Dalai Lama

Dalai Lama says Tibetans who commit suicide are not crazy

Examiner.com: There has been a great deal of sadness among Buddhists over the continued wave of self-immolations by Tibetans protesting…

April 14, 2013

Professor profile: Richard Davidson, expert in meditation

Sam Cusick, The Daily Cardinal: While people have been meditating for centuries, one University of Wisconsin-Madison professor is working to…

March 11, 2013

Profile Tibetan buddhism’s Karmapa Lama

Tsering Namgyal, Asia Central: Ogyen Trinley Dorje, the 17th Karmapa Lama, arrived in India in January 2000, literally moving from…

March 11, 2013

Mind and Life: Discussions with the Dalai Lama on the Nature of Reality

The Mind and Life Conference (ML), a production of the Mind and Life Institute, is an almost yearly gathering of…

January 15, 2013

Buddhism an ancient science: Dalai Lama

Times of India: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama inaugurated a three-day international conference on 'Buddhism and Society' at Atisha…

January 14, 2013

Tibet is burning

Xu Zhiyong, New York Times: Around noon on Feb. 19, an 18-year-old named Nangdrol set himself on fire near the…

December 13, 2012

From the ashes, Tibetan Buddhism rises in the Forbidden City

On a freezing Tuesday this week, dozens of special guests from China’s cultural, political and business elites gathered within the…

December 2, 2012

Four Tibetans set themselves on fire

At least four people set themselves on fire in ethnic Tibetan parts of China on Wednesday, a rights group and…

November 8, 2012

His Holiness the Dalai Lama congratulates President Barack Obama

His Holiness the Dalai Lama congratulated President Barack Obama on Wednesday on his re-election to the presidency of the United…

November 8, 2012

Barack Obama meets the Dalai Lama

President Barack Obama meets with His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama in the Map Room of the White House, Saturday,…

November 7, 2012