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  • June 2008

    • Dalai Lama's Advice Runs to Earthier Tones

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 9, 08 3:00 PM CDT

      Dalai Lama's Advice Runs to Earthier Tones

      (Newser) - Driven by questions both spiritual and secular, more Westerners are heading to the Dalai Lama's headquarters-in-exile, the Wall Street Journal reports. Humble despite being proclaimed a “God-King,” Tibet's spiritual leader has sought “opportunities to be interactive” in the Indian town of Dharmsala—seeing a wide variety of visitors and dispensing wisdom on career choices and broken relationships … as well as religion. More »

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      India  • Dalai Lama  • Buddhist monks  • relationship  • Tibetans in exile  • Buddhism  • Tibetan monks  • Dharamsala

  • April 2008

    • Dalai Lama's Home-in-Exile Is Hippie Haven

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Apr 13, 08 8:30 AM CDT

      Dalai Lama's Home-in-Exile Is Hippie Haven

      (Newser) - Western ex-patriots have turned the Dalai Lama's home-in-exile into a hippie hotspot, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The Himalayan town of Dharamsala, population 20,000, has become a center for for espresso-sipping yoga-lovers and web-surfing monks. Many more come in search of wisdom, but the town is not without its “charlatans,” says one settler. More »

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      Tibet  • Dalai Lama  • Tibetans in exile  • Dharamsala  • hippies

  • March 2008

    • Pelosi Hails Dalai Lama in India

      AFP  |  Mar 21, 08 5:04 AM CDT

      Pelosi Hails Dalai Lama in India

      (Newser) - Nancy Pelosi visited the Dalai Lama today in the seat of the Tibetan government-in-exile, where the speaker of the House blasted Chinese "oppression" and expressed her support for the Tibetan people. "The situation in Tibet is a challenge to the conscience of the world,” Pelosi said to an audience of thousands of Tibetan exiles in Dharamsala, India, reports AFP. More »

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      Tibet  • Nancy Pelosi  • Dalai Lama  • House Speaker Nancy Pelosi  • Dharamsala

    • Tibetans Begin Trek Home to Protest China Policies

      BBC  |  Mar 10, 08 3:30 AM CDT

      Tibetans Begin Trek Home to Protest China Policies

      (Newser) - Cheering thousands bid farewell to more than 100 Tibetan exiles as they began a trek today from India back to their homeland to protest China's rule over Tibet.  "Everybody is pumped up," said one marcher. "Many people were in tears as they said goodbye."  Organizers hope to capitalize on increased international scrutiny of China in advance of the Beijing Olympics in the latest push for Tibetan independence.  More »

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      China  • Tibet  • Dalai Lama  • Tibetan independence  • Tibetans in exile  • Tibetans  • Dharamsala

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