22/09/2013 10:18 (GMT+7)
The Society for Asian Art presents a talk with Tamara Hill on the wrathful, ironic, and amusing depictions of skeletons, bones, and skulls in Tibetan Tantric Buddhist arts and rituals. |
21/09/2013 20:30 (GMT+7)
Hanover, Germany, 20 September 2013 - The concluding engagement of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s current tour of Europe was a visit to the Vien Giac Vietnamese Temple in Hanover. On arrival he recognised several friends among the monks who came to receive him as he stepped out of his car and who then escorted him into the Temple. |
20/09/2013 21:24 (GMT+7)
Hanover, Germany, 19 September 2013 - This morning His Holiness the Dalai Lama was invited to visit the small town of Wunstorf twenty kms or so to the west of Hanover. The Mayor of Wunstorf, Rolf-Axel Eberhardt and his wife received him on arrival at the Town Hall, while a group of young music students played in his honour. In his words of welcome, the Mayor mentioned meeting His Holiness at a gathering of mayors in Berlin some years ago, but never imagined he would come to Wunstorf. 97 nationalities are represented in this small town of 40,000 people as well as all the major religious traditions. |
19/09/2013 15:17 (GMT+7)
September 17-- PETALING JAYA: About 50,000 people are expected to attend the Chempaka Buddhist Lodge's Mid-Autumn Festival celebration on Saturday. |
19/09/2013 09:53 (GMT+7)
Hanover, Germany, 18 September 2013 - When His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived at the IGS School Hanover this morning he was met by the Principal and a member of the City Council who gave him a small bust of the philosopher Leibnitz, who lived in Hanover in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Noting the hand-painted flags over the school door he entered the lobby to a musical accompaniment. |
18/09/2013 21:03 (GMT+7)
Prague, Czech Republic - 17 September 2013 - Arriving at the Zofin Palace this morning, His Holiness the Dalai Lama was received by Tomáš Vrba, a publisher who is Chairman of the Forum 2000 Board of Directors. He escorted him to a meeting with the press in the Knights’ Hall. His Holiness answered the first question about whether he is disappointed when political leaders are reluctant to meet him by repeating what he has said elsewhere that he is primarily concerned with meeting the public to discuss human values with them. |
18/09/2013 10:36 (GMT+7)
When the 86-year-old Thich Nhat Hanh was introduced to his audience in Copley Square on Sunday afternoon, he began by saying nothing for 25 minutes. |
17/09/2013 15:14 (GMT+7)
Prague, Czech Republic, 16 September 2013 - His Holiness the Dalai Lama is in Prague at the invitation of the Forum 2000 Foundation established by his old friend President Vaclav Havel. This is his tenth visit since he came first in 1990, three months after the Velvet Revolution that ended 41 years of Communist rule in Czechoslovakia. Shortly after he was last here in 2012, President Havel died. |
16/09/2013 20:26 (GMT+7)
Prague, Czech Republic, 15 September 2013 - On his way through the hotel lobby as he was setting out for the venue of today’s teachings, His Holiness the Dalai Lama encountered a group of Tibetans who had come from Austria where they live to listen to his public talk yesterday. They stayed overnight and were taking the opportunity to see him again before returning home. |
15/09/2013 11:31 (GMT+7)
Sept 13 -- KATHMANDU: The United States will help to preserve an 11th-century monastery in Nepal, a Buddhist shrine also deeply revered in neighbouring Tibet, by donating $87,800 to protect it from flooding, the U.S. embassy said. |
14/09/2013 18:26 (GMT+7)
September 12-- On Monday, an American Buddhist monk, who is on the forefront in the fight against world hunger, will be speaking at Syracuse University as part of a Syracuse Symposium series. |
14/09/2013 18:26 (GMT+7)
Vilnius, Lithuania, 13 September 2013 - At the Academy of Arts once more, the first of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s engagements today was a meeting with Buddhists and supporters of Tibet. He began by paying his respects before an image of the Buddha that had been set up to one side of the dais. He explained that today the Buddha is commonly regarded as a symbol of compassion. However, to begin with he was a sentient being who clarified his mind, cleansing it of defilements, gradually overcoming all mistaken conceptions and acquiring wisdom through the application of intelligence. |
13/09/2013 10:56 (GMT+7)
Vilnius, Lithuania, 12 September 2013 - People in Vilnius could be heard expressing surprise about the unusually good weather for the time of year, attributing it to His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s presence in the city. He laughed off the suggestion, pointing out that if he had any ability to influence the weather he’d be sure to use it when he wanted to fly. |
12/09/2013 22:42 (GMT+7)
A symposium on Buddhist jurisprudence, with particular reference to the concept of reconciliation, was held at the Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies on Monday. |
10/09/2013 09:23 (GMT+7)
Riga, Latvia, 9 September 2013 - At the end of a long journey from India, His Holiness the Dalai Lama was warmly welcomed when he landed under bright skies in the northern European port city of Riga, capital of Latvia, yesterday. Members of the organizing committee for his visit, led by Janis Martins Skuja, met him at the airport and a smiling crowd of well-wishers awaited his arrival at his hotel. |
09/09/2013 16:42 (GMT+7)
A greater proportion of snow leopards are being protected in regions around Buddhist monasteries than in the core nature reserve set aside for the big cats, a study has found. |
09/09/2013 16:34 (GMT+7)
Dharamsala, HP, India, 9 September 2013. On Sunday, 8 September, His Holiness the Dala Lama wrote a letter of congratulations to Australian Prime Minister-Elect Tony Abbot, wishing him success in meeting the challenges in leading Australia forward. |
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