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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Bodhgaya is the centre of many sacred sites. Chief among these is the Mahabodhi Temple Complex where Prince Siddhartha became enlightened and where Buddhism began more than two millennia ago.
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One of the earliest modern academic references to Dorje Shugden can be found in Professor L. Austine Waddell’s description of Pemayangtse Monastery in Sikkim...
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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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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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(Reuters Publishes My Thoughts on Tibetan Self-Immolation) འཛམ་གླིང་ནང་གི་འདུ་འཛོམས་ཁྲིམས་ལུགས་གཡོ་འགུལ་ནང་ནས་བོད་མིའི་རྩ་དོན་དེ་འདུག་རྩུབ་ཅན་མིན་པ་ཡོངས་གྲགས་རེད།
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Of all the social justice movements in the world, the Tibetan cause has come to be known for its non-violent nature. In fact, it’s so famous for this that the leader of the Tibetans who is His Holiness the Dalai Lama has won a Nobel Peace Prize for his advocacy of non-violence and refusal...
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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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One of the most controversial lamas in the history of Tibetan Buddhism, Ra Lotsawa is widely accepted as the father of the Vajrabhairava Tantra...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche and Pastor Shin Tan) One of the greatest intellectuals of India, Acharya Dharmananda Damodar Kosambi (9th October 1876 – 24th June 1947) was a Buddhist, Pali and Sanskrit scholar. The youngest of seven children, Dharmananda Damodar Kosambi was born in Sankhval (or Sancoale) village in the Indian city of Goa in...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) “The essence of Buddhism is timeless and universal, but the forms it takes always adapt according to context. The Triratna Bauddha Mahasangha is dedicated to communicating Buddhist truths in ways appropriate to the modern world.” ~Triratna Bauddha Mahasangha India is a beautiful country, and it is also the birthplace...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche and Pastor Adeline) Dear friends around the world, I am honoured to have been given the privilege of presenting my research on Nechung with all of you, here on His Eminence the 25th Tsem Rinpoche’s blog. Nechung has been a Tibetan Buddhist Dharma protector for the past 1,300 years, keeping his...
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Ucheyma's awe-inspiring depiction as a self-decapitating goddess has inspired generations of practitioners since the introduction of tantric practice in ancient India. Her practice had migrated north to Tibet...
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Shantideva was a Buddhist scholar, monk and philosopher, who lived between the 7th century and the 8th century. He is considered one of the 84 Mahasiddhas. Born a wealthy prince, Shantideva turned his back on the material world the night before he was to be crowned king. This extraordinary transformation blossomed from the teachings...
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Arya Nagarjuna was a famous Mahasiddha, Buddhist philosopher, and alchemist who was born 400 years after Buddha Shakyamuni’s parinirvana. He is known for establishing the Middle Path (Madhyamaka) Buddhist tradition, making gold to fulfil the needs of the Sangha, and retrieving the Prajnaparamita Sutra from the Naga realm. Nagarjuna is considered the first of...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche and Pastor Shin Tan) October 14, 1956 was a historic day for India. On this day, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, a social reformer and the chief architect of India’s Constitution, renounced Hinduism and converted to Buddhism along with around 400,000 of his followers in Nagpur. This event was historic not only because...
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Mahatma Gandhi was a politician, lawyer, activist, writer, and the leader of the nationalist movement in India. He is also considered to be the father of the nation state of India...
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