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A Digest of Tibetan Issues, News and Community Information RGD No. HPENG/2013/51798 | Volume: XXI
Issue: 3 | April 30, 2019
New Ethical Learning Programme Launched
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by Casey Tait His Holiness the Dalai Lama travelled to Delhi at the beginning of the month for the four-day unveiling and launch of the Social, Emotional and Ethical Learning (SEE Learning) programme. SEE Learning, developed through Emory University, the private research university in Atlanta, Georgia, with Continued on page 3
Where is the Panchen Lama Today?
by Casey Tait The 11th Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima’s 30th birthday was on April 25. Twenty-four years ago, on the May 14, 1995, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima was recognised by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama as the reincarnation of the Panchen Lama. Three days later, the six-year-old and his family were abducted by the Chinese Continued on page 5
Detained for Speaking Out About Lack of Jobs
by TseringWangdue A Tibetan student named Sonam has been arrested after writing an essay criticising the declining number of government job opportunities for Tibetans living in Tibetan regions. Sonam wrote the essay for his civil service examination. He was a master’s degree candidate at Northwest Minzu Continued on page 3
50,000 Tibetan Nomads Relocated Since 2005
by Nithin Thomas Prasad Over 50,000 Tibetan herdsmen have abandoned their nomadic style of life so as to preserve the fragile ecology in Northwest China’s Qinghai Province since 2005, according to China in a report released mid-April. This came as a result of the Sanjiangyuan Nature Reserve project which was established in Qinghai in 2000 Continued on page 6
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Upcoming Events in Dharamshala May 10 - 12, 2019 : Teaching in Tsuglakhang His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give teachings on The Furthest Everlasting Continuum (Sanskrit: Uttaratantra) (Tibetan: gyu lama) at the request of a group of Russians. June 3 -5, 2019 : Teaching in Tsuglakhang His Holiness will teachings on Gyalsey Thokme Sangpos’s Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva (laklen sodunma); he will then confer the Avalokiteshvara Initiation (chenresig jigten wangchuk wang) on the third day. June 9, 2019 : Long Life Offering His Holiness will attend Long Life offering prayer given to him by two groups at Tsuglakhang, the main temple in Mcleod Ganj. source: dalailama.com
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