Tag Archives: Samdhong Rinpoche

  • Members of Dalai Lama’s inner circle on Pegasus list 22 July 2021 | HT Correspondent This post has no comments yet

    Phone numbers of key members of the inner circle of the Dalai Lama, including Central Tibetan Administration chief Penpa Tsering, are among the potential targets selected by users of the Pegasus spyware, according to media reports. ...

  • Norbu Tsering All is not well that does not end well 10 May 2021 | Norbu Tsering This post has 13 comments

    Will wisdom dawn on our MPs on the special Parliament session day? Chances are it will not. Poor Tibetan democracy! ...

  • Speaker Pema Jungney resigns 8 April 2021 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 40 comments

    Speaker of Tibetan Parliament-in-exile Pema Jungney has resigned as both Speaker and member of Parliament. His resignation was triggered following clarification of the clauses of the Tibetan Charter by Samdhong Rinpoche. ...

  • Tibetans mark 62nd Uprising Day against China 10 March 2021 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 5 comments

    Tibetans around the world marked the 1959 Tibetan revolt against the Chinese invasion, renewing their pledge to fight until Tibet is free. Close to a thousand exile Tibetans with local Indian supporters gathered near the Dalai Lama temple. ...

  • Lobsang Wangyal Illusions of Jamyang Norbu 28 February 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 18 comments

    Norbu's presumptuous folly fails to establish anything, but instead raises more questions about his real motive for attacking Samdhong Rinpoche. ...

  • Time to review role of monks and nuns in politics says Samdhong Rinpoche 13 April 2018 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 20 comments

    The time has come to review if monks and nuns involving themselves in politics is right or not, said Samdhong Rinpoche during a public talk on Democracy and Unity in McLeod Ganj. ...

  • Samdhong Rinpoche speaks on elections and citizenship 23 August 2016 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 15 comments

    Former Kalon Tripa Samdhong Rinpoche speaks candidly about the Tibetan election process, involvement of oracles and religious sects in the political process, and Tibetans getting Indian citizenship. ...

  • First elected head boycotts exile Tibet govt election 21 March 2016 | S Gopal Puri This post has 8 comments

    Samdhong Rinpoche refused to cast his vote, giving the argument that the entire election process was moving away from the ideals of a party-less democracy . ...

  • Sweet and Sour 31 January 2015 This post has no comments yet

    The making of Phun Anu Thanu was a great learning experience. In fact the film taught us far more than what we had learnt at our film schools. ...

  • Samdhong Rinpoche addresses TYC members as stalemate continues 31 May 2013 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 6 comments

    Top aide of the Dalai Lama, Samdhong Rinpoche, addressed members of the Tibetan Youth Congress, as eight regional chapters continued to boycott the crucial 15th General Body Meeting. ...