By Sonam Tsomo of Tibetan Freedom, 04th, Feb, 2011

MUNDGOD: Remembering hundreds of year old unique bond between Tibet and Mongolia, His Holiness the Dalai Lama extended his greetings to Mongolian students and devotees at Drepung Gomang Monastery on their New Year on 3 January.

His Holiness conveyed his greetings to monks studying Buddhism at Drepung Monastery and around 300 Mongolians who have travelled to Doeguling Tibetan settlement in Mundgod to attend his teachings.

Source: tchrd.org, February, 04th, 2011

Kalsang Tsultrim, better known by his pseudonym Gyitsang Takmig arrested again on 16 December 2010, from Sang-chu County, Kanlho “Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture” (‘TAP’), Gansu Province. The Public Security Bereau (PSB), of Tsoe City called him for questioning and after that they did not release him. They (PSB) continue to keep him in detention center of Tsoe city PSB, according to the information received at the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD).

Source: phayul.com

Dharamsala, Feb 4, 2011 - Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal yesterday appealed devotees and followers of the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa not to carry out solidarity processions for the Buddhist leader saying it might cause law and order situation in his state. 

"I have asked them to stop marches and wait for the outcome of the investigations," media reports quoted Dhumal as saying. 

Tibetan parliament-in-exile's Deputy Speaker Dolma Gyari and Karmapa's spokesperson Karma Topden met the chief minister to clarify their stand on the Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje - the spiritual head of the Karma Kagyu School, one of the four sects of Buddhism.

"I have asked them to abide by law and told them such marches might create law and order problem in the state. Why are such marches being taken out when the central and state government agencies are doing their job," Dhumal said. His Holiness the Dalai Lama has also asked for an in-depth investigation, Dhumal added.

Source: Tibet.net, January 31, 2011

DHARAMSALA: A three-member Tibetan parliamentary delegation headed by deputy speaker Dolma Gyari paid a week-long a visit to the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand's capital Dehradun and met its chief minister and other senior leaders. Khortsa Sonam Damdul and Geshe Gazi Tse-Ringpo, members of Parliament, were in the delegation.

"The delegation was warmly received by Chief Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal, who is also renowned poet and author. The chief minister presented several of his books for the library of the Tibetan Parliament. He also agreed to look into the request of the delegation for a special medicine and engineering seat for Tibetan students in the state," the delegation said in a press release upon returning to Dharamsala today.

Soruce: Hindustan Times, January 31, 2011

China on Monday denied that Tibetan spiritual leader Karmapa was its spy and claimed allegations against it showed India's "mistrustful attitude" towards Beijing. "The speculation by India's media, regarding the matter of the Karmapa as a Chinese agent or spy, shows that India is keeping its mistrustful attitude toward China," said Xu Zhitao, an official of the United Front Work Department of the ruling Communist Party Central Committee.

The Karmapa heads one of the four sects of Tibetan Buddhism and could emerge as a future spiritual leader of Tibet on the death of the 75-year-old Dalai Lama, who has said he might not be replaced.

Source: phayul.com, 28, Jan, 2011

Written by Mark O'Neill

Trance and artillery shells pushed the religious leader to leave Lhasa

In the Norbulingka palace, the summer residence of the Dalai Lama, the 23-year-old leader and his advisors were debating whether to leave Lhasa, minutes after two artillery shells had landed 200 meters away, causing a huge explosion. A monk entered into a trance, his body swelled and he screamed in a loud voice: "leave quickly, leave quickly, leave tonight."

At the same moment, in Zhongnanhai, Premier Liu Xiaoqi was chairing a meeting of the Politburo to discuss the same issue.

"The best outcome would be for the Dalai Lama to stay," they concluded. "But, if he goes, it would be no big deal. The focus of our work does not depend on the feelings of Tibet government leaders but is our determination to put down the rebellion and reform everything."