By The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
We can see awakening in the world around us, but we can also turn the telescope inward and look directly at our mind. In the Vajrayana school of Buddhism, we discover that this very mind is the mind of the Buddha, and what we’ve been searching for so long has been right in front of us all the time. Read More
LADAKH DISASTER PHOTO GALLERY Expressing his distress, the Nobel laureate participated in a mass prayer organised at the Tsuglagkhang temple at McLeodganj. He also offered condolences to the surviving family members.
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Associates of one of Tibet’s richest businessmen say Dorje Tashi has been sentenced to life in prison on charges of helping Tibetan exile groups. Read More
Nightlife in Lhasa isn’t expensive. But it can be difficult if you’re low on cash and are thinking of using a credit card. Very few restaurants and bars accept plastic and it’s easier to spot a Han Chinese in downtown Tibet than to find an ATM. (The China Construction Bank machines are few and far between.)
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The 2nd ETC Organizing Committee is pleased to announce the launch of European Chitue Initiative. This is an initiative to engage in a pre-election search for eligible parliamentary candidates to run for the office in the upcoming Tibetan Parliamentary preliminary elections in October 2010 and final elections in March 2011. Read More
Briefing the media on the sidelines of the Tibetan leadership meeting from Aug 26-31 at Bylakuppe, Mr Penpa Tsering, speaker of the Tibetan parliament-in-exile, said ' It would be a big day for us and we are celebrating it in a big way at Bylakuppe Tibetan Settlement in Karnataka. We would felicitate His Holiness for his years-long selfless service and also present a golden seal to him,'
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The broad avenue of Ba Yi Road bracketed by the craggy hills has rows of shops, restaurants and bars on either side. I could have easily been on the upper east side of Manhattan weren't it for all those signs -- in Tibetan on top in a smaller typeface and then in Mandarin below in a much larger size. The roads are clean, wide and barring a few vans and cars, rather empty.
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The writer says Hu and Wen are "two sides of the same coin" and their partnership is meant to complement each other's strengths. "Hu's personality is calm and somber and he likes to give orders from behind the curtain. Acting on the stage is not his expertise. Wen in the meantime supplements Hu's inadequacy. He likes going down into mines, visiting farmhouses and shedding tears," Yu writes. Wen often flies around the country to soothe crises and console disaster victims. On Sunday he flew to northwestern Gansu province where more than 120 people were killed by mudslides.
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Earlier this year, the problem of animal mistreatment in China was highlighted with the reported deaths of 11 rare Siberian tigers at the Shenyang Forest Wild Animal Zoo in the frigid northeast over a three-month period. The tigers had reportedly starved to death after being fed nothing but chicken bones for weeks.
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Given the current structure and system of the Tibetan Administration I would like to say that it is a misplaced hope if people are looking to the next Kalon Tripa to change the political position. Just as the Democrats pointed to the economy being the real issue during the above mentioned 1992 presidential campaign, the truth is that if the Tibetans want a change in the political path, it is the Tibetan Parliament that they have to look to, not the Kalon Tripa. To improvize from the American slogan, in the Tibetan case, It’s the Parliament, stupid!
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