Yesterday’s twin self-immolations in Tibet has shocked Tibetans gathered in Bodh Gaya but the fear over stirring up mass emotional outcry has stopped Tibetans from carrying out actions here at the venue of the Kalachakra
Speaking exclusively to an audience of Tibetans from Tibet Thursday in Bodh Gaya, Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje called for unity amongst the Tibetan people and the preservation of Tibetan culture and religion within Tibet.
Continuing the fiery episode of self-immolations in the new year, two Tibetans in Tibet set themselves on fire this afternoon. According to information received from various sources, the incident happened at around 2:40 pm Tibet time in the distraught Ngaba region of eastern Tibet
It is the first week of January and Mcleod Ganj wears a look of desolation. The narrow congested lanes of the Tibetan exile headquarters, which are usually filled with a rush of cars honking past stray dogs, cows, and men,
In a brutal display of “justice”, China executed 15 men sentenced to death in a single day in Changsha City, the capital of southern China’s Hunan Province.
During the course of his ongoing ten-day Kalachakra teachings, the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama firmly urged his devotees on Thursday not to follow the Shugden deity.
More than 6.5 million people used the Gormo-Lhasa rail line to travel to Tibet in 2011 according to the Qinghai-Tibet Railway Company — an organisation managed by China's Ministry of Railway.
The Chinese government’s continued refusal to grant autonomy to the Tibetan people, in itself shows, that the Tibetans are different from the Chinese people said Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay at a press conference
The Yiddish word “chutzpah”, pronounced “huspa”, has the exact same meaning as the Tibetan word “hamba”, and even shares a passing tonal quality to it. Leo Rosten, the humorist, defined chutzpah as “that quality enshrined in a man who, having killed his mother and father, throws himself on the mercy of the court because he is an orphan.”
A well known Tibetan writer has been sentenced to four years in jail by a Chinese court in eastern Tibet. Kalsang Tsultim, also known as Gyitsang Takmik was given the sentence on December 30, 2011 by the Kanlho Intermediate People’s Court
