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The Tibet Religious Foundation of His Holiness the Dalai Lama is one of the offices of the official representation of the 14th Dalai Lama and of the Tibetan government in exile, and a non-profit organization, founded in March 1997 and based in Taipei, Taiwan.
Songs for Tibet was released to coincide with the start of the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics on August 8, 2008. The album was released on iTunes August 5, 2008, and the CD was made available August 19. On August 5, 2008, the Art of Peace Foundation released the video "Songs for Tibet: Freedom Is Expression," which was directed by Mark Pellington.
The foundation was officially established in April 1992 in Beijing. [2] Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), became the chairman of the Board of Directors, while Pagbalha Geleg Namgyai, also a vice-chairman of the CPPCC, and Sanggyai Yexe, former Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region, were appointed as vice-chairmen of the ...
The Tibet Fund is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in New York City, New York, United States.It was founded in 1981 under the auspices of the Dalai Lama.The Tibet Fund is the primary funding organization for health, education, refugee rehabilitation, cultural preservation and economic development programs that enable Tibetans in exile and their homeland to sustain their language ...
On January 4, 2021, he was assigned as the de facto representative of the Tibet Religious Foundation of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Taiwan for a four-year term, succeeding Dawa Tsering. [ 1 ] In 2022, Bawa met with Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi on her visit to Taiwan .
Anagarika Govinda (born Ernst Lothar Hoffmann, 17 May 1898 – 14 January 1985) was the founder of the order of the Arya Maitreya Mandala and an expositor of Tibetan Buddhism, Abhidharma, and Buddhist meditation as well as other aspects of Buddhism.
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso was born on July 19th, 1931, in Yangcho Tang, Western Tibet and named Lobsang Chuponpa. At eight years old, he joined Ngamring Jampa Ling Monastery where he was ordained as a novice monk and given the monastic name "Kelsang Gyatso" meaning "Ocean of Good Fortune".
The Milarepa Fund was founded in May 1994, [2] by musician Adam Yauch and activist Erin Potts. [1] The fund was named after the 11th century Tibetan singer-yogi Milarepa, and was originally intended to distribute royalties from Yauch's Beastie Boys' 1994 songs "Shambala" and "Bodhisattva Vow", which had sampled the chanting of Tibetan monks, to support Tibetan independence. [3]