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The Tibetan Medical Centre at Mahalakshmi Layout in Bangalore draws more Indian patients than Tibetans, and it makes for an awesome reflection that at this centre, healing comes from the revelations of Buddha in his manifestation as the Bhaishajyaguru

The Tibet Relief Fund of the United Kingdom plans to take up a youth development programme targeting the Tibetan settlers in Bylakuppe of Mysore District. In association with the Delhi-based Bharatiya Yuva Shakti Trust (BYST)

The European Union accused China and Iran of human rights abuses Tuesday, but said it will not censure either nation at an upcoming U.N. meeting. The EU foreign ministers issued a declaration expressing concern about

The Tibetan government-in-exile Tuesday expressed hope that China's newly-appointed President Hu Jintao will be able to break the deadlock in resolving the Tibetan problem.

Devotees bowed in reverence to the baritone voice of His Holiness the Dalai lama wafting in the crispy morning air in front of the Main Cathedral (Tsuk lhakhang). A deep murmur followed as they repeated in unison the prayers read out by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

It is a pleasure to be able to send my greetings to all of you who have undertaked this walk once more in support of Tibet's Independence. Today marks the anniversary of the March 1959 Uprising in Lhasa

Four Buddhist monks led nearly a thousand people down State Street on Saturday in a rain-soaked call for peace. It was the 26th Saturday that antiwar protesters had gathered in downtown Santa Barbara, but this time

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Ole Nydahl looks more like an extreme-sports enthusiast than a Buddhist monk. Yet the tanned, hefty Dane is Europe's first lama. Nydahl, who was responsible for bringing Tibetan Buddhism to St. Petersburg in the early 1990s

Playing for peace Lobsang Wangchuk, a Tibetan Buddhist monk, plays the dung shen, a traditional Buddhist long horn, during a special Unity Church of Corvallis service Sunday morning at the Majestic Theatre. He is accompanied by Geshe Jangchub Sangye, center, and Lama Geshe Ngawang Lungtok. (TIFFANY BROWN/Gazette-Times)