Historic translator gathering vows to translate all Buddha’s words within 25 years
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche In what is being hailed as a landmark event in Buddhist history, 50 of the world’s top translators and six incarnate lamas today pledged to translate all the Buddha’s words into English within a generation. That, says…
China Confirms Protests in Golog, Says 95 Tibetans Arrested
File photo of Tashi Sangpo/Wokar.net Dharamshala: Some 95 Tibetan monks have been arrested or surrendered themselves on Sunday after hundreds of Tibetan protesters attacked the local police station in Gyala township of Golog Tibet Autonomous Prefecture, China’s official Xinhua news…
Tibetan Farmers in Karze Stop Farming in Protest, Authorities Issue Warning
Dharamshala: Tibetan farmers in Karze county in Karze Tibet Autonomous Prefecture (incorporated into China’s Sichuan Province) have launched a civil disobedience campaign in the form of “farming boycott” to express their extreme desperation as their young family members capable of…
Thousands Clash with Chinese Police Over Death of Tibetan Monk Eastern Tibet
A file photo of Tashi Sangpo/Courtesy:wokar.net Dharamshala: Around 4,000 Tibetans protested and clashed with Chinese police over the death of a Tibetan monk from Amdo Golog Ragya monastery in Gyulgho township (Ch: Lajong), Machen county, Qinghai, who committed suicide by…