Tibet news #1: 1:Dalai Lama urges Buddhists to stop violence against Muslims DHARAMSHALA, JUNE 7: His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Sunday urged Buddhists in Myanmar and Sri Lanka to stop violence against Muslims. “I urge the Buddhists in these countries to imagine an image of Buddha before they commit such a crime,” the Tibetan leader said in Leh where more than a hundred thousand devotees are attending the 33rd Kalachakra initiation by the Tibetan leader....... 2: TYC shunned from Kalachakra social service opportunity due to independence? DHARAMSHALA, July 3: As thousands of devotees converge in the picturesque Ladakh for the 33rd Kalachakra initiations by the Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the largest Tibetan NGO known for its social service during the mass religious gathering in the past has been stripped off with the opportunity to provide social services to devotees, a major initiative of the largest Tibetan NGO that questions the Dalai Lamas stand of a much conciliatory approach towards China. According to a report by the Tibet Times the difference in ideology between the TYC Centrex and eight regional chapters on the future of Tibet has led to the TYC not making its presence felt at the 33rd Kalachakra initiations in Leh, Ladakh. The eight RTYCs - Bangalore, Bylakuppe, Mundgod, Hunsur, Kollegal, Dalhousie, Pandoh and Ladakh, had in 2013 during a special general meeting of the TYC here had quit the meeting and demanded that the TYC change its stand of independence to Middle Way Approach, a policy pursued by the Tibetan government in exile. (Admin: its TYC Bangalore, not RTYC Bangalore and their approach is Middle way approach.) 3: Tibetan rights group releases two new reports DHARAMSHALA, July 7: The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) today released two reports titled “Nyamdrel Gyaltsog Ki Trim Yig Khag” (A Collection of United Nations’ Conventions) and “Sota Chen Ki Mangtso” (Monitored Democracy). Nyamdrel Gyaltsog Ki Trim Yig Khag is a Tibetan translation of a collection of international human rights instruments. It comprises of Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment against Torture, International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Declaration on the Right to Development, International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders. 4: Indian lawyer concludes 48 hr fast for Tibet DHARAMSHALA, June 27: An Indian Tibet supporter today concluded his 48 hour sit-in protest without in solidarity with Tibetans both inside Tibet and in exile here at McLeod Ganj square. Vishwa Purush Tulsi, a lawyer and founder of Tibet Liberation Front, called upon his fellow Indians to consider Tibetans as guests in their country instead of refugees. “After Chinese invasion, Tibetans led by His Holiness the Dalai Lama came to India as a guest first and the term refugee was given to Tibetans later, so they become our guest first.” Source: phayul
Posted on: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 07:57:03 +0000