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The Dalai Lama defended President Barack Obama from criticism that he has been too soft on China, saying Sunday that the U.S. leader just has a different approach to dealing with the Asian giant.
The Dalai Lama said Wednesday there will be a setback in the Tibetan cause when he dies, but that he has faith in the next generation of his followers.
On the eve of President Barack Obama's first visit to Asia, China floated a potentially provocative comparison, likening serfdom in Tibet to slavery in the U.S. — an apparent attempt to gain support for its policies in the Himalayan region.
China lashed out at the Dalai Lama's visit to a disputed border region in India on Tuesday, saying his trip to the area revealed the exiled Tibetan leader's separatist agenda.
This remote town in the Himalayan foothills spruced up its monasteries Friday to prepare for the Dalai Lama's arrival, a trip highlighting the growing friction between China and India — two nuclear-armed giants vying for economic and political power in the region.
The Dalai Lama exhorted thousands of his followers to maintain Buddhist culture as he closed a series of public teachings Wednesday in a northeastern Indian region near his homeland of Tibet in a visit that has drawn protests from China.
India effectively barred foreign journalists Thursday from covering a rare visit by the Dalai Lama to a Buddhist monastery close to Tibet in an apparent effort to ease Chinese anger by reducing news coverage of the trip.
China's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday it opposed and was dissatisfied with India's allowing a visit to a disputed border region by Tibet's exiled leader the Dalai Lama.
The Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, said Saturday that China was overpoliticizing his travels and claimed his decisions on where to go were spiritual in nature, not political.
Tibet's exiled Dalai Lama is an "honored guest" in India and will not be barred from visiting a disputed border area despite China's strong protests, India's prime minister said Sunday after talks with the Chinese premier.
The Dalai Lama is going ahead with a scheduled visit to India's remote northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh next month, ignoring protests by China, which claims the region as its territory, a spokesman said Thursday.
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said after a meeting with the Dalai Lama on Friday that he believes there's a way for Tibetans to have "genuine autonomy."
China accused the United States on Friday of meddling in its domestic affairs after American lawmakers recognized the Dalai Lama with an award for his efforts to improve human rights.
The White House says the decision to delay a meeting between President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama was mutual.
Lawmakers honored the Dalai Lama with a human rights award Tuesday even as President Barack Obama faced harsh criticism for delaying a meeting with the exiled Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader.
The Dalai Lama said his visit Wednesday to the motel where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated was sad but inspirational.
China criticized a meeting between aides of President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama, saying Tuesday it opposed any such engagements with the Tibetan spiritual leader, but stopping short of threatening a response.
A top adviser to U.S. President Barack Obama met Monday with the Dalai Lama and briefed him about the Obama administration's approach to Tibet, the Dalai Lama's office said in a statement.
China on Thursday protested planned speeches by the Dalai Lama and exiled Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer before a Prague conference on human rights in Asia.
The Dalai Lama received an international award on Wednesday for his promotion of human rights and his leadership in the nonviolent campaign by Tibetans seeking autonomy from China.
The Dalai Lama said Wednesday that his mission to Taiwan to comfort the victims of Typhoon Morakot was a success.
China said Thursday that it "resolutely opposes" a decision by Taiwan's president to allow the Dalai Lama to visit the island.
The Dalai Lama led thousands of Taiwanese in a colorful prayer service for the survivors of Typhoon Morakot on Tuesday during a visit that has provoked an irritated but relatively measured response from China.
The National Civil Rights Museum has chosen the Dalai Lama as the recipient of the International Freedom Award.
The Dalai Lama said Tuesday that an estimated 4,000 people who were imprisoned during anti-Chinese riots in Tibet last year remain in custody, and he called for an international investigation of the violence.
Obama urges China to talk to DalaiUS president Barack Obama needled China by talking about Dalai Lama and human rights but also demonstrated his eagerness to overcome the Twitter Facebook Share Email Print Save Comment hurdles in the US-China relationship.
Dalai Lama has right to visit wherever he wants to: USWashington, Nov 10 (PTI) Amid objections raised by China over the Dalai Lama's visit to Arunachal Pradesh, United States has said the Tibetan spiritual leader has the right to visit wherever he wants to and talk to people.
India, China and Russia agree to enhance cooperationExternal Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (right) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov prior to the trilateral meeting in Bangalore on Tuesday.
Dalai Lama is adamant over visiting Arunanchal Pradesh this November; despite China's obvious anxiety shoring up under its revived diplomatic 'rapping' with India.
The Uighur 'Disappearances' The Uighur 'Disappearances' Chinese officials inflame tensions in Xinjiang.
Debacle in Moscow by Charles Krauthammer"About the only thing more comical than Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize was the reaction of those who deemed the award "premature," as if the brilliance of Obama's foreign policy is so self-evident and its success so assured that if only the Norway Five had waited a few years, h …
Obama's Dalai Lama Snub Bolsters Tyrants"Our concern is that the Obama administration is perceived to be softening on human rights."
Dalai Lama urges U.S. to address rich-poor issue -Huge gap, rich to poor. This is unhealthy," he said. "You have to think seriously about those less-privileged people.
Obama Snubs Dalai Lama to Appease ChinaThe last time the Dalai Lama visited Washington, President George W. Bush presented the exiled Tibetan leader with the Congressional Gold Medal at a ceremony on Capitol Hill. Now the Dalai Lama cannot even get a private meeting with President Obama.
Obama's Meeting With the Dalai Lama Is DelayedIn an attempt to gain favor with China, the United States pressured Tibetan representatives to postpone a meeting between the Dalai Lama and President Obama until after Obama's summit with his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, scheduled for next month, according to diplomats, gover …
Dalai Lama calls for a century of peace "I want to talk here," the Dalai Lama said, ignoring a planned question-and-answer session and looking down at the thousands seated before him.
Prayer, faith and healingThe links between prayer, faith and healing discussed in a special newspaper edition guest edited by the Dalai Lama.
A Cold Shoulder To Liberty by Michael GersonBetween the gold medal and the cold shoulder, a large diplomatic signal is being sent.
Obama puts off Dalai Lama meetBarack Obama made history last year when he became the first African-American to be elected president of the United States.
This time, India won't stop Dalai LamaNEW DELHI: India is not likely to stop the Dalai Lama from visiting Arunachal Pradesh in November, even after China's public whinge. But it would have been unusual if China did not protest the upcoming visit,
Tibet Oral History ProjectThis project records the personal stories of Tibetans who have lived in the traditional manner and through the Chinese takeover. It is an important cultural site.
Dalai Lama says capitalism can learn from BuddhismThe Dalai Lama may not be the first person who comes to mind for business advice but, as the Buddhist monk wrote in his new book, capitalism can profit from Buddhism's principles and values.
Greater Good Magazine | Global Compassion - A conversation between the Dalai Lama and Paul EkmanChina is now an empire in denialWhen the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, it suddenly became obvious that the USSR had never been a proper country. It was a multinational empire held together by force. Might we one day say the same of China?
Gay Marriage: What Would Buddha Do?A lot of people ask me what the "Buddhist take" on gay marriage is. Well, it depends on who you talk to.
Cyberattacks Hit U.S. and South Korean Web SitesCyberattacks that have crippled the Web sites of several major American and South Korean government agencies since the July 4th holiday weekend appear to have been launched by a hostile group or government, South Korea's main government spy agency said on Wednesday.
Dalai Lama celebrates 74th birthdayNEW DELHI, July 6 (UPI) -- Promoting secular values doesn't mean the rejection of religion, but rather shows respect for non-believers, the Dalai Lama said in India on his birthday.
My job is too big for one man, says Dalai LamaIn a speech that underscored the pressures he has had to bear during his life serving as both a spiritual and political leader, the Dalai Lama has said there is no need for his successor to perform the two roles.
Discovering Your True Nature, by Nadia Ballas-Ruta.Several years ago, I read in a book that at one of the Mind/Life Conferences with the Dalai Lama and various scientists and doctors, the topic of self-hatred came up. The scientists asked His Holiness how a person deals with self-hatred.
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