Tibetans and their friends in Belgium gathered to celebrate the awarding of Nobel Peace Prize to H. H. the Dalai Lama
Over two hundred fifty Tibetans and their Belgian friends gathered in Antwerpen on 13th December 03 to celebrate the awarding of Nobel Peace Prize to His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Deki to represent Tibet in Miss Tourism World
Tenzin Deki, Miss Tibet Pageant-2002 runner-up, will represent Tibet in the Miss Tourism World-2003 to be held in Valencia, Venezuela in Latin America this month. She is one of the 59 contestants who will participate in the pageant
China issues first ever list of “terrorist” groups
China on Monday issued its first ever list of “terrorist” groups, blaming them for a series of bombings and assassinations and calling for international assistance to wipe them out.
Jetsun Pema la speaks to small group of Tibetans at Tibet House in NYC
On December 12th Jetsun Pema la the, President of Tibetan Children’s Village Schools spoke to a small group of Tibetans on the importance of Education. The program was sponsored and organized by office of Tibet and Tibetan Women’s Association of New York.
Foreign tourists to Tibet dwindle; domestic travellers up
Despite a sharp fall in the number of foreign tourists to Tibet, dubbed “the roof of the world,” the remote Himalayan region hosted 915,945 visitors in the first 11 months of this year, up 8.3 per cent over the same period last year.
Pro-China-Tibet Negotiation Rally Dogs Premier on Visit to Canada’s Capital
Tibetans and their Canadian supporters flocked to Canada’s national capital from Toronto and Montreal today to mark the visit of Chinese Premier Jiabao Wen. Wen travelled to Ottawa to foster enhanced business relationships between the People’s Republic of China and Canada
Not just for argument’s sake
While his daughter, Uma, was busy battling Lucy Liu with a samurai sword in “Kill Bill” on multiplex screens across the city, Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman engaged in another kind of battle on a recent Saturday night in the Great Hall of Cooper Union.
The Himalayas Updated – notes on the way
There is a saying in the Himalayas, that “if man is to have a future at all, he must understand himself and his own past.” Maybe that is why I keep returning to the Himalayas: facing the highest
More Northwest residents turn to Buddhism
More people in the Northwest are turning to a non-Western religious tradition. They are looking for nirvana by practicing the teachings of Buddhism.