Bush and Hu face MP protests
A group of federal MPs is planning to protest against China’s treatment of neighbouring Tibet when Chinese President Hu Jintao visits Canberra next Friday.
Don’t switch to Buddhism, Dalai Lama tells French
Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Wednesday advised believers from other religions against converting to Buddhism.
Don’t switch to Buddhism, Dalai Lama tells French
The Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader, looks skyward as he adjusts his garment before a news conference at a Paris hotel, October 13, 2003. (REUTERS/John Schults)
Tibet’s hidden tensions
It is just after dawn in the Lhasa valley and tens of thousands of Tibetan pilgrims are streaming up a mountainside. Many have walked for days, even weeks to be here.
Tibet’s hidden tensions
Lhasa has been transformed in recent years
The Dalai Lama and practical politics
Last month I attended a talk given by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual and temporal leader in exile, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, and in my opinion one of the finest (and wisest) human beings on the planet.
Freedom of religion
This last week I was privileged to travel to New York and assist with the visit of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. This “simple Tibetan monk” is the spiritual leader of the Buddhist faith; a Noble Prize winner; and, the exiled leader of the Tibetan people.