Source :Phayul.com [Tuesday, November 08, 2011 ] By Tendar Tsering

DHARAMSHALA, November 8: The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived in Mongolian capital Ulan Bator Monday on a three day visit, that has been kept confidential by the organisers until the last minute to avoid angering China.

The Dalai Lama is expected to hold several public lectures and meet with Buddhist leaders of Mongolia.

During the Tibetan leader’s last trip to Mongolia in 2002, China cut
off all train links to the country for two days in an apparent retaliation for inviting the Dalai Lama, reviled by Beijing as “a splittist”.

On Fire In Tibet

By Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay

Source :tibet.net, The Washington Post
November 4, 2011

Eleven Tibetans have set fire to themselves in eastern Tibet since March. Six have died. The Chinese government describes them as "terrorists in disguise."

The reality is that their desperate acts were a scathing indictment of the People's Republic of China's rule in occupied Tibet. They highlight the dramatic struggle for survival as a people with a unique culture and identity.

Tibetans in exile have reacted to the pain and suffering inside Tibet, particularly in the Ngaba and Karze areas, where most of these self-immolations have occurred, with horror and anxiety. The monks and nuns who immolated themselves were sacrificing their bodies to draw the world's attention to Chinese repression in Tibet.

Source : Phayul.com, November 04, 2011 22:37]

By Sherab Woeser

SENDAI, November 4: “Speaking as an ordinary Tibetan and a Buddhist monk, these incidents of self-immolation are very very sad,” said His Holiness the Dalai Lama today at a press conference in the northern Japanese city of Sendai.

“The leadership in Beijing should look into the ultimate cause of these tragic incidents. These Tibetans have faced tremendous desperate situation, otherwise nobody will commit such drastic acts”.

Responding to questions on the spate of self-immolations in Tibet that has already seen eleven Tibetans set their bodies on fire since March this year, the Dalai Lama clarified that Dr Lobsang Sangay, the de facto prime minister of Tibet, was the right person to be asked these questions.

“I have completely handed over all my political responsibilities to the elected leadership. Kalon Tripa Lobsang Sangay is in Washington DC right now, so better ask him,” the Dalai Lama said.

Source : Phayul.com, November 04, 2011 15:06]

By Tendar Tsering

DHARAMSHALA, November 4: A 25 year old Tibetan refugee living in India, set himself on fire, in front of the Chinese Embassy in the Indian capital New Delhi today. Indian policemen on security at the Chinese Embassy tried to extinguish the fire on Sherab Tsedor, a Tibetan activist living in New Delhi, witnesses said. Sherab is currently admitted in a nearby hospital.

Prior to the act, Sherab Tsedor, in a press release had urged the Indian government to lead the world community in putting pressure on China to solve the issue of Tibet peacefully. "We are dying and it's the moral responsibility of every freedom loving people to support us," said Tsedor in the release.

"I beg and plead the world leaders and peace loving people to help solve the issue of Tibet," added the young Tibetan.

Youdon Aukatsang, a member of Tibetan Parliament-in-exile, who is at the hospital told Phayul that Tsedor is out of danger, though doctors are examining his injuries sustained to due burns.

Source: phayul.com

OSAKA, October 30: On a rainy day in Osaka, a visibly relaxed Dalai Lama shared his thoughts on overcoming life’s difficulties with an audience of over 5000 Japanese and Koreans in the afternoon today.

Like an experienced medical practitioner, the Tibetan spiritual leader straightaway sought to find and treat the cause of life’s difficulties.

“Lack of ethics, principle, and righteousness is the root of our problems,” the Dalai Lama said while calling corruption “a new world epidemic”.

“We all say relaxation and rest is important but with a mind filled with conflicting emotions, even on the most comfortable chair, you cannot relax,” the Dalai Lama said.

Source: tibet.net, 30th Oct, 2011

Rome: Prof Samdhong Rinpoche representing His Holiness the Dalai Lama took part in the 25th Anniversary of the World Day of Prayer for Peace in Assisi, Italy on 27 October 2011.

Twenty-five years ago, Pope John Paul II initiated the historic first Assisi interfaith meeting. In his 2011 New Year message, Pope Benedict XVI said he intended to travel in October as a pilgrim to Assisi, the city of St. Francis.