The Dalai Lama, has criticised the Chinese government for its opposition to the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader said the Chinese government did “not appreciate different opinions”.
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Deccan Chargers, Kings XI players meet Dalai Lama
April 17th, 2010 |
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A day after their Indian Premier League (IPL) match, the players of Kings XI Punjab and Deccan Chargers had an audience with the Dalai Lama at his official palace here, an official said Saturday.
“The players of the Kings XI Punjab and Deccan Chargers this (Saturday) morning met the Dalai Lama. It was just a courtesy [...]
Dalai Lama expresses grief over death of Polish president
April 12th, 2010 |
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Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has expressed sorrow over the death of Polish President Lech Kaczynski in an air crash in Russia last week. Kaczynski was an admirer of the Dalai Lama and had met him a number of times.
“In a letter to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk April 10, His Holiness the Dalai [...]
Polish president admired Dalai Lama
April 10th, 2010 |
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Polish President Lech Kaczynski, who died in an air crash Saturday, was an unabashed admirer of the Dalai Lama and always met the Tibetan spiritual leader when he visited Poland.
The president’s soft corner for the Dalai Lama, who has lived in India since fleeing his homeland in 1959, was matched by his distaste for China.
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Dalai Lama Has No Idea Who Tiger Woods Is
February 22nd, 2010 |
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Even the Dalai Lama has been asked to weigh in on the Tiger Woods sex scandal (particularly since the scandal-scarred golfer recommitted himself to the Buddhist faith he followed as a child during Friday’s public sobfest). But first, someone had to tell the spiritual leader who Tiger Woods is.
China slams Obama meeting with Dalai Lama
February 19th, 2010 |
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China has heavily criticized US President Barack Obama’s meeting with the Dalai Lama. Beijing has summoned the US ambassador for an explanation and released a statement saying it was ‘‘strongly dissatisfied.’‘
Beijing warns against Obama meeting Dalai Lama
February 2nd, 2010 |
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Beijing warned U.S. Pres. Barack Obama that in case he decides to meet the Dalai Lama during his visit to China relations between the countries may deteriorate. An executive vice-minister of the United Front Work Department, the Chinese Communist Party’s department that officially deals with ethnic policy, Zhu Weiqun said “if the U.S. leader decides to meet with the Dalai Lama, it would seriously undermine mutual trust and cooperation between our countries.”
Dalai Lama’s envoys return to India after China talks
February 1st, 2010 |
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A spokesman for the Dalai Lama says two envoys of the Tibetan spiritual leader have returned to India after talks with senior Communist Party officials in Beijing. Chhime R. Chhoekyapa, the Dalai Lama’s secretary, says there are no details immediately available about the weekend discussions
Showing willing
January 25th, 2010 |
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The Dalai Lama sends envoys to China once again, as our correspondent returns to Tibet
CHINESE officials appear ready to resume talks with representatives of the Dalai Lama after a 15 month lapse, but in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, the authorities remain on guard. Few expect the talks to make much progress, nor tensions in Tibet to subside.
As the Dalai Lama’s envoys headed to China for what are expected to be the first discussions between the two sides since November 2008, small groups of helmeted riot police, some of them carrying rifles, remained deployed near important temples in the centre of Lhasa. Your correspondent, who is on a rare authorised trip to Tibet by a foreign journalist, saw hundreds of worshipers walking and prostrating themselves in ritual circuits around the Jokhang Temple, Tibet’s holiest shrine, as the police watched impassively. Security was conspicuous but appeared far less intense than in the aftermath of the Tibetan rioting that erupted in Lhasa in March 2008. …
China miffed over plan to name stadium after Dalai Lama
January 22nd, 2010 |
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The Chinese government has said a Costa Rican presidential candidate’s pledge to name a stadium in San Jose after Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama “is not in line with the common desires of the two countries”.
In a statement to EFE Thursday, the Chinese foreign ministry said the stadium “represents the Chinese people’s friendship with Costa [...]
Gandhi and The Dalai Lama Are Not Opposed to Guns
January 2nd, 2010 |
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I was raised to be against guns. My parents hated guns, and believed that they only lead to crime and to accidental shootings.Sure, I knew that the Constitution includes a right to bear arms, but I believed that it was no longer relevant and only appl…
Dalai Lama begins three-day long teachings in Dharamsala
November 24th, 2009 |
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Following his trip to Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, Tibetan spiritual leader-in-exile Dalai Lama on Tuesday made his first public appearance and also began his three-day long teachings.
Hundreds of Tibetans expressed their delight to see Dalai Lama preach in Dharamsala.
“Today Dalai Lama is making his first public appearance in Dharamsala after making a successful trip to [...]
My Tawang visit unnecessarily politicised: Dalai Lama
November 11th, 2009 |
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Tibetans’ Spiritual Leader Dalai Lama on Tuesday said that his Tawang visit has been unnecessarily politicised.
“My Tawang visit has been unnecessarily politicised. I am here to repay my debt to the people of Tawang,†said Dalai Lama said on Tuesday.
Beijing sees the visit as encouraging the Tibetan struggle by undermining Chinese territorial integrity and has [...]
Govt. didn’t suggest Dalai Lama to undertake visit to Tawang, says Tharoor
November 10th, 2009 |
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Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor on Monday said Dalai Lama’’s Tawang visit was his own initiative and not a suggestion by the Government of India.
“On Dalai Lama visit as far as I”m concerned, Dalai Lama is free to travel anywhere in India as a matter of courtesy he coordinates with the government [...]
China says India has forgotten lessons of 1962 war
November 9th, 2009 |
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While China has blamed New Delhi for trying to provoke Beijing by orchestrating Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama’s controversial visit to Arunachal Pradesh, India has rubbished the allegation.
“The Dalai Lama went to southern Tibet at this critical moment probably because of pressure from India. By doing so, he can please the country that has hosted [...]
Dalai Lama trip strains India-China ties
November 5th, 2009 |
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Twin thorns in the side of India-China relations will get a simultaneous tweak this weekend when the Dalai Lama visits a Buddhist region at the heart of a border row between the Asian giants. Sandwiched between Myanmar, the kingdom of Bhutan and Tibet, the lush, forested state of Arunachal
Dalai Lama reaches out to Chinese
October 9th, 2009 |
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The Dalai Lama on Wednesday reached out to China, saluting a Beijing-based novelist who has defied China by seeking reconciliation with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader. On a visit to Washington, the Dalai Lama presented an award to Wang Lixiong, who helped spearhead a petition by more
Chinese writer embraces Dalai Lama
October 8th, 2009 |
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A Chinese intellectual on Wednesday took the rare step of publicly embracing the Dalai Lama, deriding Beijing for vilifying the spiritual leader and appealing for a dialogue on Tibet. On a visit to Washington, the Dalai Lama presented an award to novelist Wang Lixiong, who helped spearhead a