Bharat Jagaran Yatra “Flagged off

Bharat Jagaran Yatra organised by TYC (Tibetan Youth Congress) and BTSM (Bharat Tibat Sayog Muanch) is flagged off from Dharamsala by Shree. Rakesh Bharati , Additional advocate general of H.P at Mcleod Ganj on 1st March, 2003.

Dalai Lama to return to Bloomington

The Dalai Lama of Tibet will return to Bloomington on Sept. 7 and 8 to dedicate a new interfaith temple at the Tibetan Cultural Center south of the city.

Alameda Tibetans seek new-year purity

Tibetans here and around the world this weekend will be chanting, praying and meditating to rid themselves of negativity for the coming year. Then on Monday they will celebrate the Tibetan New Year.

Lama is growing up

He is 14 now — or much older if you count all 23 lifetimes. He is sitting cross-legged on a daybed in the prayer room of his mother’s house in Bountiful. Behind him, on the wall, is a photograph of his most previous lifetime, a man named Gomo Tulku.

Lama is growing up

Gomo Tulku lives in a monastery in southern India, where debating is an essential feature of his education. (Tom Smart/Deseret News)

Area Buddhists building bridges between sects

Nathan Gardner, front, and others of the Seattle Shambhala Buddhist Meditation Group, meditate at the Shambhala Center on Capitol Hill. On the surface, a Zen Buddhist looks and behaves quite differently from a Buddhist practicing in the Tibetan or Sri Lankan tradition