The 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje will be leaving today for the United States of America to receive Kalachakra initiations from His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Speaking to phayul.com, Mr Karma Chugyalpa
Over 6,000 Tibetans and Tibet supporters flocked to the Verizon Centre in Washington, DC to wish His Holiness the Dalai Lama on his 76th birthday, Wednesday. The day also being the first day of the Kalachakra teachings began
Kalon Tripa Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche and Deputy Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel arriving at Tsug-la Khang for the official function of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 76th birthday celebrations. The Kalon Tripa in the Kashag statement urged all Tibetans to engage in actions that will not breach the wishes of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and at the same time to work hard in preserving our traditional values. (Phayul photo/Norbu Wangyal)
The former Chinese leader who was at the helm of China for 12 years is reportedly dead or dying according to unconfirmed sources in China. Jiang Zemin, 84, handed over the reigns to Hu Jintao in 2003 and is expected to take an important role in next year’s change of leadership.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 76th birthday was celebrated today with much official fanfare and public participation in the exile seat of Dharamshala. People poured out early morning at Lhagyal-ri for Sangsol (incense burning ceremony) for the long-life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
The area outside Namgyal Middle School in Swayambu, the venue for the 76th birthday celebrations of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama turned tense for a while after a minor clash erupted between the Armed Police Force (APF) and Tibetans.
On this very auspicious occasion of the seventy-sixth birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the Kashag, on behalf of all Tibetans in and outside Tibet, would like to offer our heartfelt greetings and at the same time single-mindedly beseech Your Holiness
Wednesday, on his 76th birthday, His Holiness the Dalai Lama will be honored at Verizon Center by 11,000 people, including Arun Gandhi and Martin Luther King III, the grandson and son of the two stalwarts of nonviolence.
With countless prostrations from my body, speech and mind, today I attempt to THANK personally His Holiness The Dalai Lama who has touched and affected my life at deepest levels from the day I was born in this world.
In what appears to be another bid to please China, the Nepal Police on June 21 arrested a dozen Tibetans who had gathered to take part in the birthday celebrations of His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa.
