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04/10/2023

04.10.2023 : Third day of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's three day teaching on Tsongkhapa's Songs of Experience on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, Geshe Chekhewa’s Seven Point Mind Training and the conferring of the the Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara Empowerment at the Main Tibetan Temple in Dharamshala at the request of Taiwanese.

Photo by Lobsang Thachoe /Lha

05/05/2023

May 5, 2023: His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama addresses the gathering on the 25th founding anniversary of Bharat Tibbat Sahyog Manch Bharat Tibbet Sahyog Manch at the courtyard of Tsuglakhang in Dharamshala.

05/04/2023

April 5, 2023: His Holiness the Dalai Lama attends a Long Life Prayer offered to him by several Tibetan groups at Tsuglakhang, the main Tibetan Temple in Dharamsala.

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31/03/2023

20/03/2023

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16/03/2023

Geneva: Representative Thinlay Chukki while speaking on behalf of the Society for Threatened Peoples during the ongoing 52nd UN Human Rights Council Session was repeatedly interrupted by the Chinese delegation on 15 March 2023. Speaking at the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on

15/03/2023

March 15: Photos of His Holiness the Great 14th Dalai Lama attending a Long Life Prayer ceremony offered to His Holiness by the Central Tibetan Administration on behalf of all Tibetans inside and outside Tibet at Tsuglakhang, the main Tibetan temple in Dharamshala, India.

Photo: Lobsang Thachoe

09/03/2023

March 9: His Holiness the Dalai Lama confers actual initiation of Chakrasamvara in the Krishnacharya Tradition (dechok nakpo pa wang) at the Main Tibetan Temple in Dharamshala at the request of Gandan Tegchenling Monastery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia as well as several Tibetan lamas.

Photo: Lobsang Thachoe

09/03/2023

March 8: His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama confers the Chakrasamvara Initiation in the Krishnacharya Tradition (dechok nakpo pa wang) at the request of Gandan Tegchenling Monastery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia as well as several Tibetan lamas at Thekchen Choeling Tsuglakhang in Dharamshala on 8 March 2023. His Holiness the Dalai Lama conferred the preliminary initiation today and on 9 March will confer the actual initiation.

Photo: Lobsang Thachoe /Lha

09/03/2023

LIVE: March 9: The actual empowerment of the Chakrasamvara Empowerment in the Krishnacharya Tradition

His Holiness the Dalai Lama will confer the Chakrasamvara Empowerment in the Krishnacharya Tradition at the Main Tibetan Temple in Dharamsala, HP, India on M...

08/03/2023

LIVE Preliminary Chakrasamvara Empowerment

His Holiness the Dalai Lama will confer the Chakrasamvara Empowerment in the Krishnacharya Tradition at the Main Tibetan Temple in Dharamsala, HP, India on M...

08/02/2023

Chinese authorities detained and fined a Tibetan university student for organising a ‘Losar’ New Year celebration where Buddhist flags were displayed as the backdrop on the stage instead of Chinese flags.

Information received by TCHRD confirmed that Gephel was detained on the evening of 24 January from his home in Muge Township in Zungchu (Ch: Songpan) County, Ngaba (Ch: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, in the Tibetan province of Amdo.

Photo of the 'Losar' New Year celebration show in Muge, Tibetan province of Amdo Chinese authorities detained and fined a Tibetan university student for organising a ‘Losar’ New Year celebration where Buddhist flags were displayed as the backdrop on the stage instead of Chinese flags. Informatio...

07/02/2023

UN Rights Experts Call China to Account over Residential Schools and Assimilation Policies in Tibet

On January 10, 2023January 10, 2023UN Rights Experts Call China to Account over Residential Schools and Assimilation Policies in TibetFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10 January 2023 78% of Tibetan students aged 6 to 18 separated from their families and forced into China’s colonial boarding school system in ...

02/02/2023

Contact celebrates 25 years with the stories of the people who have made it happen! To read the stories, click on below link.

Contact has closed after 25 years of bringing you news of Tibet and Tibetan issues. We are celebrating our 25 years by bringing you the story of Contact and the people who have made it happen, and our archive is still there for you to access at any time, and below you can read the story of Contact,....

25/01/2023

Editorial: A Pleasure and a Privilege

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by Contact Staff

25/01/2023

https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/japanese-buddhists-01242023180123.html

The group condemns China claiming authority to appoint the reincarnation of the spiritual leader.

25/01/2023

https://tibet.net/his-holiness-the-dalai-lama-congratulates-new-zealands-new-pm-chris-hopkins/

Dharamshala: His Holiness the Dalai Lama wrote a letter to congratulate New Zealand's new Prime Minister, Chris Hopkins, for being elected for the leadership position replacing the outgoing Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern after she announced her resignation recently. In the letter, the Tibetan spirit

24/01/2023

https://tibet.net/his-holiness-the-dalai-lama-arrives-at-his-official-residence-in-dharamshala/

Dharamshala: His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama arrived at his official residence in Dharamshala on 23 January 2023 via Delhi after a month-long sojourn at Bodhgaya. Following His Holiness the Dalai Lama's egress from the Kangra Airport at around 11 am earlier this morning, Sikyong Penpa Tsering an

18/01/2023

16/01/2023

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) welcomes the letter sent to China by four UN human rights experts urging Chinese authorities to clarify how the recent developments in Tibet regarding oppressive laws, policies and practices on education, language and religion are compatible with China’s obligations under the international human rights laws and standards.

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During the opening of Sengdruk Taktse new middle school, dated 5 August 2005. The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) welcomes the letter sent to China by four UN human rights experts urging Chinese authorities to clarify how the recent developments in Tibet regarding oppressive la...

12/01/2023

Geneva: In light of unabated oppression and systematic control over any expression of Tibetan cultural identity by China, a group of four UN human rights experts have expressed “serious concern” over the policy of “acculturation and assimilation of Tibetan culture” in China-occupied Tibet.

Geneva: In light of unabated oppression and systematic control over any expression of Tibetan cultural identity by China, a group of four UN human rights experts have expressed “serious concern” over the policy of “acculturation and assimilation of Tibetan culture” in China-occupied Tibet. T...

10/01/2023

Our Proofreader's Voice

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by Contact Staff

I always thought of myself as a reader, not a writer, so when Jenny asked me if I would help to proofread the draft copies of Contact I was very happy to say yes. I have ended up proofreading (almost every month or so) on trains and on planes but mostly at my kitchen table