I’ll live longer for Tibetan cause: Dalai Lama

October 4th, 2009 DHARAMSALA - The Dalai Lama Sunday welcomed the appointment of an official by the United States to promote substantive discussion between the Tibetan spiritual leader's representatives and the Chinese government. "The Dalai Lama welcomes the decision (of the US) to appoint Under Secretary Maria Otero as the special coordinator for Tibetan issues and he is looking forward to working with her," said a statement posted on the Central Tibetan Administration website.

September 13th, 2009 DHARAMSALA - A US team will meet Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in this north Indian hill station Monday to finalise details of his proposed US visit and meeting with President Barack Obama next month, officials said Sunday. Three US officials, including White House adviser Valerie Jarrett, Sunday met Tibetan Prime Minister Samdhong Rinpoche and the Dalai Lama's special envoy Lodi Gyari to finalise the proposed meeting between the spiritual leader and Obama, the local officials said.

August 19th, 2009 DHARAMSALA - A delegation of French senators will visit this headquarters of the Tibetan government-in-exile this month to meet Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. The delegation, headed by Jean Francois Humbert, senator from Franche Comte province, will arrive here Aug 30, a statement posted on the official web site of the Central Tibetan Administration said Wednesday.

July 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has termed his stay in India for the past 50 years as an enriching experience. "Fifty years passed since I came to this country because of some tragedy beyond human control, beyond imagination, something very difficult.

April 25th, 2009 DHARAMSALA - Thousands of Tibetan exiles Saturday took out a candlelight procession in this Himachal Pradesh town to mark the 20th birth anniversary of Gendun Chokeyi Nyima, whom the Dalai Lama has recognised as the 11th Panchen Lama. 'The Panchen Lama is in the custody of the Chinese for the past 14 years...

March 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama offered prayers at temple, mosque and synagogue here today. The Dalai Lama is in Delhi for week-long 'Thank You India' festival.

March 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on Monday landed the support provided by the Indian Government and public to the Tibetan cause. The Dalai Lama, who was in national capital to kick start the year-long 'Thank You India' Festival, which begins on March 31, said: We are expressing gratitude to this country.

March 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will visit eight places of prayer and worship in the national capital Tuesday to pray for peace in India. The Dalai Lama will go to the Gandhi Smriti, Acharya Sushil Muni Ashram, Chilla of Hazarat Nizamudin Aulia, Judah Hyam Synagogue, Gurdwara Rakab Ganj, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Mahabodhi Society of India and Birla Mandir, a statement from the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of the Dalai Lama said.

March 12th, 2009 DHARAMSALA - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has called for a united struggle against the Chinese occupation of Tibet. "Now, we are in such a state where all the people following Tibetan Buddhist traditions and Tibetans-in-exile should be united.

March 12th, 2009 DHARAMSALA - Hundreds of Tibetans, including monks, nuns and officials of the Tibetan Government-in-exile, on Wednesday attended an annual special prayer ceremony that marked the 16th day of the first month of the Tibetan calendar year here. On the occasion, the Dalai Lama gave his annual spring speech at the main temple here.

March 11th, 2009 DHARAMSALA - Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, Tuesday thanked India for hosting him and thousands of his Tibetan followers in its territory for the past 50 years. 'This has been our home for the past 50 years.

March 10th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - About 300 Tibetan refugees held a rally here Tuesday to mark the 50th anniversary of a failed uprising against the Chinese government in Tibet, police said. Deputy Commissioner of Police Himanshu Lal said that the Tibetans, carrying banners and shouting slogans like 'Long Live the Dalai Lama' and 'Free Tibet, Save Tibet', marched for about one kilometre.

March 10th, 2009 DHARAMSALA - 'When would you want to die?' is not the kind of question that most people would like to face. But when Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, was asked this 'deadly' one Tuesday, he was hardly annoyed.

February 10th, 2009 Baden-BADEN - The Dalai Lama has warned that Tibetan culture was in peril under Chinese rule. 'When narrow-minded Chinese officials portray Tibetan beliefs and our cultural heritage as a threat, the Tibetan people hear a death sentence,' he said Tuesday as he received an award here from a German audience research company, Media Control.

January 19th, 2009 DHARAMSALA - Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Tuesday congratulated Barack Obama on his inauguration as the 44th President of the United States, Tibet's government-in-exile here said. 'The religious guru, on a visit to international township of Auroville near Puducherry, expressed his deep congratulations and prayers for Obama for success,' Tenzin Taklha, joint secretary at Dalai Lama's office, told IANS.