Even for Tibetan monks, it was too cold on Tuesday. Severe, icy wind made the air feel much colder than the recorded temperature of 1°C at Sarnath, the traditional northern India site of the Buddha's first teaching, and the Dalai Lama told followers to cover their heads.
In a tape-recorded message smuggled out of his Chinese jail, an influential Tibetan monk sentenced to death in December insists he had nothing to do with a series of bomb blasts in western China, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports.
An international coalition of Tibet groups has received information indicating that an additional ten Tibetan men were arrested in connection with popular Buddhist leader Tenzin Delek Rinpoche and attendant Lobsang Dhondup
A Tibetan monk given a suspended death sentence for a series of bomb attacks promoting independence has protested his innocence in a taped message from jail, Radio Free Asia said on Wednesday.
Taiwan-Tibet ties were strengthened yesterday when President Chen Shui-bian met with Tenzin Phuntsok Atisha, chairman of the Tibet Religious Foundation of the Dalai Lama, to discuss a third visit by the Dalai Lama late this year.
Pro-Tibet activists have called for more Indian pressure on China to release two Tibetans facing execution for their alleged involvement in bomb blasts.
A Chinese official confirmed Wednesday that China has sentenced three more Tibetans to prison, in a case that prompted an international outcry last month when another Tibetan was sentenced to death.
The 28th Kalachakra puja came to an end this morning with a long life puja for His Holiness the Dalai Lama. His Holiness conferred a long life empowerment to the devotees. Referring to Bodh Gaya as the most sacred place for the Buddhists
President Chen Shui-bian, left, greets Tibetan representative Tashi Wangdi at the inaugural ceremony of the new Taiwan-Tibet Exchange Foundation yesterday. The new Taiwan-Tibet Exchange Foundation will serve as the Tibetan government-in-exile representative office in Taiwan. (Henry Tan)
