Seeking to placate longtime rival China, India has subtly shifted its stand on Tibet in a way to clearly recognize the Chinese annexation of "the roof of the world," delighting Beijing but raising questions about New Delhi's diplomatic game-plan and spurring concern among Tibetan exiles.
You are traveling by bus a few hours out of Katmandu in Nepal. The sun is falling fast as the road climbs. When the bus stops to refuel, you climb out and look up at a new moon high in the sky.
Prayers for peace, love and tolerance . . . Smoke from burning incense and green wood drifts across as (from left) Losang Dawa, Tibetan lamas the Venerables Lhagon Rinpoche and Thupten Tulku Rinpoche, and Tibetan monks Khedrup Tharchin and Losang Thutop chant prayers for the wellbeing of humanity at the stupa (monument) in Portobello on the Dalai Lama's 68th birthday yesterday.
Prayers for the wellbeing of humanity were offered by Tibetan monks at the Portobello stupa on the Dalai Lama's birthday yesterday. Sweet-smelling smoke from burning incense and green wood billowed as lamas and monks from the Dunedin Dhargyey Buddhist Centre chanted prayers.
Birthday celebrations for His Holiness the Dalai Lama were held in Chicago over the long weekend of July 4th -6th. Activities included basketball and soccer tournaments each day, followed by Culture and Talent Shows on Friday and Saturday evenings.
U.S. State Department said on July 2 that "despite steps in the right direction on human rights" in 2002, China has not met its commitments to address human rights concerns made in December talks with the U.S.
India today vehemently denied that it had made any compromise with its stand on Tibet as opposition parties hailed the achievements made in Sino-Indian relations during Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's recent visit to China.
'Shri Yash Pal Mittal has been an ardent supporter of the Tibet cause and is one among few who still continues to practice the principles expounded by Mahatma Gandhi," Kalon Tripa Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche said in his introductory speech
