Professor Samdhong Rinpoche Lerab Ling, 23 July 2006 The vision and legacy of His Holiness the fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is an extremely vast subject. Let me begin by saying that I do not consider myself competent to dwell on this topic with any authority, because the Dalai Lama’s …
All living creatures on earth are being threatened today by violence, terrorism, economic disparity, environmental degradation, and so-called religious intolerance or civilizational conflicts. All these problems are being created by human beings through the exploitation of negative emotions such as greed and hatred. Industrialization has enabled humanity to produce more …
Sheela Bhatt http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/mar/19inter1.htm March 19, 2008 Tibetans living as refugees in India and elsewhere have a democratic system to govern community affairs outside their motherland. While spiritual leader Dalai Lama [Images] heads the government-in-exile from the headquarters in Mcleodganj near Dharamshala, it is 69-year-old Samdhong Rinpoche, who as prime minister …
Since 1979, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has adopted the Middle-Way Approach of not seeking separation but for Tibet to remain within the People’s Republic of China (PRC). His Holiness the Dalai Lama has repeatedly requested for the implementation of National Regional Autonomy provisions to the entire Tibetan nationality in …
On 3rd May 2011, Gyalwang Karmapa balanced wit and humour with a respectful seriousness when considering Samdhong Rinpoche’s great achievements during his tenure as Kalon Tripa. At one point, even the usually austere face of Samdhong Rinpoche broke into a wide smile, when His Holiness referred to him as “the …
DHARAMSHALA: The Central Tibetan Administration today congratulated former Kalon Tripa Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche on being appointed as the Chancellor of Sanchi University of Buddhist-Indic Studies based in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh on 25 April 2013. “The Kashag would like to extend its hearty congratulations to Kalon Trisur …
SR: My name is Samdhong and usually people know me as Samdhong Rinpoche or as Rinpoche. I live in India for the last forty-six years as a refugee from Tibet and I work for His Holiness the Dalai Lama and at this moment I am the elected political leadership of …
by Adam Breasley I would like to contribute a piece for the felicitation volume for Rinpoche. My topic is my experience of Rinpoche’s collaboration with Dr Vandana Shiva and her Bija Vidyapeeth Earth University outside of Dehradun.