A female Dalai Lama will be more attractive: Dalai Lama

TORONTO – The Dalai Lama, who wound up his three-day visit here by leading prayers at the newly opened Tibetan cultural centre, doesn’t rule out a female successor.

The purpose of the Dalal Lama’s reincarnation is to serve the Buddha, the 14th Dalai Lama told a week-end audience of more than 15,000 at the city’ … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : A female Dalai Lama will be more attractive: Dalai Lama.

Urgent need for peace in Middle East: Pope

ROME – Roman Catholic Pope Benedict XVI Sunday called for the prompt resolution of the Middle East conflict and urged Muslim countries to guarantee total religious freedom.

Peace is needed urgently in the volatile region, and an essential prerequisite for dignified life, the pontiff said at a mass at St Peter’s Basilica to mark formal …. Original source  : Urgent need for peace in Middle East: Pope.

China can learn preserving languages from India: Dalai Lama

DHARAMSALA – China can take a leaf out of the Indian book on preserving and promoting linguistic diversity, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has said.

“China may want to learn from the Indian experience where preservation and promotion of the linguistic diversity is being done without it being seen as a danger of separation,” …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : China can learn preserving languages from India: Dalai Lama.