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Dalai Lama to be Awarded Gandhidarsan International Award
The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has been selected for the Gandhidarsan International Award by the Gandhi Global Foundation according to the report in the Hindu on Wednesday. The foundation is presenting the Best Parliamentarian Award, the Best Chief Minister Award, etc., among many other national awards.
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Dalai Lama Explains That Tibetan Struggle is Not Just Political
The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama during a conversation with Hollywood superstar Richard Gere on stage with an audience of more than 12,000 people in Netherlands, His Holiness explained that the Tibetan struggle is not just political. The statement came in reply to conservation brought on to speak about the situation in…
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China Vents Anger Over Dalai Lama’s Visit at Swedish Police
The Chinese Embassy in Stockholm in an apparent act of retaliation made a formal complaint against the Swedish police against an incident that took place more than two weeks ago. This is being understood as a retaliation where China vents anger against the two days visit by the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai…
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Clarification on Dalai Lama’s Remark Refugees to Return Home
The Tibetan spiritual leader during his visit to Sweden, His Holiness the Dalai Lama told that the refugees want to return home. However, most of the media controverted the statement to mean that Europe should not receive or help refugees as it is doing right now and created a controversy out of that.
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Dalai Lama’s Greetings to PM Narendra Modi on His Birthday
The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama in an official letter, congratulated the Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on his birthday. The message published in the official website of His Holiness’s office offered his good wishes on his 68th birthday with prayers for his continued good health.
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CBSE Topper Girl Gang Raped by Kidnappers and Bystanders
In one of the most heinous crimes reported recently, a girl who is a former topper of CBSE board exams was gang raped by the kidnappers and the bystanders in Haryana. The NDTV report on Monday explained that the main accused in the crime was arrested and the police explained that the crime was planned…
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Dalai Lama Denounced Sexually Abusive Buddhist Teachers
The Buddhist spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Saturday while meeting four victims of sexual abuse by their Buddhist teachers in Netherlands explained he had been informed of some Buddhist teachers abusing their students sexually since more than twenty years back and he has denounced such religious teachers.
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Geomantic Entanglements in Central Tibet: Royal Tombs of the Chongye Valley
Situated in central Tibet, the Royal Tombs of Chongye Valley are the final resting placef or many of the seventh to ninth century emperors of the Tibetan Empire. Among the emperors buried in the Chongye Valley is Songtsen Gampo—the first emperor of Tibet. In the paper referenced above and on-file at Academia.edu, satellite imagery is…
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Richard Gere and Wife Receive Dalai Lama’s Blessing for Their Expected Child
The Hollywood superstar and human rights activist Richard Gere and his wife received His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s blessing for their expected child on Sunday. The duo has met the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Rotterdam in Netherlands where His Holiness is carrying on pre-scheduled public engagements.
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Court Orders Government to Formulate Process for Tibetan RC & IC Surrender
Following about a year after the Delhi High Court ordered the Government of India to issue Indian passports to all eligible Tibetans, the court in response to a petition filed by some Tibetans ordered the government to immediately formulate a process for the surrender of Tibetan RC & IC so that they can apply for…