Category Archives: Features

  • Nazi chief’s drunken expedition to discover Aryan roots in Tibet 4 April 2017 | Allan Hall no comments

    Instead of sticking to the brief of finding the 'super-race', the drunken SS soldiers killed thousands of animals on an expedition to Tibet in 1939. ...

  • Tibetan religious ritual: The water offering 21 February 2017 | Laden Tshering Samdup no comments

    The water offering or Yongchap is conducted in the early morning as a token of our selfless devotion to the deities and our gurus. ...

  • Devastating earthquake bigger than 2015 Nepal tremor may hit north India soon, warn experts 7 February 2017 no comments

    Uttarakhand and northern Himalaya have witnessed several high and medium intensity tremors in the recent past. Experts have warned of a catastrophic earthquake in north India in near future. ...

  • Kalachakra diary 21 January 2017 | Ugyen Gyalpo one comment

    I could transport myself to a world filled with only our people, in our land, and I wished this fleeting gathering of Tibetans would last forever as it would in a free Tibet. ...

  • Walking the talk: Fulfilling the wishes of others at Kalachakra 8 January 2017 | Lobsang Wangyal one comment

    Following the advice of the Dalai Lama, that it is necessary to help others not only in our prayers but in our daily lives, Pema Gyalpo started Oshi Shenphen Tsokchung to help Tibetan elders ...

  • Land of Happiness: Vision of a fearless Tibetan mother 27 November 2016 | Tenzin Namdul 6 comments

    Despite all hardships, one can conceive and give birth to a vision of giving life to the “Land of Happiness.” We can be mere spectators, or active Buddhists -- it is up to us! ...

  • Tibetan Foundation helps rebuild Yushu after earthquake 21 November 2016 | Jamyang Dhondup no comments

    The Tibet Foundation believes that even though there are national and political boundaries, there is no boundary to love and compassion. ...

  • Kazi Dawa Samdup, and Tibet in the Twilight Zone 14 November 2016 | Laden Tshering Samdup one comment

    Kazi Dawa Samdup and Dr Walter Evans-Wentz collaborated on groundbreaking literary works which played an important part in bringing Tibetan Buddhism and people to the West. ...

  • Saint and freedom fighter of Sri Lanka 24 October 2016 | Laden Tshering Samdup 2 comments

    A Tibetan became a Theravada monk, was a much-adulated freedom fighter of Sri Lanka, officially declared a National Hero, and given a state funeral upon his death. ...

  • Hollywood’s whitewash and era of nostalgia 14 October 2016 | Chewang Ngokhang one comment

    Certainly, there is a lot of whitewashing in the production of Hollywood films and television series, due to a dearth of good non-white actors in the film industry. ...