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The dispersion of the sand mandala by Geshe Thupten Tenpa into Lake Daumesnil at the conclusion of the 7th Himalayan Festival in Paris. The two-day event drew thousands of Parisian to the picturesque bois de Vincennes. Photo: Tenam

A view of the 7th Himalayan festival that concluded Sunday, 24 september in Paris. Organised jointly by Maison du Tibet and Bureau du Tibet, the festival is a major attraction for French and expatriates interested in Tibetan and Himalayan culture. Photo: Tenam

The Dalai Lama took Woodstock by surprise, offering a speech on world peace to about 2,000 people who gathered in a park on word-of-mouth alone.

The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has said that Buddhism could influence the legal system and that compassion was essential to bring about social change.

The Temples of Lhasa is a book containing a comprehensive survey of historic Buddhist sites in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa. The study is based on the Tibet Heritage Fund's official five-year

In honor of The Dalai Lama's upcoming visit to New York City from September 23rd to the 25th, Sustainable Table today released the Tibetan translation of its critically acclaimed flash animation The Meatrix.

Tibetans in Kathmandu have been eagerly waiting to watch the 'Dreaming Lhasa', a film by Tenzing Sonam and Ritu Sarin with Tenzin Choekyi, Jampa Kalsang and Tenzin Jigme. It was finally screened today at Gopi Krishna

The Chinese authorities have warned Norway that relations between the two countries would suffer if Norway awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese human rights activist Rebiya Kadeer, reported the

A group of more than 17 Tibetan NGOs and welfare groups jointly organised a special celebration event in the morning today, which was participated by overwhelming public gathering to commemorate

China is failing to live up to promises made when it bid for the 2008 Olympics to improve its human-rights record before the Summer Games, Amnesty International said Thursday. While China has shown some improvement by making legislative