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Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama arrived in Patna Monday under tight security following death threats from Chinese insurgents, police said.

The proximity between Gyngme Gyatso, an aide of Buddhist spiritual leader Karmapa who is in Bodh Gaya to attend Kalchakra Pooja, and a Chinese girl, Chen Yun Hann, has alerted state government agencies.

Bodh Gaya is all set to receive His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama for the Kalachakra pooja beginning from January 12. His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrives in Patna tomorrow (January 6) from Delhi.

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama smiles while giving a talk in New Delhi, India, Sunday Jan. 5, 2003. The talk was organized by Tushita Mahayana Meditation Center. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)

Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Sunday urged people to embrace the concept of equality and non-violence to make a better and peaceful world.

Once a Buddhist monk in Tibet, Lama Wangchuk, through his Silk Road Carpets, now sells exquisite rugs that have been hand-woven in Himalayan villages.

Photo courtesy of the Shambhala Archives

Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche has been studying Buddhism and practicing meditation for most of his life. The highly respected Buddhist lama, whose name or title means "earth protector," "incarnate lama," and "precious teacher," is the head of the Shambala lineage and

A prayer meeting arranged by noted criminal lawyer and MP Ram Jethmalani for "hope, peace and goodwill in 2003" gave way to anger as he claimed that the supreme spiritual leader of Tibet, the Dalai Lama, had been "prevented" from attending the same.

When a group of Grand Valley State University students decided last year to put together a benefit concert for the Tibetan cause, they knew the challenges ahead of them would be plenty.