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Tibetan Glaciers Melting, Says Dalai Lama
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW DELHI -- The Dalai Lama said Saturday that India should be seriously concerned about the melting of glaciers in the Tibetan plateau as millions of Indians use water that comes from there. The Tibetan spiritual leader quoted Chinese experts as saying that the Tibetan glaciers were retreating faster than any elsewhere in the world. He called for special attention to ecology in Tibet. "It's something very, very essential," he said. The glaciers are considered vital lifelines for Asian rivers, including the Indus and the Ganges. Once they vanish, water supplies in those regions will be ...
What Will Dalai Lama's Resignation Mean for Tibetans?
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsThe 14th Dalai Lama plans to step down as the political leader of the Tibetan people -- a move designed to strengthen the Tibetan government, he said. He will remain the spiritual leader of Tibetans and hopes to ultimately decide how his successor is chosen. Chinese authorities, however, have threatened to decide who will one day take over from him. The 75-year-old Nobel laureate said in a speech today in Dharamsala, India, that his decision was timed to coincide with the elections next week to choose a new prime minister for the Tibetan government in exile. "My desire to ...
Dalai Lama Will Give Up Political Role
By not in system - AOL NewsDHARMSALA, India - The Dalai Lama said Thursday that he will give up his political role in the Tibetan government-in-exile and shift that power to an elected representative, as the 76-year-old Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader struggles with growing worries about who will succeed him when he dies. Speaking on the anniversary of the failed 1959 uprising against Chinese rule in his Himalayan homeland that sent him into exile, the Dalai Lama said the time had come "to devolve my formal authority to the elected leader." While he has long said that he wants the exile government to take on ...
Dalai Lama's Nephew Hit by Car, Dies During 'Walk for Tibet'
By Lisa Flam - AOL NewsA nephew of the Dalai Lama died when he was hit by an SUV on the side of a Florida highway during a march supporting Tibetan independence from China. Jigme K. Norbu, 45, was killed Monday night in Palm Coast in northeastern Florida. He had been participating in the first day of a 300-mile "Walk for Tibet," from St. Augustine to West Palm Beach. Don Emmert, AFP / Getty Images Jigme Norbu, nephew of the Dalai Lama, died Monday when he was struck by a car while marching in a pro-Tibet demonstration on a Florida highway. "Yes, it is true unfortunately," Tempa Tshering, a ...
Sent by the Dalai Lama, Tibetan Monks Turn Coeds
By not in system - AOL NewsATLANTA -- Munching on pizza. Posting on Facebook. Hanging out with friends on weekends. Some of the newest students at Emory University's student body may act like typical college kids, but there's a key difference: They're Tibetan monks sent by the Dalai Lama to the United States to learn science. Wearing the traditional crimson robes and closely shorn heads of Tibetan monastics, the six men -- most in their 30s -- are taking physics, biology and chemistry classes with hopes of returning to Tibetan monasteries in India to teach science to other monks and nuns. It's the first established ...
Nancy Pelosi: Free Liu Xiaobo
By not in system - AOL NewsOn the stage before us was an empty chair. Blue and white, it has been filled by great champions of peace and justice, nonviolence and human rights: Nelson Mandela and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; Mother Teresa and Elie Wiesel; His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. But, on this day, the chair was empty. It should have been filled by Liu Xiaobo, activist and advocate for the rights of Chinese citizens, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his courage and strength in speaking out for human rights and democracy. Instead, this remarkable leader is in prison, serving an 11-year ...
Dalai Lama and Rick Warren: Top Tweeters Among Religious Leaders
By David Gibson - Politics DailyMegachurch pastor and global evangelist Rick Warren may not seem to have much in common with the Dalai Lama, exiled leader of Tibetan Buddhism. But they are the only religious figures to make Forbes' list of the top 20 "most influential Twitter celebrities." (Though Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho, ranked No. 2, could also be considered something of a spiritual guru.) The Dalai Lama actually came in fifth, and Warren just made it at No. 20. But he shouldn't feel bad as the Buddhist leader also beat Barack Obama (No. 11), and all three lost out to the top celeb, the Canadian-born teen pop idol ...
US Report: Saudi Arabia Has Zero Religious Freedom
By Betwa Sharma - AOL News(Nov. 17) -- Saudi Arabia has no religious freedom in theory or practice, according to a report released today by the U.S. State Department. The report also slammed other countries, including Iran and China, for their lack of tolerance of diverse faiths. "The public practice of non-Muslim religions is prohibited" and Saudi government officials "continued to raid private non-Muslim religious gatherings," the report said. A body called the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in Saudi Arabia "sometimes confiscated the personal religious materials of non-Muslims," ...
Dalai Lama and Scientists Dig Compassion, Differ on Approach
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(Oct. 18) -- Even for someone known for his nomadic ways, the Dalai Lama has been on quite a journey lately, albeit an academic one. First, on Thursday, the 14th spiritual leader of Tibet visited Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., where he spent two days giving talks, including one before a conference of top-tier scientists hoping to determine the neurobiological roots of social compassion and empathy. Then, on Sunday, he showed up for a three-day-long stay at Emory University in Atlanta, appearing under the title "Presidential Distinguished Professor" and lecturing on behalf of a ...
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