dalai lama

"I am a hopeless professor," this what Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said at a function at the Delhi University, sending the entire audience into peals of laughter. The Dalai Lama's remark came after Vice Chancellor of the University introduced the spiritual leader as the "most liked visiting professor" of the premier institute which "many people may not know." "I am an honorary professor here...but in reality I am a hopeless professor because at first I find no time to carry on with the dut

I am an honorary professor here...but in reality I am a hopeless professor because at first I find no time to carry on with the duties of professorship and secondly, I am lazy   -Dalai Lama

 

It was only last year that the National Society of Poseurs, Frauds and Phonies took to the streets to wail and rend garments (conveniently purchased from the bargain shelf of a nearby thrift store) as part of their expression of outrage at the treatment of tiny little Tibet by big, bad Red China . Never mind that few would know Tibet from Timbuktu, much less care. But the Olympic torch was being carried across part of the United States .  

The Dalai Lama Wednesday denied reports that he is suffering from cancer, but admitted that his eventual passing would represent a blow for the Tibetan cause. "The Tibetan people's respect towards me is very strong and my death would be a setback," the exiled Buddhist spiritual leader said whilst in Italy on a trip. November 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Alternative health remedies have gained immense popularity in the health care marketplace.  

By the time my father arrived in Tezpur by a ferry via Silghat (where there is the second bridge, Kaliabhomora, now) he encountered an eerie town. People had left in a hurry, not even bothering to lock the doors. The streets were empty; the treasury was deserted.  

Would the supply of green paint last out? That was the big question when we were in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh recently, just a week before the Dalai Lama's visit. A decree had gone out from the district commissioner that the whole town should have a facelift, green and white paint only.  

Louise Southerden mixes with monks and pilgrims in the breathtaking heart of Tibetan Buddhism. Yak-butter lamps, murmuring monks, prayer wheels, prostrating pilgrims - you don't have to be interested in Buddhism to visit Lhasa, the capital of the Tibetan Autonomous Region, but it helps. Buddhist temples and rituals, monks and monasteries occupy a central place in the lives of most Tibetans.  

Critics have accused President Obama of kowtowing to Chinese leaders, by failing to meet dissidents, toning down his criticisms and delaying a meeting with the Dalai Lama. Confrontation doesn't help with China and can hurt, and so engagement becomes a fine line to navigate. The Obama visit wasn't a ringing success, but neither was it a craven embarrassment. For the latest craven kowtowing, we can look somewhere else: Microsoft and its new browser, Bing .

From what you described, that’s not the way Bing is supposed to work   -Kevin Kutz

 

China has not wasted time getting into action on the India-Pakistan front. It has sent an invite to separatist Kashmiri leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, days after the Sino-US statement of working together for peace in South Asia between India and Pakistan. New Delhi is playing it cool with foreign minister SM Krishna saying on Friday that "Mirwaiz is free to travel wherever he wants."  

My parents escaped from Tibet in 1959 and I was born in India in 1962. During the journey, many people became sick and many also died from the heat, including my elder sister. When my parents reached Nepal, they stayed there for two years and then moved on to Shimla.