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The Sakya Trizin, an eminent Tibetan Buddhist master and head of the Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism, is visiting Washington, D.C. from July 29 to 30, 2003 to give a series of Buddhist teachings.

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A group of six Tibetan Buddhist monks will construct a sand mandala, an art work representing a house of the Buddha of compassion, at Morningside College.

As requested by Bliss and Wisdom Monastery Corp. Tapei, Taiwan His Holiness the Dalai Lama will continue his teaching at Thekchen Choeling Monastery (Tibetan Temple courtyard) on Je Tsongakhapa's Ngagrim Chenmo

A panel discussion organised by the Bharat-Thibet Sahyog Manch, Himachal Pradesh at Dauladhar hotel yesterday drew in a large audience from the locality. The discussion, on the recent visit of Indian Prime Minister and its impact on Tibet

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali will meet the Dalai Lama when the exiled Tibetan leader visits Bloomington in September. "It will be the first time the two have met," said the Dalai Lama's nephew, Jigme Norbu of Bloomington.

China has relaxed the procedures for Taiwanese tourists to visit the Himalayan region of Tibet. Under the new rules announced by the Tourism Bureau of the Tibet autonomous region, Taiwanese tourists could visit Tibet more easily

A three-member delegation from the Communist Party of India (Marxist), currently on a visit to China, is reportedly visiting Tibet. The delegation led by CPI(M) Politburo member Sitaram Yechury arrived in Beijing on July 22, 2003 according to The Hindu newspaper.

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has said with the opening of Nathu La Pass as a point for Sino-India border trade the Sikkim will gradually cease to be an issue between the two countries and reiterated that there was no change in New Delhi's stand on Tibet.