Dharamshala: The first session of the newly constituted 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile convened today pledging to firmly resolve the political issue of Tibet peacefully, resolve human rights and environmental crisis in Tibet, and oversee the welfare of Tibetans in exile. Speaker of the (...)
Tokyo: Office of Tibet, Japan, Representative Dr. Arya Tsewang Gyalpo, visited Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio’s chamber at the Parliament building today and delivered Sikyong Penpa Tsering’s congratulatory message. Mr. Nagao Takashi, General Secretary of Japan Parliamentarians Support (...)
Bylakuppe: Chemi Dorje took charge as the new settlement officer of Dekyi Larso Tibetan settlement in Bylakuppe, Karnataka state, following a hand-over ceremony held from 8 – 9 October. The new Settlement Officer Chemi Dorje took over from outgoing settlement officer Dhondup Gyalpo. Lobsang (...)
Taipei Times – 10 October 2021 Central Tibetan Administration leader Penpa Tsering on Monday expressed hope that Taiwan and Tibet can strengthen mutual ties. “There are many aspects in which we can work together,” said Penpa Tsering, who in May took office as sikyong of the Tibetan (...)
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India, 10th October 2021 “Today, Dharma friends, we’ll go over the remaining transmission of ‘In Praise of Dependent Arising’” His Holiness announced as soon as the chanting of the ‘Heart Sutra’ was complete. “As the Buddha said in the Questions of Rashtrapala (...)
Dharamshala: The first session of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile would be held for two days from 11 – 12 October 2021, according to a circular issued by the Tibetan Parliamentary secretariat on Sunday, 10 October. The official circular states: In accordance with Article 40 of the Charter (...)
Dharamsala: Today the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile welcomed its new members for the first Standing Committee. As per Article 42 of the Charter of Tibetans in exile, the Standing Committee consisting of two Parliamentarians from each three traditional provinces and one Parliamentarian from (...)
The Wall Street Journal – 8 October 2021 SINGAPORE—After launching experiments aimed at more forcefully assimilating ethnic minorities in remote regions, China’s Communist Party has moved subtly but decisively to make cultural assimilation the central tenet of its policy for managing minority (...)
dalailama.com Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India – As soon as His Holiness the Dalai Lama came into the room from where he engages in online conversations today, monks in Taiwan began to chant the ‘Heart Sutra’ in Chinese. Following their recitation, Mr Chung Chih welcomed His Holiness on (...)
Dharamshala: After getting elected as the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile the previous day, Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel and Deputy Speaker Dolma Tsering paid a series of visits to nearby monasteries earlier this morning. Starting with Tsuklagkhang, the temple (...)