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Bloomington, After an especially rough last few weeks, the Norbu family that established the Tibetan Cultural Center sat down Monday morning to offer their perspectives on the issues surrounding the near foreclosure of the debt-strapped institution...

A teenage boy being groomed by China to become the new Tibetan religious leader has been allowed to meet tens of thousands of people in a rare trip, state media said...

A festival features music from Tibet and traditionally Buddhist regions of Russia. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/buddhism/SIG=12ala30fr/*http%3A//www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?article=Tibetan+Treat&id=10106

The first decade and a half of Communist occupation when radical changes were instituted in the Tibetan language, essentially to create a glossary for ideological and propaganda needs...

Award-winning filmmaker Rick Ray met with the Dalai Lama..the result is a film tapestry entitled "10 Question for the Dalai Lama". The film will screen on July 10 in Ojai, California...

The publication of a new translation of the erotic poetry of the sixth Dalai Lama - who rejected monastic orders and indulged his passion for women and wine - has given new insight into this controversial figure of religious history...

DHARAMSALA, June 8 — His Holiness the Dalai Lama said today that the current plight of Tibet necessitates him to live long so that he could continue his endeavor for the cause of his people until the issue of Tibet is resolved...

Dharamshala, June 7 - The tenth session of the 13th Assembly of Tibetan People's Deputies (ATPD) will be held from 14-23 September. The ATPD is the highest elected legislative organ of the Tibetans in exile...

Freshman Tenzin Zingshuk reached into her bookbag and removed a small square red silk ornament, adorned with traditional Tibetan decorations in gold-colored thread. Inside was an unknown substance — probably sand or small seeds — that had been blessed by a rinpoche, a high-ranking monk...