Dharamshala: The Tibetan Writers Abroad PEN Centre honoured Kyabje Kirti Rinpoche with a literary award as the centre celebrated its 25th anniversary at the Sarah College for Higher Tibetan Studies (CHTS) on August 24, 2024. The event was honored by the presence of chief guest Sikyong Penpa (...)
Dharamshala: A parliamentary delegation consisting of MPs Khenpo Jamphel Tenzin, Tsering Dolma, Choedak Gyatso, and Tenzin Phuntsok Doring, after successfully concluding their advocacy program in Australia, visited New Zealand from August 22nd to 23rd, 2024. On August 22nd, MP Choedak Gyatso (...)
Dharamshala: A five-day workshop on ‘Strengthening of Democracy at the Grass-root level ’ to the members of Local Tibetan Assembly and the Settlement officer of Doeguling Tibetan settlement from 22nd to 26th August 2024 underway in Mundgod. This workshop is organized by the Tibetan (...)
Dharamshala: On 24 August 2024, the 25th Anniversary of PEN Tibetan Writers Abroad was commemorated today at the College for Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarah. The event was attended by several prominent figures, including Sikyong Penpa Tsering as a chief guest and Khenpo Sonam Tenphel, Speaker of (...)
Zurich: His Holiness the Dalai Lama safely arrived at the Zurich Airport on 23 August 2024 to a warm welcome reception from around 1,200 Tibetans and well-wishers in Switzerland after a two-month-long sojourn in the United States for His knee treatment and recovery. Representative Thinley (...)
Dharamshala: A parliamentary committee tasked with reviewing the regulations concerning the Central Council of Tibetan Medicine (CCTM), also known as Sowa Rigpa Lentsok, concluded its review on 23 August 2024. This committee was established at the request of the CCTM. The committee members, led (...)
Chicago: Tibetan Parliamentarians Karma Gelek, Lobsang Gyatso Sither, and Tenzin Choezin attended the International Leaders Forum from 19 to 22 August organised by National Democratic Institute in Chicago, Illinois. Members of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile were invited to participate in this (...)
New Delhi: A three-day gathering titled “Tibet in Global Climate Conversation: A Strategic Planning and Advocacy Workshop” was held at the International Youth Centre (Vishwa Yuvak Kendra) in New Delhi from 20-22 August 2024. The gathering focused on environmental and climate advocacy. Hosted by (...)
by Tim Knauss for tknauss@syracuse.com Syracuse, N.Y. – The Dalai Lama, a world spiritual leader who typically draws big crowds anywhere he goes, quietly spent this summer at a suburban home outside Syracuse without much of anyone knowing. His Holiness, as he is called, spent six weeks (...)
New York: Around 17,000 devotees from North America gathered in Elmont on the outskirts of New York city on 22 August 2024 morning to make a collective long-life offering, Tenshug, to His Holiness the Dalai Lama by Tibetan, Mongolian and Himalayan communities. His Holiness had arrived in New (...)