འབྲེལ་གཏུགས་དུས་དེབ།
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30 April 2013
Volume: 1 Issue: 3
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Recent Self-Immolations We are saddened to report the following self-immolations which took place during the month of April in Tibet:
Apr 24: Lobsang Dawa, 20, and Kunchok Woeser, 22, two young Tibetan monks of the Taktsang Lhamo Kirti Monastery in Zoege, eastern Tibet set themselves on fire protesting China’s continued occupation of Tibet. Both of them passed away at the site of the protest and local Chinese authorities issued orders for their cremation. Lobsang Dawa is a native of Zaru region of Zoege and the youngest of seven siblings; Kunchok Woeser is a native of Zoege and is survived by his two brothers and parents, Tsering Norbu and Samdup Dolma. The two monks were enrolled at the Taktsang Lhamo Kirti Monastery at a young age and were known for their exemplary conduct and studies. Apr 16: Jugtso, or Chuktso, 20, set herself alight outside a monastery in Ngaba, eastern Tibet around 3 p.m. local time. She died at the scene and her body was taken into the monastery where religious ceremonies were conducted. Local authorities have ordered her family to cremate the body tonight, Continued on page 5
His Holiness and Sikyong Visit Europe by Vanshika Tripathi the Path to Enlightenment that lasted April marks the month of His approximately one-and-a-half days, Holiness the Dalai Lama’s and followed by a public talk, ‘Ethics Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay’s visits Beyond Religion,’ attended by a large to Europe. His Holiness and Sikyong crowd. The University of Bern was also travelled to Europe for a three-nation graced by His Holiness’s speech on the visit through Italy, Switzerland, and issue of a sustainable future. the UK. Meanwhile, Sikyong conveyed his His Holiness started his visit in Pala appreciation towards Switzerland, its Trento, Italy where he was welcomed people, and its government for the by President Alberto Pacher and Roberto Pinter, the head of Trento’s Press Office. His Holiness expressed that “it was an honor to speak before its members in the Provincial Council Chamber.” He went to the Palantrento Stadium where he was met by a crowd His Holiness the Dalai Lama addressing Italia-Tibet Association in Trento, Italy, on April 11, 2013. of almost 5,000 Photo Jeremy Russell OHHDL people who listened to him speak about ‘Happiness in a enduring support towards Tibetans Troubled World.’ since 1960. During the second European On April 10, the Minority Award Tibetan Buddhist Conference in was bestowed upon His Holiness by Fribourg—which had an audience that the governor of South Tyrol, Luis included over 70 delegates—Sikyong Durnwalder, who said that the award encouraged the Tibetan Buddhist Center had been set up to shed light on the to place more emphasis upon, and take problems faced by minorities and that more action for, the Tibetan cause. South Tyrol’s message to the world Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay also spoke is that the rights of minorities should about the heartrending instances of selfnever be surrendered. immolation occurring in Tibet and also From Italy, His Holiness arrived in made an address to the first Europe Switzerland for the Forum Fribourg, Tibetan Language Teacher’s Conference where many members of the Tibetan which was held in Switzerland. community living in Switzerland came On April 19 in Cambridge, England, out to offer him a customary Tibetan His Holiness was greeted by the welcome. While there, His Holiness Global Scholars Symposium which is gave a teaching on Atisha’s Lamp for described as an organisation that lets
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