At the outset, I must express my appreciation and gratitude to Friends of Tibet (INDIA) for doing many things for the Tibetans-in-exile at the grassroot level who are not yet really prepared themselves for freedom movement, particularly the freedom movement under the leadership of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, for …

(Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche, Director of Central Institution of Higher Tibetan studies, Sarnath, India, and chairman of the Assembly of Tibetan people’s deputies, Dharamsala, India.) His Holiness the Dalai Lama has indicated

Your Holiness, Mr. Chairperson, Fellow Parliamentarians, distinguished Guests and Friends, At the outset, I welcome all of you most sincerely and express my deep sense of gratitude on behalf of six million suffering people of Tibet. The parliamentarians who have taken the trouble of coming all the way to attend this …

The world is heading to enter the 21st century, but is still trapped in more serious problems than ever before. The 20th century has been a century of challenge and development – we take pride in our achievements, especially the wonderous discoveries in science and technology. But at the same …

Let me at the outset say confessedly that I do not know what is the exact definition of the word “Religion”, “World” and “peace”. Everyone has his own interpretations of these words and under such conditions the discussion becomes incommunicable. To minimize the confusion I am using these words as …

His Excellency Dr. Bhai Mahavir, Hon’ble Chancellor and Governor of Madhya Pradesh; Hon’ble Sri Subhash Sojatia, Minister for Public Health, Family Welfare and Medical Education, Madhya Pradesh; Dr, (Miss) A.S. Desai, Chairperson, U.G.C; Dr. Bharat Chapparwal, Vice Chancellor, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore; Dr. G.D. Sharma, Secretary, U.G.C.; Prof, K.B. Powar, …

I am not an expert of Buddhist meditation. If one does not himself know how to sing how can be teach another? However, let us attempt to come to some understanding of the subject. Let us begin by considering two basics questions: why do we mediate? What is meditation? A …

Dukhten: Before I say a brief introduction about Rinpoche I would like to extend heartfelt thanks to Rinpoche for finding time in his busy schedule and agreeing to meet with our group to talk about non violence and Buddhism. So thank you very much Rinpoche for being here with us.