Kalchakra puja begins amid tight security
Security has been tightened in the pilgrim town of Bodhgaya in Bihar for the nine-day Kalchakra puja beginning today. Devotees of Lord Buddha in Bodhgaya are present in large numbers to participate in the puja – one of the most sacred rituals of Buddhism’s Mahayana sect.
Preliminary teachings begins tomorrow
The three-day preliminary teachings of the Kalachakra puja by His Holiness the Dalai Lama begins tomorrow at one in the afternoon. His Holiness will teach on the 37 Practices of Bodhisattva and Lamp of the Path to Enlightenment.
Preliminary teachings begins tomorrow
The Dalai Lama leads Kalachakra prayers during a ceremony to purify the ground where religious festivities will be held in the town of Bodh Gaya, believed to be the place where Buddha attained enlightenment, during the Kalachakra Buddhist festival in the Indian state of Bihar Friday Jan. 10, 2003. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)
Free Tibet
In 1959, China invaded and occupied the resource-rich Buddhist homeland of Tibet, and they continue to operate a brutal domination of the once peaceful land. In spite of this, Western leaders have refused to cut ties to China, for fear of alienating a huge trading partner.
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Southeast microcosm in Bodhgaya
From above, it looks like waves of saffron around a splash of maroon and yellow. Get closer and you walk into a mini “southeast” Asia where more than 50 stalls are dishing out Thai, Japanese, Korean, Indonesian, Malaysian and Chinese cuisine.
Pilgrims disappointed as Buddha ashes stay in Patna
Bihar’s decision not to display the Buddha’s ashes at their religion’s birthplace has disappointed thousands of Buddhist pilgrims.
The dzong remains the same
‘The supreme moments of travel are born of beauty and strangeness in equal parts,” Robert Byron wrote. In Gyantse, Tibet, he found beauty, strangeness — and pleasure.
Cold warriors trespassing on the roof of the world
The tale of the CIA’s involvement in Tibet has all the ingredients of a great thriller, including a grimly ironic outcome for most of the participants. In the early afternoon of April 29, 1950
Cold warriors trespassing on the roof of the world
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