August 27, 2010 – 2:14 pm
Glenn Beck likes to say that the date of his “Restoring Honor” rally tomorrow — to be held at the Lincoln Monument, on the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech — is a coincidence. He also offers that he’s “no MLK” — no kidding! — but he has [...]
Via Human Rights Watch:
“Eyewitness accounts confirm that Chinese security forces used disproportionate force and acted with deliberate brutality during and after unprecedented Tibetan protests beginning on March 10, 2008, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. Many violations continue today, including disappearances, wrongful convictions and imprisonment, persecution of families, and the [...]
There’s been an intense—and disturbing—controversy in New York, about the proposed construction of a Sufi mosque in Lower Manhattan. Some people are objecting to a mosque so close to the World Trade Center site. There’s been a lot of emotion around it and some Republicans are using it as a wedge issue.
The irony is that [...]
The New York Times reports:
Reincarnations of Tibetan spiritual leaders, including the Dalai Lama, must be approved by the Chinese central government, a senior Communist Party official said. The remarks were among the clearest indications yet that China will appoint a reincarnation of the Dalai Lama after the current Dalai Lama dies, setting off [...]
By Danny Fisher
Anyone who’s read the news lately probably doesn’t need to be told that Arizona’s passage of SB1070, a harsh new bill meant to curb illegal immigration in the state, has become a major flashpoint in the debate about immigration reform in our country. What you may not know is that among those [...]
Via Democracy Now!: “The Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, has wrapped up a series public lectures in New York. [...] On Sunday, the 74-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner spoke at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine before a crowd of 2,000 people. Amy Goodman asked the Dalai Lama about the U.S. wars [...]
Today marks the 42nd anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., one of America’s greatest moral and political philosophers. In this exclusive from the Shambhala Sun archives, Charles R. Johnson looks at King’s teachings and example and why they are important to all Americans.
“The great problem facing modern man is that the means [...]
Over at Barbara’s Buddhism Blog recently, author Barbara O’Brien posted about Buddhist participation in the recent anti-government demonstrations in Thailand, admitting, “I can’t say I understand Thai politics.” In that regard, the political situation in Thailand is probably less familiar, less understood to most of us than those in, say, Burma or Tibet.
My friend [...]
Yesterday we shared a link to His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s statement on the 51st anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising. US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi released a statement of support as well; you’ll find it after the jump.
As the Tibetan Review has published today:
China said Mar 7 that any future reincarnation of the Dalai Lama must meet four criteria laid down by it but that there was no need now to excessively talk about the issue, according to the official Xinhua news agency Mar 7.
Another Xinhua report Mar 7 [...]
Looks like it’s now official: California’s avuncular and sometimes controversial Jerry Brown will be running to be California’s governor again. He’d held the position from 1975 to 1983, and is currently the state’s attorney general.
CNN has this morning’s update, here.
This quote from a new ABC News post gives a sense of Brown’s background and how [...]
February 22, 2010 – 11:01 pm
As we’ve told you, the Dalai Lama’s one scheduled TV interview on his trip stateside was with Larry King. It just happened — so we’ve compiled some highlights for you.
On the meeting with President Obama:
Larry King: How did that meeting go?
His Holiness: Very good. In spite of some difficulties…
Larry King: What do you want from [...]
February 18, 2010 – 2:57 pm
[Feb 19 update: Don't miss this piece of New York Times analysis: China Intensifies Tug of War With India on Nepal, which details a new arrangement between China and Nepal, in which China will help Nepal to expand its border security. "The reason for the deal," writes author Jim Yardley, "is simple: Tibet."]
As for the [...]
February 18, 2010 – 9:22 am
The Dalai Lama has arrived in the US, in Washington for his controversial meeting with President Obama. Controversial to the Chinese (they disapprove thoroughly) and controversial to other critics who say the private meeting will be, in the Associated Press’s words, “more style than substance.”
With this in mind, we present today’s feature of the moment [...]
February 11, 2010 – 4:02 pm
This just in via Reuters:
The White House announced on Thursday that President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama would meet on February 18, despite China’s warning that such talks could hurt already-strained Sino-U.S. relations. [...]
Obama’s meeting with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader is likely to set off a new round of sniping from Beijing, which [...]
