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who passed away on 27 august 2011. The prayers will be held at Nalanda institute Brussels Olm str 50. from 17:00 hrs to 20:00 hrs on Sunday the 28 th august 2011  Gisteren Zaterdag 27 aug 2011, kreeg Chushigangdruk Antwerpen, het bezoek van de Tulku Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche. Bekend als de hoofdlama in de Tibetaanse film: "The Cup" Klik hier om in te schrijven voor het Tibetaans Buffet  Echo's from Shangri la grote poster Klik hier om in te schrijven voor het Tibetaans Buffet Tibetaanse monnik steekt zichzelf in brand in China 15/08/2011 Metro times Belga Tibetan monk burns himself to death in China BBC 15 August 2011 RTYC Belgium is saddened by the death of Tsewang Norbu, Who set himself on fire for the Tibetan cause. So we hereby informing all of our Tibetan brothers and sisters in Belgium, that we, RTYC Belgium, organising a special prayer to our national hero Tsewang Norbu. Venue: Permeke library De Connckplein Antwerp. time: 15:30 to 10:8u. Today Saturday 20 of August 2011   Voor het project Centrale Ondersteuningscel Sociaal Tolken en Vertalen is het Kruispunt M-I op zoek naar Freelance Beoordelaars Sociaal Tolk TIBETAANS. Steeds meer diensten en instellingen willen mensen van diverse afkomst bereiken en helpen, maar merken dat zij geregeld botsen op een taalkloof en/of taalverwarring. Als taal echt een obstakel wordt om een kwaliteitsvolle dienst -en hulpverlening te bieden, is er nood aan een sociaal tolk. http://www.ervaringsbewijs.be/beroepen/Sociaal_tolk.html Dear friends,  There will be a team of Belgium, Holland and Swiss respectively. Tibetan democracy day cellebration would be held on saturday 3rd september from 8Pm at DANSEN ROELS BOTERLAARBAAN 89 DEURNE ZUID Tram ---24 DIRECTION DEURNE ZUID stop name-----boterlaarbaan Bus ----420,421,422,423 ,stop name-----sterckhoflei (next to aldi) On Saturday 3rd September 2011 the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress Belgium (RTYC Belgium) celebrates the 51st Tibetan Democracy Day that is on the 2nd September. That day in 1960 the first election of the Tibetan Parliament in exile took place. www.dansenroels.com There is also a cultural program with traditional and modern singing and dancing. Special guest is Mr. Jamyang from Switzerland, former lead singer at TIPA (Tibetan Institute for Performing Arts, based in Dharamsala) and composer of the album AH KA MA. A Tibetan dinner is served at 21.30 o'clock. Honorable guest that evening is Venerable Bagdro, Tibetan buddhist monk and a former political prisoner who spent 3 years in a Chinese prison. He was arrested after participating in a peaceful protest in Lhasa and he was tortured very badly in prison. Venerable Bagdro currently lives in Dharamsala in India, he writes books and gives public lectures all around the world. He's one of the leading voices in the non violent resistance movement for a Free Tibet. He's on tour in Europe in September and October 2011. From 31st August till 2nd September there is a Tibetan Friendship Football Tournament in Belgium, with teams from France, The Netherlands, Switzerland and England. The award ceremony is also that evening. Everyone is welcome, the entrance fee is € 15,00 (dinner inclusive). For more information: www.rtycbelgium.be Lees onze prachtige nieuwsbrieven gratis t/m 5 Nieuws brief 1 Nieuws brief 2 Nieuws brief 3 Nieuws brief 4 mei 2010 Nieuws brief 5  Nieuwsbrief 6 is net uit en te verkrijgen aan 4 € (zie shop) Het is niet alleen dat Tibetanen sterven in Tibet, zij worden gemarteld op gruwelijke wijze, tot op stervens na dood, dan worden ze buiten de gevangenispoort gelegd opdat de overheid zogezegd niet verantwoordelijk is voor hun dood dat meestal het gevolg is van hun gevangenisstraf, korte tijd nadien. sommigen worden gemarteld in drie shiften, een ploeg van 2 beulen s'morgens, 2 andere beulen s'middags, en 2 beulen s'avonds. De reden is dat de beulen na een sessie uitgeput zijn van op de Tibetanen te slaan! Sigaretten worden op hun gezicht gemerkt, er word veel op hun hoofd geslaan met metalen buizen, (waarschijnlijk in de verondersteling dat zij niet meer verder als normale menselijke wezens kunnen denken.) Zij krijgen zoals in het relaas van de zingende nonnetjes, om de tien dagen iets te eten. ze worden soms gedwongen van hun eigen stront te eten. Als het regent steken zij hun handen uit hun cellen om op die manier aan enig drinkbaar water te geraken. Als je de verhalen hoort van de nonnetjes die nu in België wonen, kan het niet anders zijn dat het voelende mensen raakt. stel U voor 13 jarige nonnetjes, kinderen dus die 8 jaar gevang krijgen, waar ze gefolterd worden, naakt ondertseboven, worden ze gebruikt als een hamer. Tijdens hun straftijd in het gevang, weigeren ze de Dalai lama te vernederen waar toe ze verplicht zijn. door steun aan elkaar te bieden met hun liedjes, kregen ze nog eens 7 jaar extra gevang. dus heel hun jeugd hebben ze onmenselijke folteringen doorstaan. dit zijn maar enkele voorbeelden. In 2008 voor de olympische spelen, heeft de comunistische partij 6500 Tibetanen gevangen genomen, nog steeds zijn er meer dan 1000 vermist en ongeveer 225 Tibetanen vermoord door de Chinese overheid. Hu Jintao is vooral verantwoordelijk voor deze daden. Nomaden, een derde van de Tibetaanse bevolking is verpicht hun levenswijze op te geven. ze worden gedwongen van in lelijke bunkers te leven, ver van de bewoonde wereld. wat met zich meebrengt dat ze geen werk en voedsel kunnen vinden. En zich zeer ongelukkig voelen. Een zelfde gelijkenis met de Indianen in Amerika Nomaden hebben eeuwen met hun tenten en dieren rondgetrokken op de graslanden van het Tibetaans plateau. onder het mom van dat zij de oorzaak zijn van milieu bevuiling,moeten zij hun dieren verkopen of slachten. Het is eerder dat China, door de eenzijdige bouwwerken van honderden dammen die het water van de grootste rivieren, die naar grote Chinese steden worden afgeleid, dat er vorig jaar al hongersnood werd vastgesteld. En de reden dat de Nomaden moeten verdwijnen. Om nog maar te zwijgen van het dumpen van nucleair afval in de Himalaya, het ontmijnen van grondstoffen, waar geen enkele Tibetaan zal van profiteren, en de immigratie van miljoenen Han Chinezen. Daardoor groeit er nu veel onkruid wat tot gevolg heeft dat er een overbevolking ontstaat van een soort van hamsters, welke dan weer door de Chinese overheid word uitgeroeid met het strooien van vergiften, dat dan weer leid dat gieren en andere dieren mede vergiftigd worden. Op alle vlakken worden Tibetanen gepest, zoals het afschaffen van de Tibetaanse taal in de scholen. Alsook de Tibetaanse cultuur is verboden, hun eigen eeuwenoude liedjes zijn nu verboden. zelfs ringtones met Tibetaanse invloeden worden de Tibetanen gestraft tot 15 dagen gevang met foltering. En uitreraard worden hun mobieltjes in beslag genomen zie "shapale" op you tube Er zijn onoemelijk vele verhalen van onrecht tegenover de Tibetanen. Frm saturday's 13 aug 2011 protest: Clarification on recent peacefull protest in Tibet. Since from the 6th of July to 15th July 2011, Tibetans in Karze (district of Kham) province in Tibet, have repeatedly prtested Chinese governement peacefully for more than 73 times and it is reported that they are still protesting continuously. A maximum number of protestors gathered were 17 people and minimum protested by one Tibetan during the whole 73 times. The Chinese authorities brutally tortured protestors, after which they were imprisoned. As per our knowledge and information, we have a list of such 87 prisoners name with their parents and village names. There are another 10 innocent people imprisoned on the benefit of boubt in context of politcal issue. Out of 87 prisoners, we have found photo's of 35 prisoners. Day by day more and more numbers of Tibetans are gathering there to protest, whose names are not known clearly. Generally in Tibet and particularly in Kham Karze district, media coverage at the time of such protest through video, internet, phone or many other means of communicating outside world is banned and blocked. Therefore it is very difficult to get details and investigate those peace protests. we could get onlyfew photo's taken during the peacefull protest by Tibetans. Our aim for publishing their details is to receive immediate attention and support from international communities, Governement and non governement organization and also from the brothers and sisters of Tibet during this critical juncture. We cannot assure survival of Tibet's protest to Chinese governement peacefully and unafraid of torturing, who are ready to give up their sacred life for the Tibetan cause. We hope for huge support soon from those who respect non-violence and peace on earth. We always pray for their succes of that and for non-violence. In addition, we want to urge all international supporters to raise this issue and support the protestors, who are brutally tortured by Chinese authorities for conducting peacefull protest in all 3 Provinces in Tibet. (U-tsang, Kham and Amdo) Especially the peacefull protestor who have carried protest in Ngawa, Nyagrong district and Karze district this year. MAY NON-VIOLENCE ALWAYS BE THE WINNER!!! LONG LIVE TIBETAN'S MOVEMENT. 
 Cadel Evans wint de tour de France Ons kunnen ze niets wijs maken! Chinese leiders deze info ten behoeve voor wie er het fijne van wil weten, al is er niet veel fijn aan.... Een verwittigd mens is er twee waard, een goed geinformeerd mens hetzelfde. Dakloze Tibetanen in Nederland 19 juli 2011 (Nederland)  The large crowd, gathered on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington listen to the Dalai Lama speak during an event for world peace in Washington Saturday, July 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez) China assails U.S. over Dalai Lama, fallout seen limited By Sui-Lee Wee | Reuters| 18 July ...Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama arrives for a public talk on "Bridging … ....BEIJING (Reuters) - China stepped up its criticism of Washington on Monday after President Barack Obama met the Dalai Lama, but stopped short of threatening retaliation, indicating Beijing was keen to avoid escalating tensions between the world's biggest economies. Obama met the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader for 45 minutes on Saturday, praising him for embracing non-violence while reiterating that the United States did not support independence for Tibet. Beijing, which accuses the Dalai Lama of being a violent separatist, responded with predictably vehement words on Monday via its tightly controlled state media, though without mentioning any broader retaliation that could deepen strains. "Generally, the Chinese believe that the U.S. government meets with the Dalai Lama either to appease its domestic hardliners or to vent its dissatisfaction with China in other fields," wrote the Global Times, a popular tabloid published by Communist Party mouthpiece the People's Daily. The Nobel Peace laureate is "a drop of spittle on China from the West", the newspaper said in its editorial. The People's Daily warned the meeting "will undoubtedly negatively affect the development process of Sino-U.S. relations", which have suffered numerous setbacks of the past few months with arguments over trade, Taiwan and the Internet. The Dalai Lama denies seeking independence for Tibet, saying he wants a peaceful transition to true autonomy for the remote Himalayan region, which China has ruled with an iron fist since 1950, when Chinese troops marched in. CONFINED TO ANGRY WORDS But the angry rhetoric echoed many previous statements about the Dalai Lama's encounters with foreign political leaders, suggesting that China's leaders will confine their reaction to angry words. The Foreign Ministry, which published two predictably angry statements in the early hours of Sunday, has made no further comment on the meeting. "The Chinese protest over Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama is routine and unlikely to have any real consequences," said Minxin Pei, a professor of government at Claremont McKenna College, in emailed comments to Reuters. "As a matter of principle, China must make its displeasure known to the U.S., as it has done so for many years," he added. "But the Chinese are also very pragmatic and understand that this meeting is symbolic. So they will not want to harm the substantive Sino-American relationship because of this incident. They will not take any retaliatory measures." While the latest spat has happened while leaders in Washington are at odds over how to raise the $14.3 trillion U.S. debt ceiling in time to avoid default, China is highly unlikely to dump its U.S. Treasury bills to punish the United States. China, the United States' biggest foreign creditor, holds more than $1 trillion in U.S. Treasury debt and has warned Washington to be responsible in protecting investors' interests. Selling U.S. Treasury bills "would be a rather risky move, and one which is openly hostile if explicitly framed as a 'response,'" said Scott Harold, an associate political scientist with the RAND Corporation. "It would dramatically worsen US-China ties, and for what? After all, what, specifically, is the effect of the President's meeting with the Dalai Lama that harms China's actual control on the ground in Tibet? Zero." CAREFULLY CHOREOGRAPHED Analysts said Washington choreographed the meeting to make it appear as low-key as possible, taking into account China's sensitivity to the issue. Like the previous meeting between Obama and the Dalai Lama in February 2010, Saturday's get-together took place in the White House Map Room rather than the more official Oval Office and the White House issued only one photograph of the meeting. Zhu Feng, a professor of Peking University, said the way Obama hosted the Dalai Lama shows that Washington was trying to minimize the negative impact. Though Beijing and Washington bicker frequently, ties have improved drastically following President Hu Jintao's visit to the United States in January, and both work closely on issues like the global economic recovery, North Korea and Iran. Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama coincides with Vice President Xi Jinping's visit to Tibet to mark 60 years since the region's "peaceful liberation." Xi is widely expected to become president in 2013. Exile groups say Tibet is under even tighter security than normal, and foreign tourists have been banned. Tibetans in China expressed their support for the Obama meeting and disseminated photographs of the meeting on Twitter. Beijing-based Tibetan writer Woeser wrote on Twitter on Monday that the "slander and attack" by some Party leaders on the Dalai Lama has "deeply offended many Tibetans". (Additional reporting by Sally Huang; Editing by Ben Blanchard and Miral Fahmy) Two Tibetan school girls severely beaten, denied treatment - www.phayul.com CCP: A Corrupt Dying Regime This is another jewel for mankind, Day 2 - Kalachakra Preliminary Teachings Bron: www.youtube.com President Obama ontmoet opnieuw de dalai lama - Geestelijk leven - Algemeen - Brabant www.brabantsdagblad.nl China condemns Obama meeting with Dalai Lama www.cnn.com from the newsletter of Human Rights Without Frontiers International - based in Brussels - of 15th July 2011) TIBET: 8 monks arrested for refusing to celebrate the CCP's anniversary. AsiaNews (14.07.2011) - The communist authorities of the Autonomous Province of Tibet have arrested 8 Buddhist monks who refused to participate in events organized for the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party. Not even the local population took part in the celebrations, a sign that tension in Tibet in on the rise. On July 12, police and some political leaders in the Nangchen county went to the monastery of Surmang and announced to the men were to attend a course on "Legal Education". The "course" was imposed after the monks' refusal to participate in the festivities planned on 1 July, the anniversary of the CCP. Immediately after the announcement 8 monks - Karma Samten (pictured), Jigtak, Sherab, Gaya Tashi, Urgen Samten, Karma Soepa, Karma Monlam and Dosam - distanced themselves, refusing to participate. For this they were arrested and taken by force to the County Detention Center. These arrests demonstrate that the Tibetan people will not bend to the repression imposed by Beijing in Tibet. The central government first tried to cajole the monks, providing donations and funds for the "faithful" monasteries, but when this move did not work it began to arrest all those who oppose it. According to some estimates, from 2008 to today there have been more than 3 thousand arrests. (N.C.) EX-JUDOKA GELLA VANDECAVEYE OVER HAAR WERELDREIS | Website Primo TV Gids www.primo.eu  Why can't the Dalai Lama visit Russia? By James Brooke The Moscow News (18.07.2011) - In temple after temple in Buryatia, the capital of Buddhism in Russia, one color photo invariably holds a position of honor, often surrounded by garlands of flowers. The photo is of the Dalai Lama, the leader of Tibetan Buddhism since 1950. The vast majority of Russia's estimated 1.3 million Buddhists follow Tibetan Buddhism. Despite the rupture of the Soviet era, this is a direct a legacy of work performed Tibetan and Mongolian missionaries who came to Buryatia and Tuva four centuries ago. Today, followers of Tibetan Buddhism, from Nepal to Mongolia to Colorado, revere the Dalai Lama as the latest reincarnation of a long line of spiritual leaders who have chosen to be reborn in order to enlighten others. In 1979, the current Dalai Lama made his first visit to the Soviet Union. In 1990, the year after the Nobel Committee awarded him Peace Prize, the Soviet Union awarded him one of its own top awards - The Order of Peoples' Friendship. Coming at a time when economic ties with China were minimal, this gesture was a low-cost way of trying to maintain the fiction of religious freedom in the Soviet Union. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, warm relations continued. In 1994, the Dalai Lama gave an address to Russia's State Duma. In later years, he received rapturous receptions on visits to Russia's three heavily Buddhist republics - Buryatia, Kalmykia and Tuva. There, on Russia's southern edge, he inaugurated temples and monasteries. But as Moscow's trade with China became increasingly important, Russian visas slowed and, after 2004, stopped. China's objections to the Dalai Lama centered around his role as head of Tibet's "government-in exile," a group that advocates independence for Tibet, currently an autonomous region of China. But Russia's Buddhist population is steadily expanding. And visa requests for the Dalai Lama keep coming. In May 2010, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in a speech to Russian lawmakers: "Russia is ready to help settle the conflict between China and the Tibetan spiritual leader, Dalai Lama. We know that the Chinese leadership is deeply committed to the Dalai Lama dissociating himself from any kind of political activity and separatist tendencies in regard to one or another territory in China." Russia's mediation offer seemed to have vanished into thin air. Then, two months ago, as the Dalai Lama was approaching the end of his 75th year, he formally resigned his political post as head of Tibet's "government-in-exile." Today, he officially exerts only a religious role as the head of Tibetan Buddhism worldwide. On a five-day visit to Buryatia in early July, I got the same, unflinching view from Buddhists: we want the Dalai Lama to come and visit us. At one prayer hall, a nun, Tenzin Choidrin, her head shaved and her heavyset frame swathed in magenta robes, said that a price cannot be put on the role of the Dalai Lama for the rebirth of Buddhism in Russia. His visit, she said, would be like water which is needed by parched, sun-baked soil. Now, when things are calm, would be a good time for Russia to stand up to China, and to follow the wishes of its Buddhist minority. One only has to look at Russia's tense relations with its Muslim minority to see how indifference can lead to alienation, radicalization and secessionism. Just on Saturday, in the latest killing in a slowly grinding cultural war, Islamic militants in Dagestan shot dead a school principal who refused to allow female students to wear headscarves. Here on Russia's Buddhist edge, Mongolian separatism is now on the back burner, after flaring up in the 1990s. The Kremlin is highly reluctant to irritate Beijing. China's population is 10 times bigger than Russia's. By the end of this decade, China's economy is to be 10 times bigger than Russia's. But now may be the time for Moscow to embark on proactive diplomacy. Tibetan Nomads' Rights from Students for a Free Tibet on Vimeo. Top |