Tag Archives: Tibetan Culture

  • Long-life puja for Jigdal Dagchen Rinpoche 25 November 2012 | Tenzin Rabga This post has no comments yet

    On the 83rd birthday of Jigdal Dagchen Sakya Rinpoche, representatives of the Central Tibetan Administration and Tibetan people around Bir and Chauntra offered a long-life puja for Rinpoche in Dzongsar Chokyi Lodro Institute in Chauntra. ...

  • In a first, Dharamshala hosts international film fest 1 November 2012 | Srishti Jah This post has no comments yet

    The Dharamshala International Film Festival, the first of its kind in the state, began with a lot of excitement and expectation. ...

  • Kiara O'Gorman Miss Tibet versus the World 27 October 2012 | Kiara O'Gorman This post has no comments yet

    The Miss Tibet and Miss Himalaya beauty pageants have been subject to criticism from Western media and scholars. Kiara O'Gorman explores why the competitions are not necessarily a "bad thing". ...

  • Buddhist statue taken by Nazis came from space rock 30 September 2012 This post has 2 comments

    A thousand-year-old Buddhist statue taken from Tibet in 1938 by an SS team seeking the roots of Hitler's Aryan doctrine was carved from a meteorite. ...

  • Tibetan keyboard for Android updated 17 September 2012 | TibetSun Tech Desk This post has no comments yet

    The Iron Rabbit League has just released an updated version of the Tibetan keyboard from the "Bho for Android" open-source project. ...

  • Dalai Lama hints successor won’t have political role 12 September 2012 This post has no comments yet

    Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Wednesday hinted his successor would don the role of only a religious leader for Tibetans and not a political one. ...

  • Timeline: 51 self-immolations in Tibet since 2009 29 August 2012 | Tibet Sun Newsroom This post has no comments yet

    Fifty-one Tibetans in Tibet have set themselves on fire since 2009; thirty since 6 January 2012, protesting against the Chinese rule in Tibet. ...

  • Tibet is a better place than it used to be 26 July 2012 | Liu Xiaoming This post has no comments yet

    Westerners' knowledge of Tibet stops at the fictional Shangri-La and the so-called "Han invasion", but its culture and history is more complex, says Liu Xiaoming. ...

  • Sogyal Rinpoche speaks to Himalayan community in New York 23 June 2012 | Sonam Sherpa This post has no comments yet

    World-renowned Buddhist master Sogyal Rinpoche gave a talk and teaching to a gathering of 300 members of the Himalayan community of New York and New Jersey. ...

  • Tenzin Nima The folly of self-righteousness! 9 May 2012 | Tenzin Nima This post has no comments yet

    A serious pursuit of freedom is not the cup of tea for a majority of people. Only a few courageous individuals, who have self-consciousness and belief in the certainty of their own selves, would seriously walk the path to freedom. ...