Dharamshala, 19 March 2025: Chaired by Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel, the third day of the Budget Session of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile began at 9:30 AM with continued deliberation on the Recurring Budget of the Department of Security (DoS). The house applauded the security provided to (...)
Dharamshala: The second day of the ninth session of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile commenced at 9:30 am today chaired by Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel with deliberations on the statement of Finance Kalon and the 2025–2026 budget precis presented by the Budget Estimate Committee. The house (...)
The spiritual leader, who escaped from Lhasa on March 17, 1959, has written a new book in which is he is unapologetically candid about the Chinese leadership. -By Mayank Chhaya for Scroll.in There was a time not too long ago when Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, was optimistic about (...)
by International Campaign for Tibet This year’s annual political meetings in Beijing, popularly known as the Two Sessions, saw indication of not only continued clampdown of Tibetan identity in the coming period, but also that Tibetans are currently being used as the testing ground for broader (...)
Dharamshala: The ninth Session (budget session) of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile for the fiscal year 2025-2026 scheduled to be held from 17 to 31 March commenced today with the Speaker’s session commencement announcement at 9:30 am today. Assembled with Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel, (...)
Dharamshala: The 42nd anniversary of the U-Tsang Cholkha Association was commemorated on 16 March 2025, at the U-Tsang Cholkha Hall in McLeod Ganj. The event was honoured by esteemed guests, including Chief Guest and former Tibetan political prisoner Tsedrung Jampa Tenzin, as well as Special (...)
Dharamshala: His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written today (15 March 2025) to Mark Carney to congratulate him on his election as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and his appointment as Prime Minister of Canada. “As someone privileged to be an honorary Canadian citizen myself,” His Holiness (...)
by dalailama.com Dharamsala: Today, the fifteenth day of the new Wood-Snake Year, according to the Tibetan calendar, was the Day of Miracles. It is an occasion to celebrate the Buddha’s having performed miracles at Shravasti in response to a challenge from six rival spiritual teachers. Today’s (...)
by dalailama.com Dharamshala: Today is the fifteenth day of the first month of the Tibetan Calendar, and the culmination of the annual Great Prayer Festival (Monlam Chenmo), a two-week-long festival that begins with the Tibetan New Year. In accordance with our tradition of dedicating the merit (...)