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Chinese destroying Tibet's culture, environment: American scholar (Lead)
Tibet contains the 'elixir of Indo-Buddhist philosophical traditions' and its culture needs preservation if the repository of that priceless wisdom is not to be lost forever, says noted American Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman........
Published : Wednesday 17 Mar 2010 16:37 | Read More
Tibet contains the 'elixir of Indo-Buddhist philosophical traditions' and its culture needs preservation if the repository of that priceless wisdom is not to be lost forever, says noted American Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman........
Published : Wednesday 17 Mar 2010 16:37 | Read More
For environment's sake, give Tibet back: American academic
Tibet, often called the water tower of Asia, should be handed back to the Tibetan people because its environment is increasingly becoming fragile and only they can conserve it, says noted American Buddhist writer Robert Thurman........
Published : Wednesday 17 Mar 2010 14:46 | Read More
Tibet, often called the water tower of Asia, should be handed back to the Tibetan people because its environment is increasingly becoming fragile and only they can conserve it, says noted American Buddhist writer Robert Thurman........
Published : Wednesday 17 Mar 2010 14:46 | Read More
Unemployed Sikkim youth receive traditional Buddhist art training
Gangtok, Mar 15 - ANI: Sikkim's Handicrafts and Handloom Department is imparting training to the unemployed youth in an attempt to promote and preserve ethnic Buddhist arts and crafts. The institution is a unique combination of training-cum-production s.......
Published : Monday 15 Mar 2010 16:34 | Read More
Gangtok, Mar 15 - ANI: Sikkim's Handicrafts and Handloom Department is imparting training to the unemployed youth in an attempt to promote and preserve ethnic Buddhist arts and crafts. The institution is a unique combination of training-cum-production s.......
Published : Monday 15 Mar 2010 16:34 | Read More
Tibetans stage march on 51st anniversary of Tibetan uprising
Dharamshala, March 10 - ANI: Hundreds of Tibetans-in-exile along with foreign tourists marched in Dharamshala to mark the 51st anniversary of the uprising against the Chinese rule on Wednesday (March 10). Buddhist monks and nuns including foreigners p.......
Published : Wednesday 10 Mar 2010 20:12 | Read More
Dharamshala, March 10 - ANI: Hundreds of Tibetans-in-exile along with foreign tourists marched in Dharamshala to mark the 51st anniversary of the uprising against the Chinese rule on Wednesday (March 10). Buddhist monks and nuns including foreigners p.......
Published : Wednesday 10 Mar 2010 20:12 | Read More
Tibetans hold anti-China protests in Nepal despite crackdown
Hundreds of Tibetans, including Buddhist monks and nuns, Wednesday remembered their forefathers' uprising against the Chinese annexation of their land in 1959 and chanted slogans for a free Tibet in Kathmandu despite a massive police crackdown and arrests.......
Published : Wednesday 10 Mar 2010 15:17 | Read More
Hundreds of Tibetans, including Buddhist monks and nuns, Wednesday remembered their forefathers' uprising against the Chinese annexation of their land in 1959 and chanted slogans for a free Tibet in Kathmandu despite a massive police crackdown and arrests.......
Published : Wednesday 10 Mar 2010 15:17 | Read More
Bronze-era Buddhist sites discovered in Swat
Islamabad, Mar.10 - ANI: An Italian archaeological mission in Pakistan has discovered a large number of Buddhist sites and rock shelters in Kandak and Kota valleys of Barikot in the Swat Valley linked to the Bronze Era. These are some of the finest and m.......
Published : Wednesday 10 Mar 2010 13:30 | Read More
Islamabad, Mar.10 - ANI: An Italian archaeological mission in Pakistan has discovered a large number of Buddhist sites and rock shelters in Kandak and Kota valleys of Barikot in the Swat Valley linked to the Bronze Era. These are some of the finest and m.......
Published : Wednesday 10 Mar 2010 13:30 | Read More
China cuts Tibet-Nepal links ahead of uprising anniversary
Determined to prevent anti-China demonstrations in Tibet Wednesday, the 51st anniversary of a failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese annexation, Beijing has snapped most links between the former Buddhist kingdom and its neighbour Nepal........
Published : Tuesday 09 Mar 2010 16:32 | Read More
Determined to prevent anti-China demonstrations in Tibet Wednesday, the 51st anniversary of a failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese annexation, Beijing has snapped most links between the former Buddhist kingdom and its neighbour Nepal........
Published : Tuesday 09 Mar 2010 16:32 | Read More
Police chief of town that saw violence removed
Bangladesh Thursday removed the police chief of Khagrachharhi Sadar town that witnessed violence against Buddhist tribals in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT)........
Published : Thursday 04 Mar 2010 19:19 | Read More
Bangladesh Thursday removed the police chief of Khagrachharhi Sadar town that witnessed violence against Buddhist tribals in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT)........
Published : Thursday 04 Mar 2010 19:19 | Read More
'Auspicious Buddhist flower' blooms in China
A Chinese nun has found an Udumbara flower, which Buddhist legend holds blossoms every 3,000 years, growing under her washing machine, a newspaper reported........
Published : Tuesday 02 Mar 2010 15:01 | Read More
A Chinese nun has found an Udumbara flower, which Buddhist legend holds blossoms every 3,000 years, growing under her washing machine, a newspaper reported........
Published : Tuesday 02 Mar 2010 15:01 | Read More
Ethnic violence continues in Chittagong Hill Tracts (Lead)
Curfew was reimposed as ethnic violence in Khagrachhari resumed late Wednesday night after a day long calm. It's now been six days since the clashes began between Muslim settlers and the Buddhist tribals in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT)........
Published : Thursday 25 Feb 2010 11:12 | Read More
Curfew was reimposed as ethnic violence in Khagrachhari resumed late Wednesday night after a day long calm. It's now been six days since the clashes began between Muslim settlers and the Buddhist tribals in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT)........
Published : Thursday 25 Feb 2010 11:12 | Read More
Thousands gather in Himachal to celebrate Buddhist fair
Thousands of Buddhists from India and abroad have thronged to the Rewalsar lake in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district for the two-day Tsechu fair to commemorate the birth anniversary of Guru Padma Sambhava........
Published : Thursday 25 Feb 2010 11:41 | Read More
Thousands of Buddhists from India and abroad have thronged to the Rewalsar lake in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district for the two-day Tsechu fair to commemorate the birth anniversary of Guru Padma Sambhava........
Published : Thursday 25 Feb 2010 11:41 | Read More
Dalai Lama joins Twitter
Watch out for tweets from no less than the Dalai Lama. The spiritual head of the Tibetan Buddhist community has joined the social networking website Twitter to keep in touch with followers........
Published : Tuesday 23 Feb 2010 13:36 | Read More
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Watch out for tweets from no less than the Dalai Lama. The spiritual head of the Tibetan Buddhist community has joined the social networking website Twitter to keep in touch with followers........
Published : Tuesday 23 Feb 2010 13:36 | Read More