Change has come to Tibet - some of it good, some not so good, reports GOH SUI NOI of The Straits Times China Bureau who visited the autonomous region recently.
Kangchen Tsering, 4, above, presents a scarf as a gift to Buddhist teacher Samdhong Rinpoche Friday at Oak Grove School in Ojai. Rinpoche, 64, speaks to students below. Rinpoche will speak again at Oak Grove School today.
Engulfed in a maroon robe on a sun-splotched wooden stage at Oak Grove School, Samdhong Rinpoche used gentle motions of his hand to select students whose arms were raised with questions.
WOMEN'S EDUCATION: Adult illiteracy has been reduced to 43.8 per cent from 95 per cent in the 1950s - and the focus of the literacy campaign is women and girls in rual areas. (AFP)
In his youth, Lhamo Dhondrub enjoyed repairing clocks and watches at his home in Taktser in northeastern Tibet. That early affinity for technology and the sciences continues today, although he is now known by another name: His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama.
Democracy Now! asks Nobel Peace Prize winner His Holiness the Dalai Lama for his views on the invasion of Iraq, September 11th and U.S. foreign policy following a New York Times article titled “Dalai Lama Says Terror May Need a Violent Reply.”
The 14th Dalai Lama, both an exiled statesman and a world spiritual leader, glided easily between his dual roles during his recent visit as he met with U.S. politicians to discuss the plight of Tibetans under Chinese occupation and addressed crowds in San Francisco
After two years of serving in the Peace Corps in the Philippines, Bert Fitzgerald had the unique opportunity to see one of the world’s foremost spiritual leaders.
