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With the exciting launch of Team Tibet in Dharamsala held in conjunction with the 5th International Tibet Support Group Conference, Lhadon Tethong, spokesperson of the ITSN Tibet Olympics Campaign and Director of Students for a Free Tibet said, “Tibet has been illegally occupied by China for nearly 60 years and so a team from Tibet is not currently |
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allowed to take part in the Beijing Olympics. We want to bring Tibet to the 2008 Games; the members of the Team Tibet want to fly the Tibetan Flag and March alongside other young athletes into Beijing’s Olympics Stadium next August.” To read the full story, please check the June Issue 2007 of Tibetoday magazine. |
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: “It is important to be a 21st century Buddhist,” Says Dalai Lama |
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| “It is very important to study Tibetan Buddhism to understand the fundamental concepts and the principles. Having just faith and treating the devotion as tradition is not enough. Therefore without a proper education on Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy it is impossible to practice Buddhism. So Buddhism has to be taught and spread among common people through interaction and discussion with teachers and Geshes. It is important to be a 21st century Buddhist. ” says His Holiness the Dalai Lama. | organized a three day His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s first ever teaching specifically for the Tibetan youths in exile at TCV auditorium in Dharamsala from 1st June to 3rd June, 2007.  |
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Lobsang Wangyal announces Tibetan Olympics from 15th to 25th May 2008 Dharamsala 15th May 2007: When the countdown exactly clicks 360 days for the world’s biggest sporting event, the Bejing Olympics 2008 to happen, respective nations are in the middle of hectic preparation for the mega event. Read more... |
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BUDDHISM IN INDIA Revival of Buddhism is not hostile to Hinduism: Kalon Tripa Dharamshala 22nd May 2007- The three day interactive forum from19th to 21st June was held between the Indian Buddhist representatives from Nagpur and Tibetan Geshes and learned monks and nuns from |
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Dharamsala was held at the College for Higher Tibetan Studies in Dharamshala. To read the full story, please check the May 2007 Issue of Tibetoday magazine. |
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ART AND ENTERTAINMENT Very few people in this world can effectively tell us the materialistic means for spiritual gratification and Ani Tsering Wangmo is one among them. A singing nun, who sings for a cause is a tagline that best explains the rare combination of a Buddhist nun with a melancholic voice. Today Ani la is an established singer in the Tibetan music |
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| industry with five CDs hitting the music-stands and surprisingly the proceeds of the sale is plunged into seeing her philanthropi vision. In a candid interview with the Singing Nun, we had a sneak preview into the soul behind the voice. Read more... |
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