By Lobsang Wangyal Former Kalon Tripa Samdhong Rinpoche found that the recent Tibetan elections were too un-Tibetan and he didn’t feel right to be a part of it. He did not vote, saying the elections were fought in Western style, with cut-throat competition. And the use of the Dalai Lama’s …

By BI Yantao/Boxun News /[Thursday, 25 February 2010, 11:08 a.m.]
Prof. Bi Yantao: Greetings! I am very happy for having this opportunity to ask on issues which are closely followed by the people inside China.

Mr. Riccardo Bianchi’s questions to Prof. Rinpoche on Organic farming in Tibetan Settlements are as below: Q: I knew by the Italian NGO COSPE that in the 2002, after His Holiness the Dalai Lama proposed it, every settlement introduced biological farming, giving all chemical fertilizers or pesticides up.

The question “Religion—A threat to Liberty?” is a very interesting inquiry and one that has been debated for more than three centuries and still remains unsettled. The basic reason appears to be the intrinsic human weakness of not being able to completely reject religion nor accept it as it is.

Mandala Magazine January – June 2016 Professor Samdhong Rinpoche (Lobsang Tenzin) was born in 1939 in Jol in Eastern Tibet. At age five, he was recognized as the reincarnation of the fourth Samdhong Rinpoche. He became a monk two years later and began his studies.

April 27, 2011 Ward Mailliard: This is a big honour for us, so I’m going to ask Emma to introduce the group. Emma: We are seniors from Mount Madonna School in California and this is our Values in World Thought Program. Our project we’re here for is called Vidhya Dharma, …

 (The following is Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche’s guidance responses to questions from Ms. Nisha, at Tonglen School, near Dharamsala, during the School’s Tenth Anniversary, on November 19, 2014. The news report of Rinpoche’s visit, along with a summary of an Address given there on the day, was posted here at that …