region of Kalmykia have literally caught everyone by surprise with an extremely large extent of religious activities and events. Being declared a national holid....

Kathmandu, Nepal -- Coming in contact with Buddhist community, one might wonder to see Buddhist devotees being spiritually more engrossing usually around this time of the year.

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A Tibetan Buddhist order which traces its lineage back to the 8th century is setting about raising half a million pounds to establish a permanent retreat centre in South East Wales. It will be called Drala Jong, which means Sparkling Meadow of Primal Iridescence.

The charity was given the name of Sang-ngak-chö-dzong (n....

BEIJING, China -- All religious artifacts in places of worship in Tibet belong to the Chinese state, the official Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday, in Beijing's latest attempt to exert control over religion in the restive Himalayan region.

Beijing is particularly wary of religious groups, such as Buddhi....

NEW DELHI, India -- Exiled Tibetan artists in India are battling to ensure the survival of a 1,400-year-old Buddhist art form that is a significant element of the faith.

Dharamsala: May 30: Especially young Tibetans who could not make it to Dharamsala to attend His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s three-day special teaching for Tibetan youths due to start this Friday can still listen to it live here on Phayul.
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WASHINGTON — The head of a large Buddhist monastery in Chinese-run Tibet has been forced to step down after he refused to sign documents condemning the Dalai Lama, the monk and a local official have told Radio Free Asia (RFA).

“I spoke out loudly and refused to sign. I declared that I will not sign even at the cost my ....