He added that the Dalai Lama had jokingly told Zeya that he is the “defence minister for India in the Himalayas” and that the “Buddhist community is the frontline defender for India”. “This comes at a time when Chinese Buddhists are devoid of spirituality,” Tsering said. Penpa Tsering, the political leader of the CTA who was part of the Dalai Lama’s delegation, said the discussions at the meeting centred around the need to preserve Tibet’s rich and valuable cultural heritage. “Xizang (Tibet) affairs are purely internal affairs of China and no external forces have the right to interfere,” it said.Ī post on Facebook by the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) said the Dalai Lama met a US delegation led by Zeya. In a strongly worded statement, the Chinese embassy in New Delhi opposed any contact between foreign officials and “Tibetan independence” forces. Shortly after arriving in New Delhi, she met the Dalai Lama along with senior US officials and discussed the situation in Tibet. Zeya, who is also US under secretary for civilian security, democracy and human rights, began a visit to India on Sunday. Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama met US special coordinator for Tibetan issues Uzra Zeya (PTI File Photo) The Foundation also promotes a better understanding between science and religion, supports efforts to provide access to knowledge from Buddhist science and philosophy and funds a wide range of translation work and publications are funded.NEW DELHI: US special coordinator for Tibetan issues Uzra Zeya’s meeting with the Dalai Lama in New Delhi triggered an angry response on Monday from China, which said “no external forces have the right to interfere” in the affairs of Tibet. It helps to preserve the unique Tibetan culture and supports the Tibetan people, but also other people in need, regardless of nationality, religion and origin. So how is the money spent? His Holiness founded the Gaden Phodrang Foundation of the Dalai Lama, which, according to its mission statement, “aims to promote basic human values, mutual understanding among religions, peace and non-violence and the protection of the environment. Mao Zedong receives prayer scarf from Dalai Lama. While all of these remain a possibility, the future of the Dalai Lama is uncertain. Especially in order to circumvent the interference of the Chinese government, he has stated that a Dalai Lama may no longer be needed, that he would transfer his spiritual powers prior to his death into the next incarnation, that the next Dalai Lama would be born outside of Tibet and abroad, most likely in India, or that the next incarnation may be reborn as a woman.
The annexation of Tibet by the Chinese complicated the 14 generations of tradition that have dictated the selection and role of the Dalai Lama. To think that money is everything, and that just by having lots of it all our problems will be solved is a serious mistake.” At the same time, it is wrong to consider money a god or a substance endowed with some power of its own. So, we are not even questioning its importance. Without money, daily survival – not to mention further development – is impossible. Photo: PxHereĪs a pragmatist, the Dalai Lama tries to reconcile the value attached to wealth with the spirituality associated with one of the most ascetic religions on earth. The difference is that we’re used to connect the Pope with wealth, Catholicism being the wordliest religion, and the Vatican historically associated with corruption and decadence. Much like the Pope, he plays an important role in international politics.
He is therefore, like a President in addition to a Prophet. What we frequently fail to take into account is that the Dalai Lama serves not only as the religious leader of the Gelung school of Tibetan Buddhism but also as the leader and the symbol of unification for the state of Tibet. In 1959, after the Chinese occupation of Tibet, the Dalai Lama went into exile and established a Tibetan government in exile in Dharamshala, India where he currently resides. In accordance with ancient custom, His Holiness forfeited his name Lhamo Thondup and assumed a new name, Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso. “From now on, I was to be shaven-headed and attired in maroon monk’s robes” he has written. Soon after, the newly recognized Dalai Lama was taken to the Jokhang temple where he was inducted as a novice monk in a ceremony known as taphue, meaning cutting of the hair. Born on July 6, 1935, Lhamo Thondup’s life–to give him his birth name–changed in 1940 when he was taken to the Potala Palace, where he was officially installed as the spiritual leader of Tibet.
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