Category - dalai lama

South African anti-racism conference postponed over Dalai Lama row

staff writers — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:03:55 +0000

The organizers of a South African anti-racism conference in the run up to the soccer World Cup have postponed the gathering after protests about its refusal to grant the Dalai Lama a visa to attend the event.

Tutu will boycott anti-racism conference if Dalai Lama stays banned

Agencies — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:32:20 +0000

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has said he will pull out of a Johannesburg conference to fight racism after a "disgraceful" decision by Pretoria to ban the Dalai Lama from attending.

Dalai Lama meets with Brown and church leaders

Agencies — Tue, 27 May 2008 06:49:18 +0100

The Dalai Lama has had a series of meetings in the UK, with figures including Gordon Brown, the Archbishop of Canterbury and Prince Charles.

Brown to meet with Dalai Lama at Lambeth Palace

staff writers — Fri, 23 May 2008 09:14:33 +0100

Gordon Brown will meet the Dalai Lama at Lambeth Palace, the home of the Archbishop of Canterbury, today. The British Prime Minister has been accused of "kow-towing" to China by meeting the exiled Tibetan leader in his capacity as a spiritual leader.

Orthodox leader and Dalai Lama make Time magazine top 100

Ecumenical News International — Thu, 08 May 2008 01:01:46 +0100

Bartholomeos I, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, has joined the Dalai Lama as one of two international religious figures named in the "Time 100" list, the people deemed by Time magazine to be the world's most influential persons.