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Gangtok, Buddhist scholars in Sikkim, a frontier state bordering China, are worried over their faith getting diluted as winds of change blow across the lofty Himalayan ranges.

Dalai Lama today expressed hope that the twenty first century would herald an era of peace, cooperation and mutual respect in the world.

After the Uri-Muzaffarabad road, the opening of the Ladakh-Tibet border at Demjok, Leh, is in the pipeline. This will facilitate trade in the region as it would open the pilgrimage of Kailash Mansarovar for Indian tourists.

Showcase of Award Winning International Films from India, Nepal, France and England. The Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota is sponsoring the third Tibetan Film Festival, March 5-11, 2004.

On a recent February morning, a celebration of the Tibetan New Year began in a bright yellow house on Magoun Avenue. Red-robed Tibetan Buddhist monks tended to last-minute tasks, as other people arrived and sat on cushions near

Jeffrey Paine opens his riveting narrative about Tibetan Buddhism's emergence in the West with an account of Thomas Merton's brief but prophetic encounter with "the dharma."

Thousands of Buddhist pilgrims from home and abroad have converged on the banks of the Rewalsar lake to take part in the two-day Tsechu Fair — the Buddhist Kumbh beginning from tomorrow — which is being celebrated after 12 years.

China has reacted angrily to criticism of its human rights record from the United States, warning that it could affect Sino-U.S. ties. The annual State Department report stated that China was "backsliding" on its human rights obligations

A short film festival will open a window on Tibet this weekend. The first of six films about Tibet will unspool tonight at 7 p.m., to start Focus on Tibet, a two-day festival organized by the Canada Tibet Committee.

"The Central Tibetan Administration welcomes the news, as reported by the Associated Press, that Phuntsog Nyidrol who was imprisoned in 1989 at the age of 22 for her vocal expression of her political views has been released from prison," said Kalon Thubten Lungrig