Day: May 16, 2003

Sino Gold digs itself a hole in Tibet

Junior Australian mining company Sino Gold has struck an obstacle in its quest to mine Tibetan gold – the Dalai Lama. Paddy Manning reports. Sino Gold chairman Nick Curtis has a thick wad of letters from Australians concerned about his company’s plans to mine for gold in Jinkang

A sustainable future for Shangri-la

On the edge of the Tibetan plateau is a place of such breathtaking beauty that it is claimed to be the inspiration for Shangri-la, “the spiritual land of peace and perfection”. Not that long ago, this region was off-limits to the world.

Dharamsala Pays Tribute to the Fifth Dalai Lama

In what turned out to be one of the major official functions this year, hundreds gathered at the Tsuklakhang courtyard to take part in a year’s successful completion of the celebration of 360th anniversary of Gaden Phodrang government of Tibet.

Dharamsala Pays Tribute to the Fifth Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama smiles during a function marking the end of a year celebrating the 360th anniversary of the Tibetan system of government at Dharamsala, India, Friday, May 16, 2003. (AP photo/Angus McDonald)

Monks bring culture from Tibet to U.S.

Almost grain by grain, they are creating beauty out of nothingness. The Tibetan Monks from Kyidong Samtenling Monastery will complete their sand mandala today at Western Oregon University’s Hamersly Library.

Monks bring culture from Tibet to U.S.

Lakpa Lama, a monk from the Kyidong Samtenling Monastery in Katmandu, Nepal, works Thursday on a sand mandala at the Hamersly Library at Western Oregon University in Monmouth.(TIMOTHY J. GONZALEZ)

Talk about Tibet over a cup of coffee

A different way of creating awareness about Tibet and the XIth Panchen Lama was organised in Mcleod Gunj on 11th May. A group of Tibet supporters gathered at the Peace Cafe in Mcleod Ganj, to conduct a frank and informal discussion on Tibet to the visiting tourists.