The Buddhist monk who lives alone in a storage-room-turned-temple behind London’s Peace Pagoda was doing dishes on a recent summer evening. “There he is,” said Vilma Ramsay, a habitual visitor to the park where the pagoda stands, pointing at a small window through which the bald monk could be seen scrubbing away. “I’ve seen him…
Chinese President Xi Jinping made a rare visit to Tibet, emphasising Beijing’s determination to assert control over the region on its 60th anniversary as a Chinese autonomous region. Speaking to a crowd of 20,000 in Lhasa, Xi highlighted the political importance of the visit amid ongoing tensions over the Chinese occupation of Tibet. Notably, he…
NEW DELHI: In a special message read out at a day-long conference organised here to mark his 90th birthday, the Dalai Lama said “we Tibetans” are deeply indebted to the govt and people of India for the warm hospitality they have shown since 1959, even as he indirectly questioned China’s claim over Tibet.The Tibetan spiritual…
Dalai Lama Reincarnation: 14वें दलाई लामा के उत्तराधिकारी के पुनर्जन्म को लेकर अब विवाद केवल आध्यात्मिक नहीं, बल्कि रणनीतिक बन चुका है. भारत के लिए यह चुनौती इसलिए भी बड़ी है क्योंकि दलाई लामा और निर्वासित तिब्बती सरकार के मेजबान यहीं रहते हैं. चीन इस मुद्दे पर भारत पर जबरदस्त दबाव बना सकता है ताकि किसी…
Just before the Dalai Lama turned 90, he announced that his successor would be selected through the traditional process of reincarnation. Mujib Mashal, The New York Times’s South Asia bureau chief, explains why this process could increase tensions with China. Source link
The jewels are delicate, some just millimeters in length, arranged in intricate patterns of circles and lines. Taken from British-occupied India in 1898, the jewels were discovered alongside bone and ash, said to be the remains of Buddha. The collection is perhaps one of the holiest relics in contemporary religion. Now, it is up for…
The body lay wrapped in a maroon robe as a small cluster of mourners gathered last week to pay their respects. Buddhist monks chanted verses, praying for the deceased, who had been one of them. One monk, Ashin Javanar Linkhara, then held his dead colleague’s robe to his forehead and whispered the phrase used to…
SAMVAD programme in Thailand: प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने शुक्रवार (14 फरवरी) को भारत और थाईलैंड के बीच प्राचीन और गहरे सांस्कृतिक संबंधों को रेखांकित किया. उन्होंने कहा कि दोनों देशों का ये रिश्ता 2000 सालों से भी ज्यादा पुराना है, जो शांति और सद्भाव की एशियाई परंपराओं को मजबूत करता है. उन्होंने इस बात पर…