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Obituary: Gyatsho Tshering, Eminent Scholar of Tibetan Studies

Gyatsho Tshering, former director of the Library of Tibetan Works & Archives and a respected scholar, passed away on June 25, 2009 at a hospital in Minneapolis, MN, after a brief illness

ChthoniC speaks with the Dalai Lama

It caught many people’s attention when a billboard with huge letters that read “Free Tibet” appeared on an overpass in a busy commercial and shopping district in Taipei, Taiwan

Movie not to miss: “Unmistaken Child”

No aspect of Tibetan Buddhism is as well-known, or seems quite as mythological to outsiders, as the faith's apparently literalistic belief in reincarnation. Taken as a

Santa Feans cozy up to the People’s Republic

China has an area of 6 million square miles, a population of more than 1.3 billion. It is a totalitarian state with little tolerance for alternative viewpoints that violates human rights as a matter of national policy

Tibetans and supporters among 56000 people’s marathon

he Tibet House foundation of Barcelona joined 56000 runners in a marathon on Sunday here. The 10 kilometer marathon was organized by the largest super market chain

Tibetan art museum receives state recognition

A Tibetan art museum tucked away on Lighthouse Hill and built to resemble a Himalayan mountain monastery has been named to the New York State Register of Historic Places

South Africans march for Panchen Lama’s release

More than forty South Africans and resident Tibetans participated in the Peace and Compassion march Sunday (May 17, 2009) to mark 14 years since the disappearance of Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima. In the morning the marchers said the ‘Words of Truth

Tibetan Spiritual Festival in Tokyo

Tibet House Japan organized a Five-day Tibetan Spiritual Festival from 1st to 5th May at Japanese Buddhist temple, Joenji in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Nine monks from Tashi Lhunpo

Kasur Gyalo Thondup speaks to Tibetans in New York

RTYC New York & New Jersey organized a public talk on May 10th by the 80-year-old Kasur Gyalo Thondup who was on a private trip to the United States. The second eldest

SFT deputy director speaks on Tibet in Japan

Tenzin Dorjee , the Deputy Director of Students for a Free Tibet, was in the Japanese capital where he spoke about strategy and personal experiences in the Tibet mov

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