Opinions

I have always looked for the opportunity to practice His Holiness the Dalai Lama's advice that there should be more people-to-people contact between Tibetans in and outside Tibet and between Tibetans and Chinese-a piece of advice that has

Wangyal la´s recent article “the four ignoble truths of Tibetan Buddhism” is thought provoking. It motivated me to attempt this piece of writing. His article resembles a poetry that depicts the facial imperfections of a philosopher rather than the philosophy in question. The poet, it seems, is

If the Buddha had lived in today's world, he would have simply written a self-help guide and called it "How to End Suffering". He would have written it in the vernacular and wanted it to be translated into as many languages as possible.

Early one morning in April 1998, a middle-aged Tibetan named Thupten Ngodup poured gasoline over himself in a public toilet in downtown New Delhi and struck a match.

The recent news about certain Indian leaders planning to buy power generated by Chinese dams planned along Nygangchu, a major tributary of Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra river) represents the height of short-sighted international economic diplomacy.

“There’s Michael Jordan, and then there is the rest of us.” This is how Earvin “Magic” Johnson assented to the general consensus that MJ was the unparalleled superstar of the NBA in the 1990’s. Likewise when it comes to moral uprightness and righteousness among Tibetans,

Unfortunate, uninformed, unfair and agonizingly untrue remarks that all the Tibetans are poachers and they should be expelled from India if India were to save wild life shocked most of the Tibetans living in India. Of course, your prescription is unrealistic and has no support

Bursting at the rims of my inbox, spams (or email campaign, as one called it) such as these were the immediate cause, as I blurt out, “The

Tibet's capital is not a city of instant spiritual gratification. Those in search of a deeper experience need the patience and steadfast heart of a pilgrim.

In recent years, the Dalai Lama has pursued a dialogic approach to the Tibet Question. He has significantly modified his views of autonomy and made a number of fundamental concessions. His present position