According to confirmed information received from Tibet, the Chinese authorities closed down Kirti Monastic School (Tib translit: kirti' nang bstan slob gling) on 29 July 2003 and it's patron, Soepa Nagur, (Tib translit: bzod pa sna sgur) disappeared since 31 July 2003.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived in Dharamsala this afternoon, after completing a very successful visit to the United States of America from 4 to 24 September 2003. This morning, His Holiness was received at Chandigrah by Mr. Pema Jungney
The thin young Asian stood on the platform in the square in New Delhi. His body and face were immobile - marble. He did not say a word, but two men, one on each side of him, talked and waved to the crowd of tens of thousands.
Monks demonstrate impermanence of material world despite the fact that there were no signs telling them to be quiet, people whispered if they spoke at all in the Bullen Center ballroom Friday afternoon.
After two years of serving in the Peace Corps in the Philippines, Bert Fitzgerald had the unique opportunity to see one of the world’s foremost spiritual leaders.
Kesang Dhundup, a typical Tibetan farmer, grows vegetables, barley and other food grains in his farm land. Dhundup, 58, who lives in a village 50 kilometer east of Lhasa, the capital of Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR)
