Dalai Lama

Our local commentators must be bewildered. Not at all. The rally is tiny, when you take into account India's population of over 1 billion. And as pointed out, even this crowd weren't really into the blundering comedy figure of fun: Barely five minutes into US President’s Donald Trump’s speech, the…

Beginning meditators often complain that they do not know if they are “doing it right” or give up before realizing significant benefits. Advanced meditators often reach a plateau and struggle to reach “the next level” of their practice. Traditionally, meditation practitioners sought a guru or sangha for support and direction.…

Sarosh Zaiwalla’s clients have included global political leaders, the Dalai Lama, Greek shipping tycoons, Russian oligarchs, the ‘Pathur Natarja’ and even Mafia boss Joseph Zappia. The London-based solicitor may be best known here for his successful defence of the Bachchan brothers in the Bofors case, but he also tried to…

NEW DELHI: The Dalai Lama on Saturday marked the 80th anniversary of his enthronement as the spiritual leader of Tibet, a position held almost entirely in exile and as a target of constant vilification by the Chinese state. Hundreds of miles from Lhasa's imposing 1,000-room Potala Palace, the sandal-wearing monk…

In 1861, Jefferson Davis was sworn in as provisional president of the Confederate States of America in Montgomery, Ala.In 1885, Mark Twain’s ‘‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’’ was published for the first time in the United States (after being published in Britain and Canada).In 1930, photographic evidence of Pluto (now designated…

“An enemy is a person whose story you do not know.” ~Irene Butter We all know the status of our currently hostile nation—it feels as though you can’t make it through a single speech or read an article or engage in a conversation with friends that doesn’t somehow touch on…

By: Express News Service | Panjim | Published: February 14, 2020 10:25:35 pm “In Dharamshala, we have a lot of visitors from China because his Holiness the Dalai Lama is staying there,” said Sunayana Sharma. (Express photo: Tashi Tobgyal/Representational)Coronavirus outbreak has taken a toll on tourism in and around Dharamshala,…

Arthur Brooks on "The Takeout" Conservative scholar Arthur Brooks talked with CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett on "The Takeout" podcast this week about a range of topics, including the president's disagreement with him about the treatment of enemies (and why the president is wrong), the president's political gifts,…

How often do you feel that you can't move on? No matter how hard you try, you are living in the past. Like you are carrying a heavy burden that gets you stuck.  "Let go," your friends tell you. It sounds so simple, yet feels so hard. You can't stop…

"Whatever the question, love is the answer." —The Dalai Lama "Behind the anger, behind the disrespect, and behind the manipulation is a scared child in desperate need of connection, love, and acceptance... If you show up for your child in a different state, he can only be different... When you…