News

Acadiana residents interested in Tibetan culture and the Buddhist philosophy may soon have a resource close to home. Khentrul Lodrö Thayé Rinpoche, abbot of the Mardo Tashi Chöling Monastery in Amdo, Tibet

It is a hot and dusty afternoon, and tempers are frayed at the Foreigners Booking Office in New Delhi railway station. My travelling companion, British actress Joanna Lumley, and I have left our passports in the hotel

Human rights groups are warning that a controversial documentary on Tibet could lead to the imprisonment and torture of people who were secretly filmed watching an illegal recording of their exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.

Since last Thursday, these Tibetan Buddhist monks from Nepal have been working on what they hope will be the world's largest sand Mandala of the Medicine Buddhas.

A prominent Tibetan political party has elected its new president in Dharamsala, the seat of Tibetan's parliament-in-exile. In the fourth annual convention, National Democratic Party of Tibet (NDPT) chose Karma Chopel, founder member of the party.

Kalon Tripa Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche left Dharamshala yesterday for Delhi, France and England. Rinpoche will be in France from 20-26 May. Rinpoche will be participating in a dialogue near Nice in Southern France

Chinese authorities have released two popular Tibetan musicians two months after detaining them, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports. Relatives of Namkha, a Tibetan singer, and Bokocha, a monk and composer, have said the men weren’t mistreated in custody.

The United States Department of State released a report, Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2003-2004, on May 17, 2004 detailing its efforts to promote human rights and democracy in the world.

On the 12th May 2004, Tibetan Community Sweden represented by Tashi Wangyal and Tashi Dhondhup Tsering participated in a seminar on the subject of Human Right Violation in China in the Swedish Parliament.

The Dalai Lama is to return to Scotland. The spiritual leader of Tibet's Buddhists will address MSPs at the Scottish parliament and religious leaders at Dunfermline Abbey.