Dalai Lama

This Week in China’s History: March 18, 1959 Sitting on a hill at a sacred spot on the Tibetan plateau, the Potala Palace is one of the most recognizable buildings in the world. It is the highest palace structure in the world — more than 12,000 feet above sea level…

REST IN PEACE Buddhist monks pray during the procession to the cremation ground for Vietnamese monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh, one of the world’s most influential and prominent religious leaders, in Hue province on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. AFP PHOTO HUE: Tens of thousands of Vietnamese on Saturday…

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Delhi, India, January 24, 2022 --(PR.com)-- India's Orion Square, the leading youth impact organization based in New Delhi, in partnership with Arab Youth Venture Foundation, UAE's leading youth development NGO announced the launch of a 10-day SDG virtual youth tournament titled, Voice of the New Generation (VONG), as a precursor to…

Calls to boycott The Matrix Resurrections, the latest installment of The Matrix franchise, have sprung up on Chinese social media after lead actor Keanu Reeves confirmed his participation in a benefit concert associated with the Dalai Lama. The Tibetan spiritual leader is considered a dangerous separatist by the Chinese government.…

(RNS) — Thích Nhất Hạnh, the Zen monk and long-time Vietnamese political exile who was a prominent global Buddhist spiritual leader renowned for his advocacy of individual responsibility for such worldly concerns as the environment and nonviolence, has died. Called Thay, “teacher,” by his followers, he died Saturday (Jan. 22,…

One of the closest and oldest spiritual friends of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama, will not be attending his funeral due to the pandemic and his old age, his representative said on Saturday. Representative of the Dalai Lama Ngodup Dorjee told the SABC: “His holiness the Dalai Lama was not…

The last surviving member of a small troop of Indian soldiers who escorted the Dalai Lama as he fled from Tibet in 1959 has died aged 85, his former regiment said Friday. The Tibetan spiritual leader arrived in India as a young monk after a 13-day trek through the Himalayas…

There is no confirmation yet whether Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu's close friend the Dalai Lama would be attending his funeral on Saturday.The Dalai Lama has had his visa denied several times by the South African government.Piyushi Kotecha, CEO of the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation, told News24 she is…

The United States named a new "special coordinator for Tibetan Issues" on Monday, who will be tasked with restarting dialogue between the Dalai Lama and China, as well as promoting "respect for the human rights" of Tibetans. By assigning the role to a high-ranking official -- Under Secretary Uzra Zeya…