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Chokhor Duchen is just past over the weekend, the last sermon that the Buddha gave centuries ago was marked by Tibetans here with prayer and ceremonial tying of scarves. These Tibetans may be small in number, most of them young

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Gyaltsen Norbu, the boy selected by the Chinese Government as the Panchen Lama, has arrived in the Kumbum Monastery (Ch: Taersi) in Amdo in present-day Qinghai Province, according to reliable information.

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Kyabje Drubwang Pema Norbu Rinpoche, prominent Tibetan lama and throne holder of the Palyul Lineage, is visiting Washington, D.C. from August 21 to 24, 2003 to give Buddhist teachings and a talk on compassion and world peace.

Two of Tibet's longest serving political prisoners have received sentence reductions from the Chinese authorities. Both are monks of Drepung Monastery in Lhasa. Jamphel Jangchub (lay name Yugyal) received a three year reduction of his 19 year sentence

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has begun a special discourse on Buddhist teachings in Dharmasala. During the 10-day-long spiritual discourse, the Dalai Lama would explain the meanings of Buddhist scriptures to the devotees.

China said a boy picked by the Dalai Lama as the second-highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism and missing since 1995 is leading a "happy, normal" life, as his Beijing-selected replacement surfaced at a monastery.

Brothers at concert (JJI website/File)

Not many people have tried their hands at doing something different and come out a winner. Those who have made it have consciously or unconsciously left their footprints behind. In the Tibetan music world, Rangzen Shouno had