Find someone special to share your life...and your Dharma. Meet local singles who share your beliefs & values. Safe, private, anonymous. In-depth profiles and photos.
Tricycle Blog |
Our daily diary of the global Buddhist movement | Subscribe to feed |
0 comments
Burma Bombs Blamed on Students
Two small explosions in Rangoon (no casualties) are being called the work of an exiled student group.
More »
0 comments
Rudd and Hu; Buddhism and Gender
Buddhism and gender, from the Lehigh University newspaper.
Plus, an account of Tibetan Buddhism from the Chinese media and the story of a Tibetan refugee in Salt Lake City.
Hu Jintao and Kevin Rudd of Australia are having an interesting back and forth over the Tibet issue:
President Hu Jintao made a terrific speech at the opening of the Boao Forum on Hainan island that Rudd attended.
More »
4 comments
Dalai Lama to US: Help Resolve Tibet Crisis; Torch Everest Coverage Altered
If he only knew the U.S. can't stand up to China.
Japan, a little irked at China's belligerent rhetoric, will allow protests when the torch visits.
More »
1 comment
Tibet in National Geographic
More beautiful pictures (and more) from National Geo. [Photo: A Tibetan boy dresses up as a Chinese policeman. By Steve McCurry.]
More »
1 comment
Torch keeps running into trouble: Pro-China groups battle pro-Tibet groups
One of the torch bearers pulls out of the Canberra, Australia section of the torch's run:
The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) president and the ACT Australian of the Year, Lin Hatfield-Dodds, says she is taking a stand for human rights.
The Olympic torch has become a beacon for pro-Tibet supporters as it makes its way around the world in the lead up to the Beijing Games.
Ms Hatfield-Dodds says the recent scenes in Tibet are disturbing.
"For many other people globally the torch has come to stand for a symbol around human rights and around rights for citizens," she said.
"I felt I really needed to be very clear in my stance, which is very pro-human rights obviously, so I've chosen not to run."
More »
0 comments
The E.U. and China; Patriotic Re-education for Tibet
The E.U. and China prepare to politely disagree about Tibet.
Anti-Tibet (and anti-France) protests intensify. France tries to cool China off. Plus more hate for Grace Wang.
China launches a "patriotic education" drive in Tibet. Polish up those jackboots and truncheons and string up the festive barbed wire.
More »
4 comments
The Buddhist Cellphone
Not sure why it's gold-plated, exactly. And it's available only in China.
The best religious cell phone in the world is made for Buddhists. This highly modified and rare Nokia N70 is currently available only in China. Like other religious cell phones, the Buddhist phone has Buddhist ring tones, software and other trappings. What sets this phone apart from the pack is the sheer beauty and detail of the customization.
More »
2 comments
"China to extend crackdowns" says Tibet's PM; DL at Mayo Clinic
The Dalai Lama visits Minnesota and discusses meditation and compassion. The meditation talk will include Daniel Goleman and will be for Mayo Clinic employees only. He also gave a thank-you scarf to his physician, Dr.
More »
2 comments
Japanese temple backs out of route
Thanks to Marcus for pointing this one out: A Japanese Buddhist temple has removed itself from the torch's route.
Japan and China continue to disagree over whether Tibet is an international issue or just a domestic issue of China's.
Edward Gomez notes the rhetoric is running high: China stoked the nationalist fires and is now trying to temper its citizens call for boycotts of products from countries where the torch relay has run into trouble.
More »
3 comments
The Torch in India, Australia
The relay begins amid heavy security in New Delhi. Meanwhile, China cancels its plan to open Tibet on May 1st and seals the borders. And if you wonder why Nepal is cracking down on protesters so hard:
Chinese security police in athletic wear can be seen lounging in tea shops and strolling the sole street in the border town of Liping. They shadow three Associated Press journalists from the moment they arrive, ordering them not to take photographs — on Nepalese territory.
More »
0 comments
China resists Japanese pressure; more than 500 arrested in Nepal
Japan urges China to work out the Tibet situation peacefully. China tells Japan that Tibet is a domestic issue. In other words, buzz off.
More than 500 Tibetan protesters arrested in restless Nepal.
More »
0 comments
New Tibet Museum in Beijing
A museum in Beijing that tells the Chinese side of the story and buries any notion of an independent Tibet. This is the viewpoint Chinese citizens are being bombarded with every minute.
For example, when the international news came to the protests, the screens went black in China. Beijing is being scrubbed clean -- and this includes the news. And Chinese internet users are taking to the web to fight back against what they see as international bias against their country -- seeing red, if you will.
More »
0 comments
The Diversity of China
The diversity of China, photographs from National Geographic.
More »
0 comments
Tibetan TV personality Jamyang Kyi Arrested
Prominent Tibetan TV personality Jamyang Kyi has been seized by Chinese authorities.
UPDATE: More on the abduction of this reporter from the Times.
More »
