Fire destroys Influential Buddhist Institute in Tibet, CTA prays for quick restoration
DHARAMSHALA: Reports coming out of Tibet say a major fire broke out in Serthar in Karze region in eastern Tibet (incorporated into China’s Yunnan Province) on Friday evening, making extensive damage to Larung Gar Buddhist Institute, which became one of…
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Joins Swami Vivekananda Commemorations
(dalailama.com) Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India 7 January 2014 A short flight from Bangalore brought His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Coimbatore, where he was received with pleasure and efficiency and transferred to a nearby hotel. Perhaps appropriately he occupies the…
Self-immolation/Tibet/China
January 4, 2014 9:39 am By Thubten Samphel (Note: The article originally appeared in the Huffington Post) Posted: 01/03/2014 1:17 pm On Dec. 19, Tsultrim Gyatso, a monk of Amchok monastery near the sprawling monastic town of Labrang Tashi Kyil…
His Holiness presides over Geshe Lharampa degree award ceremony; launches book on Dholgyal
[dalailama.com] Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India, 28 December 2013: This morning His Holiness the Dalai Lama walked briskly from his car to the teaching venue in the Sera Jey courtyard. He smiled and waved to well-wishers in the crowd, but did not stop….