News

Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, the Tibetan Buddhist leader who was sentenced to death in a suspect trial last month in connection with an explosion, has begun a hunger strike in protest of his treatment in detention, which sources say has included torture.

Buddhist Monks walk behind a statue of Lord Buddha during the Kalachakra Buddhist festival in Bodh Gaya. (AP photo)

More than 5000 Buddhists from Sikkim have reached Bihar's Bodhgaya to attend the 'Kalachakra' ceremony to be conducted by spiritual leader the Dalai Lama from January 12.

Keeping the Buddhist spirit alive, the Tibetan victims of the last Monday night's fire that gutted the city's famous Lhasa Market in its entirety, said on Wednesday that they would not bother the Dalai Lama with their problems since

testing

David Bowie, Laurie Anderson, Ziggy Marley, and the Kinks' Ray Davies are among the performers confirmed for the 15th annual Tibet House Benefit Concert at New York's Carnegie Hall, Billboard.com has learned.

The Dalai Lama greets worhsippers behind the bullet-proof glass of his vehicle after prayers at a Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya in the Indian state of Bihar Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2003. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)

Massive police deployment has been made for the forthcoming Kalchakra pooja and to ensure the safety of both the Dalai Lama and Karmapa, the two high risk Buddhist spiritual leaders now in Bodh Gaya for the performance of the complex

Hundreds of monks and followers gathered Wednesday to welcome the 17-year-old Tibetan high lama called the Karmapa on his arrival in this northern Indian town of Buddhist ruins.

His Holiness The Dalai Lama today visited the Buddhist monastries of Japan, Thailand, Taiwan, China and Vietnam here today.