What now for the Dalai Lama

The Chinese media seized on the Dalai Lama’s casual remarks about impending retirement, speculating that he intended to stop pursuing his campaign for Tibetan autonomy. But the

Compassion before destruction

As simple as they are powerful, the Dalai Lama’s messages of compassion and kindness commanded the attention of 10,000 Aucklanders yesterday. The exiled Tibetan leader was “His Holiness” in name

The Dalai Lama interview

‘It will be like interviewing Jesus,” gushed an atheist of my acquaintance before I went to see the Dalai Lama. Quite sensible people go quite ga-ga over the Dalai Lama, who would be horrified

Australia risks China relations

Australia is increasingly risking the ire of its largest trading partner China as Prime Minister John Howard has finally met the Dalai Lama. The Prime Minister of the South Pacific nation has