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After an especially rough last few weeks, the Norbu family that established the Tibetan Cultural Center sat down Monday morning to offer their perspectives on the issues surrounding the near foreclosure of the debt-strapped institution.

The Tibetan exhibit at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco does not take place in a political vacuum. The objects on display in San Francisco were brought here under the auspices of the Chinese government's Bureau of Cultural Relics from the TAR.

Tenzin Priyadarshi, a Buddhist monk with a physics degree, is Massachusetts Institute of Technology's first Buddhist chaplain.

A Tibetan Chamber of Commerce has been formed at a two day meeting which concluded on 19 June at the Golden Huts Resorts in Gurgaon, Haryana. An eleven-member committee was formed. The Tibetan Chamber of Commerce will have a registered office

Will there ever be another Dalai Lama? Traditionally, the spiritual leadership of the Tibetan people passes from one Dalai Lama to his reincarnation. But the current Dalai Lama has raised questions about whether the institution should continue.

The difficult conditions faced by ethnic Tibetan tour guides in the Tibet Autonomous Region, and in particular the Chinese authorities' frequent attempts to regulate their work through politically motivated directives, have been widely reported.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama, leader of the Tibetan people and advocate of world peace, will visit five states in the United States from September 10 through September 27 as part of his efforts to promote the human values of universal responsibility, compassion and inter-religious understanding.

It may not be L.K. Advani's view but the Dalai Lama believes that the Partition of India was a big mistake and an unfortunate event. The success of Indian secularism, the Tibetan leader said

On June 17, 2005 His Holiness the Dalai Lama met with representatives of 97 cities, towns and districts from all over Germany at the ESTREL Hotel in Berlin for more than an hour.

Three Resolutions condemning China for the lack of Freedom of Expression and opinion were passed today at the 71st PEN International Congress in Bled, Slovenia.