The 14th Dalai Lama is simultaneously the exiled monarch of Tibet, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning statesman and Buddhism's most renowned world leader — aspects that are all evident during his current U.S. tour.
The 14th Dalai Lama told a packed audience at the National Cathedral yesterday that even the worst tragedies in life can be used for "spiritual growth."
The Dalai Lama thanked members of the International Campaign for Tibet for their support for Tibet and urged for their continued support until there is a solution.
Video image of the Dalai Lama during an interview with the Associated Press in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003. The Dalai Lama, who implored President Bush to avoid a violent response after the terrorist attacks two years ago, said that the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan may have been justified to win a larger peace, but it's too early to say whether the Iraq war was warranted. He calls on Americans to channel their grief from Sept. 11, 2001 "into a source of inner strength." (AP Photo/Kevin Vineys)
The Dalai Lama said Wednesday that the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan may have been justified to win a larger peace but that is it too soon to judge whether the Iraq war was warranted.
The Dalai Lama has been here before. He has been to Bloomington, and countless other cities around the nation, to talk up the plight of his Tibetan compatriots, thousands of whom have lived in exile for nearly 50 years since a failed uprising against China.
The new Buicks on the Kang Da car showroom floor glisten like melted yak butter. The sheen, however, belies the grueling odyssey that each of the Shanghai-made sedans had to make to reach the biggest auto dealership in Tibet, the "Roof of the World."
LHASA - The giggles and holiday chatter die down as visitors enter the small, lightly furnished room. Turning silently to the empty throne, they fold their hands in prayer, touch their heads three times and prostrate themselves on the carpeted floor.
The Tibetan-government-in-exile, based in the northern Indian hill station of Dharamsala, Thursday said the murdered Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh was a champion of human rights.
