Repression Expands Under ‘Stability Maintenance’ in Tibetan Areas : Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch DHARAMSHALA: The Chinese government’s campaign to suppress peaceful dissent in Tibetan areas has continued to produce a high rate of detentions, prosecutions, and convictions since the outbreak of widespread unrest eight years ago, Human Rights Watch said…
Re-election of Exiled PM Spurs Hope for Renewed Tibet Talks
by Shannon Van Sant, Voice of America, 16 May 2016 HONG KONG— The re-election of Lobsang Sangay as prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile has renewed hopes among some that dialogue between the Dalai Lama and China’s central government, which stopped in…
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Begins Four-Day Teaching at Osaka, Japan
OSAKA, Japan: His Holiness the Dalai Lama today began the first of the four-day teachings on Shantideva’s A Guide to the Bodhisatva’s Way of Life (Tib: Chodjug) at the Osaka International Convention Center. The text of the teaching consists of ten chapters…
Inner Peace? The Dalai Lama Made a Website for That
The New York Times, 6 May 2016 ROCHESTER, Minn. — The Dalai Lama, who tirelessly preaches inner peace while chiding people for their selfish, materialistic ways, has commissioned scientists for a lofty mission: to help turn secular audiences into more self-aware,…