Sumeru News — Politics
Lobsang Sangay, head of the Tibetan Govt in Exile, interviewed by Globe & Mail while in Ottawa
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Lobsang Sangay, head of the Central Tibetan Administration (also known as the Tibetan Government in Exile), is in Ottawa on an official visit. During his visit he has raised concerns about human rights abuses in China and Tibet, and drawn into focus the role of Canada’s new Office of Religious Freedom, which is charged with... Read more »
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Robert Thurman on CBC about Buddhist self-immolations in China
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Robert Thurman on CBC about Buddhist self-immolations in China, for hour 3 of Michael Enright’s “Sunday Edition” this morning. You can hear the podcast here: Buddhist Self-immolations protest Chinese rule in Tibet.
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Mandarin Gate
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Mandarin Gate Eliot Pattison Minotaur Books; First Edition November 27, 2012 ISBN 978-0312656041 It is hard to look into the face of evil. I am not talking here about the evil of insane individuals or coercive abuse of unequal power relationships, as difficult as those may be to bear. At least we can harbour the... Read more »
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Canadian voices weigh in on Myanmar strife
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From the Globe & Mail: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/shedding-light-on-myanmars-sectarian-strife/article4548548/ Burma Buddhist Association of Ontario is associated with the Mahadhammika Vihara in Toronto. Canadian Friends of Burma is based in Ottawa: http://www.cfob.org
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“The Ninth Panchen Lama (1883-1937): A Life at the Crossroads of Sino-Tibetan Relations” review
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The Ninth Panchen Lama (1883-1937): A Life at the Crossroads of Sino-Tibetan Relations By Fabienne Jagou Translated by Rebecca Bisset-Buechel $45.00 paperback (9786162150166) 402 pp., 9 illus., 2 maps, 6 x 9 in. October 2011 / hardcover not available This biography of the Ninth Panchen Lama, the second highest spiritual authority in Tibetan Buddhism, offers new insights... Read more »
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