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| His Holiness to attend Long Life Prayer offered to him by Dhasa Dhotoe Welfare Society and Lodrik Welfare Assn. at Main Tibetan Temple in Dharamsala, HP, India on April 22, 2026 |
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| Joichi Ito (Epstein-Dalai Lama's go-between) |
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| Congressional Gold Medal for service to CIA, Zionism, anti-China war? Pres. Bush, Byrd, Pelosi |
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| Love yourself, yab yum (Samantabhadra) |
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| Vajrayana Buddhist cosmic yantra |
...The Communists, led by two closet-Christians, Prachanda and Bhattrai, perhaps supported by the Catholic Queen in Delhi, declared that Nepal is a "secular state." The Vatican declared its secular credentials too, long ago, so long as one was Christian and paid rent to the Pope.
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[OMBC is a controversial, money-savvy New Kadampa Tradition or Shugden Tibetan temple opposed by the Dalai Lama.] Buddhists have karma in the bag. If we do not give the gift of meditation (conscious, intentional evolution), we may rue the day. Or not.The beautiful thing about Buddhism, arguably, is that by and large, it seems to willingly allow for adaptation -- welcomes it, encourages it, in the full understanding that so long as clear, wholesome intent is in place, there can be no real threat to the Four Noble Truths along the honest Path. (There is no shortage of strict sects who believe their version is the one and only way.)
Maybe we wouldn't be "doomed." But the gift of well protected meditation can only help in the long run. So consider membership at the nearest Buddhist center and set the heart-mind right for the New Year.
Giving it is really giving relaxation, lasting inner-peace, contentment, and the ability to resolve daily problems and find happiness as it wells up from within. Membership or supportive donations provide access to classes, advice, and special events. Americans will be surprised to find how many informal sitting groups and formal Buddhist centers exist in nearly every part of the country.
The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in an interview with Taiwan television aired [in 2009], said he is in excellent health -- but won't seek reincarnation [rebirth]. In an interview with Taiwan's Formosa TV, which was conducted in India to mark the 50th anniversary of China's occupation of Tibet, the Dalai Lama said it would be up to the Tibetan people to decide if there should be a reincarnation after his death. Tibetan Buddhists believe the Dalai Lama to be the current incarnation of their supreme Buddhist leader, whose holiness has exempted him from the cycle of birth and death, and can instead be reincarnated of his own free will. More
“Wherever the Dalai Lama goes, they do the preparation,” said Salden Kunga, a volunteer coordinator for the Dalai Lama visit, as he waited for the monks at Pearson airport on Sunday. “They are like the entourage.” Namgyal Nangsetsang, a Tibetan Cultural Centre spokes-woman, said the busy monks are about a week behind schedule.
“When they applied for their visas, they got it half an hour later,” Nangsetsang said Sunday, clarifying an earlier statement that said the monks had trouble getting their visas. “There was no problem from Canadian Immigration.”
Before Toronto, the monks were carrying out duties in San Francisco. They stayed longer in the U.S. than originally planned, but made it to Toronto with no delay Sunday. A third monk from India will arrive in a few weeks to assist with preparations at the cultural centre, which is still under construction at a $3.2-million warehouse near Lake Shore Blvd. and Kipling Ave. More>>
The CIA rarely admits much. And by then it's been turned to advantage to justify other crimes and operations. But any revelation begins to open our eyes about the secret affairs that motivate world politics, fuel anti-US anger, and reveal that Tibet is just a sad pawn between superpowers.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Detail by painful detail, the CIA is coming to grips with one of the most devastating episodes in its history, a botched cloak-and-dagger flight into China that stole two decades of freedom from a pair of fresh-faced American operatives and cost the lives of their two pilots.
In opening up about the 1952 debacle, the CIA is finding ways to use it as a teaching tool. Mistakes of the past can serve as cautionary tales for today's spies and paramilitary officers taking on al-Qaida and other terrorist targets.
At the center of the story are two eager CIA paramilitary officers on their first overseas assignment, John T. Downey of New Britain, Conn., and Richard G. Fecteau, of Lynn, Mass., whose plane was shot from the night sky in a Chinese ambush. More>>
Music and US spy commentary by the Dead Kennedys; report on the CIA by AP; report on the Dalai Lama by RT (Russian Television News in America).
BEIJING (AP) – The Dalai Lama tried to hold a rare direct conversation with people inside China on Friday, answering questions live on Twitter about the fate of long-tense Tibet. The hourlong session with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader had been requested by Wang Lixiong, a Chinese writer and convert to Tibetan Buddhism who lives in Beijing. The two met for Friday's online conversation in a hotel room in New York, where the Dalai Lama is visiting. Through a Chinese interpreter, the Dalai Lama tweeted messages of criticism about the Chinese government's policies in Tibet and words of welcome to Chinese citizens. More>> 
Despite spending 84 minutes in jail and performing mandatory service at the county morgue, Lohan has struggled repeatedly with the terms of her sentence. In October, a judge extended her probation for another year. But a prosecutor warned the actress she faced jail time if she violated her probation.
TONGREN, China - For Tibetans living near the birthplace of the Dalai Lama, one question is very much on their minds these days: Who will succeed the aging exiled spiritual leader once he dies?The worry of violence is very real. Anti-Chinese protests erupted in March 2008, in which at least 19 people were killed in riots in Lhasa. Pro-Tibet groups say hundreds died in a subsequent crackdown across the region. The Beijing-anointed Panchen Lama is spurned by most Tibetans as a fake.
As the winter mist begins to gather around Dharamsala and the lower reaches of the Himalayas in the coming months, speculation has begun to mount, especially within the Tibetan community, regarding the next Dalai Lama. Where he will be "discovered" and what his nationality will be are the key questions. These will not only impact on the future of the Tibetan movement, started by the present Dalai Lama, but may also impinge on relations between India and China. The present Dalai Lama, now 74 years old, has played a weak hand very deftly over the last half century from the time he completed his risky trek into India... More>>
NEW DELHI, India — The Dalai Lama celebrated his 74th birthday Monday in a typically jocular mood, remarking lightheartedly that the prayers being said for him might help him live to at least 100. The Tibetan political and spiritual leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate has now spent 50 birthdays exiled in Dharmsala, India.
Cause for celebration
