Posted by: Bhuchung Tsering on: July 28, 2009
Last weekend, two important and interesting events took place in two of the major Tibetan Buddhist monasteries that have been re-established in South India. New abbots of Drepung Gomang and Gaden Shartse monasteries have been enthroned on July 25 and 26 (corresponding to the 4th and the fifth day of the sixth Tibetan month).
Khen Rinpoche [...]
Posted by: Bhuchung Tsering on: July 14, 2009
I had a very Buddhistic (karmic?) feeling while surfing the internet today. Something that I had written about many years back (1993) came back to me through the power of the internet. Interestingly, the topic of my writeup was, what else, the entrance of Tibet into the electronic age.
It was an article that I wrote [...]
Posted by: Bhuchung Tsering on: July 12, 2009
Many years back I remember watching a film of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s visit to Mongolia and the republics of Tuva, Buryatia and Kalmykia in the Russian Federation. I was amazed by the intensity of the devotion of the people of Mongolia, Tuva, Kalmykia and Buryatia towards His Holiness. I still remember one footage [...]
Posted by: Bhuchung Tsering on: July 8, 2009
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Last weekend, while the Tibetans all over the world were preparing to celebrate the joyous occasion of the birthday of H.H. the Dalai Lama, news came out of Eastern Turkestan, called Xinjiang by China, about protests by the Uyghurs (Uighur) there and the subsequent Chinese crackdown that has resulted in the death of [...]
Posted by: Bhuchung Tsering on: July 2, 2009
In the era of digital television, the radio may appear to have been given a back seat. However, in the heavily vehicle-dependent societies, short wave radios have given way to FM and AM car radios, which have a captured audience, unless someone is playing CD or an audio tape.
In the English-speaking Tibetan community, if you [...]
Posted by: Bhuchung Tsering on: July 1, 2009
I have learnt about yet another sad news about the passing away of an eminent individual, who made a distinct mark in the world of Tibetan studies. Mr. Sonam T. Kazi, a scholar on Dzogchen and who served as aide to His Holiness the Dalai Lama for over 13 years, passed away in mid-June. His [...]
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