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Buddhist Times News – 100 monks participate in robe offering event at Mahabodhi Mahavihara
By — Shyamal Sinha Monks worship Lord Buddha under the Bodhi Tree at Mahabodhi Temple during Maha Kathina Civara Dana ceremony in…Read More Nearly 100 monks, staying at monasteries of different countries, participated in the Maha Kathina Civara Dana (robe offering) function conducted by the Bodhgaya Temple Management Committee (BTMC) at the Mahabodhi Mahavihara on Monday morning.…
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Buddhist Times News – His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Buddhism, Science and Compassion
By Bureau Reporter A member of the virtual audience asking a question during His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s discussion with members of the Einstein Forum from his residence in Dharamsala, HP, India on November 25, 2020. Photo by Ven Tenzin Jamphel/OHHDL His Holiness the Dalai Lama was invited to take part in a discussion this…
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Buddhist Times News – China takes railway route to tighten grip on Tibet
Palden Sonam Visiting Fellow, Tibet Policy Institute for The Tribune. Read the article here. QINGHAI-TIBET TRAIN: Building the railway is a major part of China’s strategy-oriented infrastructural development spree in Tibet. Since its occupation of Tibet in 1950, all major infrastructure development in this region has been driven by China’s strategic calculations and security needs for…
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Buddhist Times News – China cannot pick the next Dalai Lama, only Tibetan Buddhists can, says US Amb. Brownback
By Shyamal Sinha Sam Brownback, Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington. Photo/AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback has opposed China’s intervention in picking the next Dalai Lama saying, “The United States supports – that religious community…
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Buddhist Times News – Switzerland needs to include concerns of Tibetans, Uyghurs in its policy on China’
Representative ImageBy — Shyamal Sinha Tibetans have even fewer civil and political rights than Chinese people also ruled by the Chinese Communist Party. The Chinese government enforces its control on Tibet through the threat and use of arbitrary detentions and punishments, at times including severe violence. Any act deemed to threaten its rule can be…
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Buddhist Times News – Dalai Lama calls for urgent climate action
By — Shyamal Sinha The Dalai Lama has appealed to world leaders to take urgent action against climate change, warning of ecological destruction affecting the lives of billions and ruining the planet, including his birth country, Tibet. As well as global climate change, industrial projects such as mining, damming and deforestation are leading to the Tibetan glacier…
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Buddhist Times News – Sikyong congratulates US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris
By Shyamal Sinha Sikyong congratulates US President-elect Joe Biden and first woman Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. The democratically elected leader of Tibetan people Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay congratulated United States President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris on their victory in the 2020 US presidential election. Dr Sangay said he looked forward to a…
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Buddhist Times News – China to begin construction of the strategic Ya’an-Nyingtri railway line in Tibet
Workers along the Sichaun-Tibet railway line (People’s Daily Online) By — Shyamal Sinha China is set to begin construction of the strategic railway line connecting Ya’an in Sichuan Province and Nyingtri (Ch. Linzhi) in Tibet Autonomous Region according to Chinese state-run Global Times. The project is part of the larger Sichuan-Tibet railway line. The Sichuan-Tibet Railway…
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Buddhist Times News – First Buddhist Chaitya, more stupas excavated in Gujarat’s Vadnagar
By — Shyamal Sinha The Covid lockdown interval has yielded a serious treasure for the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) crew working at Vadnagar, the hometown of PM Narendra Modi. This features a pretty well-preserved construction believed to be a Chaitya, a shrine with a prayer corridor, and two stupas in the neighborhood. The word caitya appears…
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Buddhist Times News – His Holiness the Dalai Lama commends United Nations and 50 member states on nuclear ban treaty
By Bureau Reporter His Holiness the Dalai Lama/file image/Tenzin Choejor Fifty countries have ratified an international treaty to ban nuclear weapons allowing the historic text to enter into force in 90 days. Nobel peace laureate and lifelong advocate for nuclear disarmament, His Holiness the Dalai Lama welcomed the news, hailing the treaty “a step in the…