Panchen Lama

China And The (Next) Dalai Lama

Matteo Pistono | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dalai Lama, Dalai Lama Reincarnation, Tibetan Buddhism, Religious Freedom, China and the Dalai Lama, Free Tibet, Panchen Lama, Chinese Human Rights, Buddhism in China, Religion News
Matteo Pistono

March 10 marks the anniversary when Tibetans rose up in the streets of Lhasa against China's nascent occupation of Tibet and when a 24-year-old Dalai Lama fled a pursuing Chinese army.

Read Post

Communist Buddhism: China Steps Up Its Tibetan Meddling

Michael Levy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: First Amendment, Dali Lama, China, Chinese Communist Party, Karmapa Lama, Buddhism in China, Tibetan Buddhism, Religion in China, Panchen Lama, Communism and Religion, Religion News
Michael Levy

"Government-strengthened spirituality" is an oxymoron. Government, at its best, does not get involved in issues of transcendence, Heaven, Hell or anything else metaphysical.

Read Post

A Loyalist and a Tiananmen General Win China's Peace and Harmony Awards

Rebecca Novick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: China Tibet Crackdown, China Tiananmen Square, Nobel Prize, Falun Gong, Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Peace Prize, Tibet, China, China Tibet, Tiananmen Square, Dalai Lama, Taiwan, Panchen Lama, World News
Rebecca Novick

In a typically sour grapes gesture, China has invented its own peace prize. The ceremony, held on December 9th, is a day ahead of the Nobel Peace Prize function honoring jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo.

Read Post

Can ABC World News get Answers?

Heidiminx | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mining in Tibet, Free Tibet, Karma Samdrup, Laogai, Political Prisoners, Panchen Lama, ABC World News, Diane Sawyer, Dhondup Wangchen, Impact News
Heidiminx

Diane Sawyer and ABC World News are headed to China and are asking "What Issues Do You Want to Know More About?"

Read Post

China Is Attempting to Wipe Out Buddhism

Robert Thurman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Falun Gong, Dalai Lama, Panchen Lama, China, Buddhism, Chinese Communist Party, Tibet, Religion News
Robert Thurman

I, for one, was proud of His Holiness the Dalai Lama when he spoke strongly about the Chinese Communist Party's oppressive treatment of Tibetan Buddhist monks in Tibet.

Read Post