Spread out through India, there are thousands of Chinese Buddhistic caves which were used at the First Emperor Empire to shelter Dalai Lama’s hermits from all the places of the Orient. When Buddhism started disappearing, these caves were abandoned. They were discovered, many years later, by British people who looked for gold and spices and slighted fantastic symbols of historical and cultural value — they even exploded some of them. As symbol and testimony, without... Full Story

Photographer Horst Wackerbarth is known for taking pictures of celebrities, world leaders, ordinary people and even criminals on his famous red couch for the last 30 years. Unfortunately, the couch was savaged by lions in minutes after he  took it into the lion enclosure in Duisburg Zoo. Some of the famous celebrities to have sat on the couch are - Steve Jobs, Dalai Lama, Mikhail Gorbachev, etc.   "Piefke and the females wrecked the couch right down to the frame. Wham! They... Full Story

The US president will meet next week despite China’s vigorous protests. The meeting is practically senseless: Dalai Lama advocates Tibetan autonomy which the Chinese won’t allow, and the matter is moot, anyway, because Chinese government planted a sheer number of colonists in Tibet to drastically change its demography. Obama hinted that the meeting is a no-starter by scheduling it in the Map Room rather than Oval Cabinet. China will react by opposing sanctions on Iran. Samson... Full Story

Madrid, Spain Recently there was a great deal of media attention given to the fact that (possibly) the next Dalai Lama has renounced Buddhism, an insult to the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT).  This news quickly travelled countless media circuits and gained a great deal of attention.  As often is the case in mainstream media, the truth was not as interesting as they had hoped, so they decided to embellish just a little to make a better story.  More... Full Story

Johannesburg, South Africa, USA Recently South African government denied Dalai Lama's request for visa to attend the Peace Conference organized by the FIFA 2010 World Cup local organizing committee (LOC) to promote peace through soccer amidst racism and xenophobia. The visa denial has caused the organizers to postpone the conference indefinitely.  Now, the chairman of the organizing committee, Irvin Khoza said the refusal of a visa to the Dalai Lama to attend the conference has placed the conveners in an... Full Story