February 2016
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Gyalwang Karmapa Set To Empower Female Buddhists With Monastic College
Gyalwang Karmapa announced at the 3rd Arya Kshema Winter Dharma Gathering in Bodhgaya, an annual three-week event that the Karmapa established in 2013 that he plans to establish a monastic college to educate and empower female buddhist practitioners of the Himalayan region. The planned monastic college is also said to offer educational opportunities to laywomen…
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Obama Bows To His ‘Good Friend’ Dalai Lama In Public
In the first ever public appearance of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Obama together on Thursday at the annual White House National Prayer Breakfast, Obama did anger the Beijing government by acknowledging the presence of His Holiness by bowing at him. Obama also called the Dalai Lama a ‘good friend’ at the event. Obama…