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Come Losar and Tibetans go into a festive mood as it is an annual occasion when the entire Tibetan community has a reason to plunge into joy and merry-making. They make new year resolutions amid the air of festivity and jubilation.

Snow blanketed this capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region Feb. 15 morning, an unusual sight for February that local people called an auspicious greeting for the upcoming Tibetan New Year.

It was hard to reach Khyentse Norbu, Tibetan spiritual leader-turned-film director, as he traveled from his native Bhutan to Sydney, Australia, then to Tokyo and Honolulu on his way to the Miami International Film Festival

Sitting on blue and teal pillows, a Tibetan monk draped in a maroon robe leaned close to the ground to touch up a yin and yang symbol the size of a thumbnail.

"When young, I fought the Chinese with sword and fist. Now, I am old and a bhikshu, I continue to fight them albeit through Peace Marches". Said Rev. Jampa Wangchuk, a septuagenarian from Drekung Monastery

Fluent in modern and classical Tibetan, Jim Blumenthal works to foster understanding. Devotees have been following the teachings of the Buddha for nearly 2,400 years, and yet the first time Buddhist texts were translated into English was only 150 years ago.

Perhaps the Dalai Lama, that living symbol of peace and compassion, should be asked to rearrange his busy schedule so as to spend a little more time on Canada's west coast.

Years ago, an ailing monk braved high mountain passes and Chinese border guards to meet other Tibetan exiles in India. He was no ordinary monk fleeing Chinese-occupied Tibet. He carried with him a remarkable freight of Buddhist religious music handed down orally over centuries.

The Assembly of the Tibetan People’s Deputies (Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile) today condemned the unprovoked lathi charge on Tibetan peace marchers.

The lathi-charge by the police on Tibetan Freedom March activists has caught the attention of the Vajpayee government and the Union Home Ministry has asked for a detailed report of the incident.