Free Tibet

rituals of resistance

Film Club

Rituals of Resistance

Three generations of Tibetans have adopted distinct modes of resistance to the Chinese government’s occupation of their homeland. In this documentary, individuals from each generation navigate the choice between violent and nonviolent activism.

By Tenzin Phuntsog, Joy Dietrich

Film Club

The Sweet Requiem

Dolkar, a 26-year-old refugee from Tibet, leads an enjoyable, promising life as an independent woman in Delhi. But when she encounters a man from her past, long-suppressed memories of childhood escape from her native country put…

Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam

panchen lama

News

Buddha Buzz Weekly: May 4, 2018

Nothing is permanent, so everything is precious. Here’s a selection of some happenings—fleeting or otherwise—in the Buddhist world this week. The Panchen Lama Lives The Panchen Lama, the second highest authority in Tibetan Buddhism, is still…

By Matthew Abrahams

The Economist: More Turbulent Monks

via The Economist, THE open wound that is Tibetan resentment of Chinese rule refuses to heal. According to accounts seeping out of China, it has been bleeding profusely for some six weeks now at Kirti, a…

By Tricycle

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