As the Tibetan leadership prepares to celebrate the 58th Anniversary of Tibetan Democracy Day, my students felt that it is an important time to address issues that continue to undermine...
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As the Tibetan leadership prepares to celebrate the 58th Anniversary of Tibetan Democracy Day, my students felt that it is an important time to address issues that continue to undermine...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) The grottoes are a fascinating study of the fusion of Central Asian with native Chinese forms of art, and the central gem in the necklace of Buddhist caves that begins with Dunhuang and ends with Longmen.
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Shrines in the locality honor the first Uighur ruler to convert to Islam, as well as depict a local version of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus.
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) The Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China has been a treasure house of art, spanning over 1,000 years. In each and every one of its 492 Buddhist cave chapels, you will find floor-to-ceiling paintings and clay sculptures as it was previously used for devotions and meditation.
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In his latest article, investigative author Dr Andrea Galli sees an opportunity for a practical solution towards the Dalai Lama returning to his homeland – through de-escalating tensions with China on many fronts...
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For the last 60 years, the Tibetan leadership have used public relations tools to further their own self-interests, portraying their community as pitiful refugees who are well-deserving recipients of foreign aid...
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During the 7th century Tang Dynasty of China (618 – 907 CE), there arose a great Buddhist master named Xuanzang (602 – 664 CE), who became a famed monk, explorer, scholar, writer, and translator. He is particularly famous for his journey to India, which took nearly two decades to complete, from 627 – 645...
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The reconciliation of our differences is what will bring true harmony to the world. In our day and age, there are many differences and troubles that we have inherited from the past and are trying to overcome. But what will make the most impact in the world is how we deal with them now,...
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("The Tribune" Publishes Dalai Lama Planning to Visit China) ༧གོང་ས་མཆོག་གིས་རང་ཉིད་སྒེར་གྱི་ཐོག་ནས་རྒྱ་ནག་ལ་ཐུགས་འཕྲད་དུ་བསྐྱོད་རྒྱུའི་འཆར་གཞི་ཞིག་གནང་གི་ཡོད་པ་དང་། ངས་ཡིད་ཆེས་མི་ཐུབ་པའི་གནས་ཚུལ་འདི་འདྲ་ཞིག་གོ་དུས།
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Dear friends around the world, The world is scrambling to get on the good side of superpower China in order to broker more economic deals to benefit their individual countries. China being the biggest economy in the world has vast economic benefits for many depressed economies around the world. World leaders, dignitaries and royalty...
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Dear friends, I was pleased to be informed that The Huffington Post (HuffPost) just published a third article on the Dorje Shugden conflict. I can only guess that after the initial articles by HuffPost on this issue in mid-November 2017, the writer Mr. Martin Desai was intrigued to dig deeper into the matter. And...
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Dear friends around the world, I came across this article written by Justin Whitaker. The points he brought up are logical, well thought out and important for both Dorje Shugden practitioners and also those who do not practice Dorje Shugden. As a Buddhist scholar, Mr. Whitaker has shown us the results of an unbiased...
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TEXT – Chinese government response: The Dalai Lama’s ‘religious tyranny’ Source: Reuters – Mon, 21 Dec 2015 15:26 GMT Author: Reuters (This is the text of the full Chinese government response to the Reuters Special Report: China co-opts Buddhist sect in drive to discredit Dalai Lama) BEIJING, Dec 21 (Reuters) – Editor’s note: The...
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It has been 58 years since His Holiness the Dalai Lama trusted Dorje Shugden with his life and made a perilous journey out of Tibet. The spread of the glorious Dharma in the past half century could not have happened without the 14th Dalai Lama.
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(By Tsem Rinpoche and Pastor Adeline Woon) It’s intolerable to see The continual endless suffering Of all living beings ; And it’s unbearable to witness The Sage’s teaching in decline . – – – Outside the long pavilion walkway, Along both sides of an old path, There grow the most fragrant wild grasses Whose...
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Dear friends around the world, I was in the planning stages and preparation for my retirement these few weeks when I was given this incredible news that that His Holiness the Dalai Lama is planning a private visit to China!
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Dear friends around the world, I am delighted to present you with this precious text compiled by one of the great Buddhist masters of our time. It is the long Dorje Shugden kangsol (fulfilment ritual) compiled by Lama Thubten Phurbu of Kham, Tibet for the sogtae ceremony (life-entrustment initiation) conducted by Ngawang Lobsang Thubten...
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Since it was launched in 2005, Huffington Post, or HuffPost as it is affectionately nicknamed, has developed a reputation for serious journalism that is easily digestible. Named for its founder Ariana Huffington, the online-only liberal publication offers news, satire, as well as opinion pieces. Their original content, lauded for its fair and unbiased approach,...
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