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His Holiness the Dalai Lama greets members of the audience at Sojiji Temple in Yokohama, Japan, on 27 June 2010 Yokohama, Japan: The secular nature of moral ethics is common to all religions despite differences in belief systems because these ethics of compassion, peace and global responsibility are common to all religions, said His Holiness [...]

His Holiness the Dalai Lama (R) receives a special scroll from a Korean monk in Yokohama, Japan, on 27 June 2010/ Photos by Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL Yokohama, Japan: Over 500 South Korean Buddhists received an audience with His Holiness the Dalai Lama this afternoon at the the convention hall of the Intercontinental Grand Hotel at Yokohama [...]

Karma Samdrup, shown in December 2008/AP File Dharamshala: Karma Samdrup, a prominent Tibetan environmental philanthropist’s complaint against police officials for repeatedly torturing him to extract confession for an offense that he vehemently denied of committing, is a test case for China’s new regulations on halting evidence obtained illegally through torture, a US-based rights group said. [...]

His Holiness the Dalai Lama teaching Heart Sutra at Kanazawa in Japan, on 22 June 2010/ Photos by Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL Kanazawa, Japan: His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Tuesday suggested that Japan and China should think of translating Buddhist texts and commentaries preached by Lord Buddha and other learned spiritual masters into their own languages. [...]

His Holiness the Dalai Lama (c) during a prayer ceremony at Zenkoji Temple in Nagano, Japan, on 19 June 2010/Photo by Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL Nagano, Japan: Over 7,000 people filled the Big Hat Stadium with loud applause and cheers as Zenkoji priests gifted His Holiness the Dalai Lama a statue of Gonpo O-pa-me (Amitabha Buddha) at [...]