Tag Archives: Tibetan Culture

  • Ugyen Gyalpo Let us Tibetans not forget 29 October 2020 | Ugyen Gyalpo This post has no comments yet

    Although we Tibetans are a drop in the ocean of all who make up the US population, our political attitudes are swift, robust, and tsunamic. Kudos to that! ...

  • Dhasa Diaries 26 September 2020 | Srinath Perur This post has no comments yet

    The life of Tibetans in exile is torn between the need to preserve a collective past and shape individual futures. The sort of situation where it is useful to have cultural resources that allow perspective and reflection. ...

  • Woekar Chen Why Penpa Tsering would be best Sikyong 2021 24 September 2020 | Woekar Chen This post has 13 comments

    These are some accounts of the contributions and accomplishments of Penpa Tsering in the past, which give indisputable evidence of his ability to lead us in the future. ...

  • Kelsang Tsering Why not Dongchung Ngodup for Sikyong 2021? 17 September 2020 | Kelsang Tsering This post has 8 comments

    We need a leader who has a strong moral stand and integrity in this troubled world. We need a leader whose loyalty to the Tibetan nation and Tibetan people is insurmountable and unquestionable. ...

  • First openly transgender Tibetan and LGBT icon Tenzin Mariko 5 September 2020 | Natasha Khullar Relph This post has no comments yet

    India-based former Buddhist monk Tenzin Mariko is now a model, dancer, make-up artist and Instagram star after coming out in 2015. Once ostracised, today she is recognised and supported by the two biggest exile Tibetan organisations. ...

  • Introducing the Tibetan people to the world: 1975 10 July 2020 | Dr Kazuko Tatsumura Hillyer This post has 2 comments

    These are all people without a country, yet I believe these stateless people will one day save our Human Race. ...

  • His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and my late father 8 July 2020 | Kunchok Dhargyal This post has no comments yet

    After fifteen years, I understand why you had been so respectful and so faithful to a photograph of His Holiness that we also had not dared to take it for granted. ...

  • Tulku Orgyen Tobgyal apologises to Dalai Lama for criticising online teachings 31 May 2020 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 23 comments

    Tulku Orgyen Tobgyal apologised to Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama after Tobgyal had criticised him for giving online empowerments, saying that his criticism was only aimed towards protecting the practice of tantra. ...

  • Tulku Orgyen Tobgyal criticises Dalai Lama for online teachings 28 May 2020 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 39 comments

    Tulku Orgyen Tobgyal criticised the Dalai Lama for giving teachings and empowerments through the Internet, saying that such a practice is degenerating the Dharma, and even is no less than destroying the Dharma. ...

  • Frederick Douglass and the Tibetan struggle 15 May 2020 | Tenzin Dorje This post has 9 comments

    I think it is important to learn from past and current struggles and their leaders. The civil rights movement, the anti-colonial struggle, and the ongoing indigenous struggles provide new perspectives for the Tibetan struggle. ...