Tibet: Chinese Authorities Keep Destructing Buddhist Religious Centres
July 30, 2019UNPO, Read the original article here. Chinese authorities have recently started the demolition of the Yachen Gar Tibetan Buddhist Centre, where Buddhist ethics and spiritual teachings have traditionally been practiced. Many of those expelled from this temple are now being held in … Continued The post Tibet: Chinese Authorities Keep Destructing Buddhist read more →
Tibetans Beaten, Detained in Kardze Over Dalai Lama Photos
July 30, 2019By Kunsang Tenzin RFA, Read the original article here. Police in western China’s Sichuan province beat Tibetan villagers found with photos of the Dalai Lama in their homes following the exiled spiritual leader’s birthday this month, detaining others who had … Continued The post Tibetans Beaten, Detained in Kardze Over read more →
Xi Jinping Ramps Up Religious Persecution
July 30, 2019By William Z. Nardi, Read the original here. A roundup of stories of religious discrimination in China Over the past decade, rash optimism that China was finally moving past the era of former Communist dictator Mao Tse-tung’s influence has given … Continued The post Xi Jinping Ramps Up Religious Persecution read more →
Tibetan Jailed in Qinghai For Listening to Foreign News Broadcasts is Freed Early For ‘Good Behavior’
July 30, 2019By Kunsang Tenzin RFA, Read the original article here. Authorities in northwestern China’s Qinghai province have released a Tibetan man jailed for just over four years for accessing news reports by foreign broadcasters, releasing him early for “good behavior” and … Continued The post Tibetan Jailed in Qinghai For Listening read more →
China: Harsh Sentence for Rights Activist
July 30, 2019Human Rights Watch, Read the original article here. Huang Qi Reportedly Gravely Ill, Mother Harassed (New York) – Chinese authorities should immediately quash the 12-year sentence on baseless charges handed down to a veteran activist, Huang Qi, Human Rights Watch said today. … Continued The post China: Harsh Sentence for Rights Activist read more →
Large-Scale Demolition Begins at Sichuan’s Yachen Gar Tibetan Buddhist Center
July 29, 2019By Kunsang Tenzin, Read the original article here. Authorities in western China’s Sichuan province have begun a campaign of large-scale demolition at the Yachen Gar Tibetan Buddhist center, with Chinese work crews tearing down over a hundred dwellings of nuns … Continued The post Large-Scale Demolition Begins at Sichuan’s Yachen read more →
At home in surrogate homeland: Basic Education Policy system for Tibetan children in exile
July 29, 2019By Divya Goyal, Read the original article here. To Keep the Tibetan children born in India connected to their roots, the education begins in their own language- right from day one. Chik (one), nyi (two), sum (three), zhi (four), nga … Continued The post At home in surrogate homeland: Basic read more →
An Appeal to the World by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
July 25, 2019Ian Robinson, Philosophy Now Read article here. Ian Robinson has a brief look at the Dalai Lama’s brief message to the world. It is with considerable diffidence and not a little humility that I embark on a review of a book … Continued The post An Appeal to the World by read more →
The succession challenge
July 25, 2019By Claude Arpi, Read the original article here. The Lama had made it clear in 2011 that he shall leave clear instructions about who should succeed him. This should clear doubts and cut out the Chinese propaganda China has mastered … Continued The post The succession challenge appeared first on read more →
Denny Sanford gives UCSD $100M for landmark studies of empathy, compassion
July 25, 2019By Gary Robbins, Read the original article here. This is the second $100 million donation Sanford has made to UC San Diego this decade. La Jolla billionaire Denny Sanford’s quest to improve the human condition through large, targeted donations has produced … Continued The post Denny Sanford gives UCSD $100M for read more →