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Kathmandu: A heart ranching story of a Tibetan woman, who is a weaver by profession and whose daughter was falsely diagnosed with typhoid in one of the medical clinic near her residence in Pokhara (Tibetan settlement Tashi Phekheling) After not been able to recover despite of total medication, this woman unaware of her daughter’s problem came to Katmandu, Here to her surprise, she was given a rather mind-boggling news of her daughter having an acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Read More
The landslides happened late on Saturday following torrential rain in Zhouqu county, part of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, officials told the official Xinhua news agency. Rock and mud slipped down several hillsides and engulfed the town of Zhouqu, which lies in a narrow valley cut by the Bailong river.
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Carbon dating of the mummy has scientifically proved that it was the body of a 45 year old Lama from the last quarter of 15th century. Historical research has proved that this mummy was part of several others that existed in Western Tibet. It seems this mummy was of a monk from Gelugapa order who were practitioners of "Zogchen", the highest form of meditation to find a solution to the destructive drought and famine that had hit the western part of Tibet. (Spiti was part of the larger Tibet at that time). The Lama along with several others used 'Gomthak' to tie his neck to his knee in order to free the body and transport his mid (of the body) to a higher plane.
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Some 60 people have died and about 200 others injured in flash floods that have inundated India’s mountainous Ladakh region of Indian Kashmir. The floods have caused unprecedented devastation in the remote Buddhist dominated area. Read More
We often talk about Siddhartha, the young man who became known as the Buddha, as if he were a god. The fact is that he was just a simple Indian guy, a human being like you and me. We think of him as some kind of super-genius for having attained complete spiritual awakening, but in fact his real genius was in showing how any one of us can attain the same awakening as he did. We describe him as a prince and a member of the elite royalty of his time, and we think that must have given him an advantage over us -- but the reality is that most of us today are probably better off, in material terms, than Siddhartha was.
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It could be argued that the Tibetan uprising of 2008 actually began several months earlier with what appeared to be an impromptu public address by a middle-aged Tibetan nomad. Until now, no one had seen footage of his defiant speech that was released this week for the first time by Tibet rights groups.
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In part, China only has itself to blame. Although Tibet was never mentioned as part of the dispute in the South China Sea, and the Chinese position over its sovereignty is both very clear and undisputed by all attending ASEAN nations and observers, it is obvious that China’s 60 year old assertiveness towards regional disputes has reached a plateau. Buddhism is still a strong influence in many ASEAN member countries and the plight of the Dalai Lama, while not officially recognized or discussed, still causes regional discomfort. Add to that skirmishes with Vietnam in 1979, and still ongoing border disputes over Tibetan territorial claims with India, and China’s position as asserting more regional sovereignty is now starting to be questioned.
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August 6, 2010: For the first time, Chinese J-11 jet fighters have been training over Tibet. J-11s are the most modern Chinese made fighters. While fewer than 150 have been built since they were introduced in the late 1990s, they are appearing in more unexpected places (like the Chinese naval air force). The Chinese Air Force has no combat aircraft stationed in Tibet, although older (MiG-21 clones) J-7s appear to be flown in regularly, for temporary duty at major commercial airports.
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Carl entered a contest sponsored by Toyota in which the entrant uses a computer to design a NASCAR paint scheme. Carl has been a long time supporter of the “Free Tibet” cause and the night he found the contest he just happened to have received an email that day from the ICT (International Campaign for Tibet). Carl thought “What a great idea to put the “Free Tibet” campaign in front of thousands of people that probably don’t hear much about it”. So he designed a car that really stands out and gets the message across.
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