Source ; tibet.net, 02-07-2012

CANBERRA: Mr Ravdan Bold, who took charge as the new Mongolian Ambassador to Australia, paid a courtesy visit to the Office of Tibet based in Canberra today.

As Ambassador Bold expressed his interest to know about the Tibetan community in Australia, Buddhist learning centres and the visit of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, His Holiness’s Representative Mr Sonam Dagpo briefed him on these subjects.

Source: phayul.com

DHARAMSHALA, June 30: Internet security company Kaspersky Labs has intercepted a new variant of the Tibet malware for OS X, distributed as part of a seemingly politically motivated APT (advanced persistent threat) attack.

Cnet.com reported yesterday that the malware is being distributed in e-mails and is contained within a ZIP file called "matiriyal.zip." 

“If this file is opened it will reveal an image file and a text file that is a disguised OS X application that if run will install the malware. Once installed, the malware will connect to a command-and-control server based in China, and allow a remote attacker to issue local commands and access files,” the tech media website reported.

The Tibet malware was initially found in March and uses a classic Trojan horse approach, by enticing users to open the file based on curiosity and disguising the malware application as a benign document.

Source : phayul.com

DHARAMSHALA, June 30: A group of Tibetans are going to bring the ongoing self-immolation protests in Tibet right to the doorstep of the Chinese government by staging a full-body “Burning Man” protest in front of the Chinese consulate in the American city of Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles Lhakar group along with Clear Mirror Pictures will be conducting the burning man event in front of the Chinese consulate on June 30. A leading team from Hollywood has been roped in to perform the stunt.

The organisers said the main objective of the dramatic event is to “generate support and awareness” on the “messages of peace” of the 42 Tibetans who have set themselves on fire since 2009.

DHARAMSHALA, June 29: A Tibetan girl in her teens is being described in “critical” condition after she was severely beaten and arrested for carrying out a lone protest against China’s continued occupation of Tibet.

According to reports Jigme Dolma, 17, took out her protest in Kardze region of eastern Tibet on June 24.

Exile news sources are reporting that Dolma raised pro-Tibet slogans calling for Tibet’s freedom and the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, demands which have been raised by more than 40 Tibetans who have set themselves on fire in recent times.

Geneva, 29 June: EU and seven countries – United States of America, Czech Republic, France, Switzerland, Sweden, Canada and Belgium spoke about China’s abuses of human rights in particular Tibet at UN Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva yesterday.

Danish delegate on behalf of the European Union said, “Regarding the rights of persons belonging to minorities, the EU is alarmed by the deterioration of the situation in Tibet and Tibetan-populated areas, especially in the Sichuan Province. The EU is gravely concerned by the news of mass arrests and detentions, following more self-immolations in Lhasa and elsewhere, as well as reports that Tibetan Autonomous Region has been closed to foreigners. The EU calls upon the Chinese authorities to ensure that the human rights of persons belonging to ethnic and religious minorities, notably Tibet and Xinjiang are fully respected, including their right to freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and freedom of religion or belief, as well as their right to enjoy their own culture and use of their own language.”

Source : tibet.net, 29/06/2012

MILAN: His Holiness left his hotel early Thursday morning to have time to undertake the preparatory rituals for the Avalokiteshvara empowerment he was giving this morning. By the time he was ready most people had taken their seats in the stadium that was filled to its 10,000 capacity.

His Holiness began by explaining that there are four classes of Buddhist tantra and that this empowerment of Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, belongs to the class of Action Tantra. All four classes of tantra involve visualising yourself as a deity and the recitation of mantra and so forth. This is a specific method that combines the practices of calm abiding and special insight. Tantrayana is sometimes referred to as Secret Mantra. It is secret because it is fit for those who have developed the awakening mind of bodhichitta, while mantra literally means mind protector. We all have the potential to attain Buddhahood and visualising ourselves as deities, our speech as mantra and our minds as Dharmakaya is a way of fulfilling it. In this practice we are trying to transform our ordinary experience into a transcendental experience.