Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama has announced that he is taking semi-retirement. The future course of the Tibetan movement will be decided by the 'elected government under Prime Minister Samdhong Rinpoche', said the Buddhist spiritual leader.
Thousands of supporters of the Dalai Lama shouted and "spit" on a group of demonstrators belonging to a Buddhist sect which alleges that the Tibetan spiritual leader is persecuting its members, forcing the police to intervene to prevent clashes between them.
Renewing his call for a "meaningful" autonomy for Tibet, the Dalai Lama has charged Beijing with carrying out "cultural genocide" in his Himalayan homeland. The Tibetan spiritual leader, in an interview with US' National Public Radio, also said he hoped to return to Tibet one day.
China's ambassador to Canada has said the Dalai Lama is a "serial liar" and those who attack China's record on human rights are being irresponsible. "The Dalai Lama has been telling lies to the world for decades," Shumin told journalists at the Chinese Embassy.
Addressing his first press conference in Mcleodganj, Himachal Pradesh, in the wake of the violence in the Tibetan capital since Friday, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader felt said that India has a few limitations as far as China is concerned and was 'too cautious' on the Tibet issue. The Indian government, the 73-year-old monk said, had 'hostile views' on certain actions of Tibetans but 'we should not pick up one particular incident'.
China has reportedly suspended minister-level meetings with the United Kingdom in protest against Prime Minister David Cameron's decision to meet the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper became the first Canadian premier to hold formal talks with the Dalai Lama when he met the Tibetan spiritual leader in his office, ignoring China's warning that it could affect Sino-Canadian relations.
As the Dalai Lama announced his intention to retire from active politics, the Tibetan government-in-exile today said the spiritual leader's decision could undermine its legitimacy and indicated that the transition process cannot take place immediately.
His alias on Twitter is @OHHDL, which stands for 'The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama,' sent out a welcome note on Saturday.
Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on Tuesday claimed that the Chinese government had recently proposed to him a five-point programme and assured that all his powers, suspended since in 1956, would be restored once he returned to China. Talking to the media, the Dalai Lama, who came to Ajmer to offer prayers at the Khawja Moinudeen Chisti Dargah, said he dismissed the proposal since "it was the question of the future of six crore Tibetans and not of my powers."
A day after attacking the Dalai Lama for backing Japan in its maritime territorial dispute, China on Tuesday lashed out at Tokyo for its 'laissez-faire' attitude on the "separatist activities" of the Tibetan spiritual leader along with Japanese right-wing forces to harm bilateral strategic ties.
Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama has said that the recent turmoil in Tibet made him "cry" once but the practice of Buddhism helped him deal with the situation. Speaking to Newsweek magazine, the Dalai Lama said looking at the disturbing and graphic images of casualties "he once cried".
Rebuffing the Dalai Lama's remarks that there were "encouraging signs" about China changing its attitude towards Tibet, a top Chinese official has said there would be no breakthrough in talks until the Tibetan spiritual leader changed his stand on "some fundamental issues".
United States President Barack Obama would encourage both the Chinese leadership and the Dalai Lama to continue to talk.
Hours before US President Barack Obama's meeting with the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama at the White House, China demanded its immediate cancellation, warning that the unjustified interference in its domestic affairs will cause "great damage" to bilateral ties.
China on Wednesday expressed its firm opposition to foreign leaders' contact with the Dalai Lama, days after a key aide to Barack Obama said the US President would be ready to meet the Tibetan spiritual leader "at an appropriate time."
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Wednesday attended the four-day congregation of Buddhist monks and scholars that triggered a diplomatic row between India and China and led to the postponement of border talks, but refused to make any political comments.
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While praising the Indian government for cracking down on anti-Chinese activities on its soil, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has called on Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama to stop indulging in separatist activities and create conducive conditions for talks with Beijing.
Bush said America had a 'strong commitment to support the preservation of Tibet's unique religious, cultural and linguistic identity'.
"We are firmly against the Dalai Lama engaging in activities aimed at splitting the motherland through overseas visits. We are firmly opposed to foreign governments or any political figures supporting and encouraging such activities," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei told a media briefing in Beijing on Thursday.
The Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation will be conferred on the 76-year-old Dalai Lama at the annual Satyagraha Awards to be held at the Durban City Hall next Sunday.
Eight Nobel peace prize winners, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, on Tuesday asked China to end its 'repressive' policies in Tibet and expressed their support to Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama's efforts to achieve autonomy for his homeland. The support by Nobel laureates -- Jody Williams, Shirin Ebadi, Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Desmond Tutu, Rogoberta Menchu Tum, Adolfo Perez Equivel, Betty Williams and Wangari Maatai -- was contained in a signed letter
China has opposed the planned visit of Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama to Arunachal Pradesh and voiced 'strong concern' over the November trip. "China expresses strong concern about this information. The visit further reveals the Dalai clique's anti-China and separatist essence," the Washington Post reported. "China's stance on the so-called Arunachal Pradesh is consistent. We firmly oppose Dalai visiting the so-called Arunachal Pradesh," said a spokeswoman.
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has said that China needs to learn from India about democracy which brings in harmony among people of different languages and ethnic backgrounds.
Panchen Lama, being groomed by China to rival exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, on Wednesday stepped out of the Chinese mainland for the first time to attend an international Buddhist conference in Hong Kong.
"The President told China's leaders during his trip last year that he would meet with the Dalai Lama, and he intends to do so. The Dalai Lama is an internationally respected religious and cultural leader, and the President will meet him in that capacity," Bill Burton, the White House Deputy Press Secretary said.
Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama is a non-vegetarian. The disclosure came from Member of Parliament Dr Karan Singh, while arguing that non-vegetarian food does not violate the religious beliefs.
"We accept India as a land of Buddha," he said, adding that he had no regret for not getting an opportunity to return to Tibet.
The much-anticipated visit of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to the ongoing Maha Kumbh has been finally called off despite security clearance given by the Uttar Pradesh government for his two-day visit.
The Dalai Lama on Thursday termed as "quite routine" the Chinese objections to India allowing him a platform to air his views, saying they consider him as a "demon" even though his position now is "semi-retired".
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Friday held a special prayer at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's official residence here for world peace and praised the state government for taking interest in Buddhism.
South Africa's ruling African National Congress has rubbished as a "publicity tactic" and "astonishing silliness" the legal challenge thrown by two opposition parties against its handling of a failed visa bid by the Dalai Lama.
Addressing the 'Message Proclamation of the 80th annual pilgrimage of the Sree Narayana Mutt' at Sivagiri in Varkala in Kerala, the Dalai Lama said peace would not come just by resolutions passed by the United Nations but through compassion and understanding of the views and concerns of other individuals.
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Wednesday accused China of trying to deliberately 'annihilate Buddhism' in Tibet by conducting a campaign of 'patriotic re-education' in monasteries there."Today, the Chinese authorities are conducting various political campaigns, including a campaign of patriotic re-education in many monasteries in Tibet. They are putting the monks and nuns in prison-like conditions, depriving them the opportunity to study and practise in peace."
Defying Chinese protest, United States President Barack Obama on Saturday met Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the White House and shared "genuine concerns" about human rights in Tibet. The meeting lasted for 44 minutes, White House officials said.
The Dalai Lama will be in the north eastern state from April 4 to 13 and Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju.
United States lawmakers rallied behind the Dalai Lama and stepped up pressure on President Barack Obama to meet the Tibetan spiritual leader.
