![]() ![]() The exhibition is at Regent Multiplex Ballarat from Friday 27 May to Sunday 29 May. "The Chinese always react to His Holiness' visits, it doesn't matter where he visits in the world, they always react and we just don't let that bother us and certainly His Holiness doesn't either." ![]() "His primary purpose is to connect with as many Australian's as possible. Lynn says the Dalai Lama's Australian trips are not for the purpose of meeting with politicians, but his visits always cause controversy with the Chinese Government. "It's a pictorial history of his life, he's quite a fascinating character."Īn Australian parliamentary delegation visit to meet the Dalai Lama in India in 2009 sparked anger from the Chinese Government. The Dalai Lama of Australia general manager Lynn Baine says the exhibition will give insight into the Buddhist leader's life journey in the lead up to his visit. The spiritual leader will be holding Buddhist teachings in Melbourne for three days from Saturday 11 June. "I think the Dalai Lama is a beautiful man." Lisa says that she's always had an interest in Buddhism. ![]() "We needed to find a project that we could be involved in, and I made one phone call to the Dalai Lama in Australia organisation and from that one phone call we've been able to take the photographic exhibition and screening to five different venues around Victoria." Written in English by Richard Finney.University of Ballarat student Lisa Cressey decided to get involved with the touring Dalai Lama exhibition as part of her events diploma course. In Lingkha Shi itself, over 20 Tibetans were detained in 2009 for protesting Chinese mining in the area, with one, Tsultrim Choephel, beaten to death by police, Tibet Express said, citing sources in the region.Īnd on April 19, a monk named Petruk, 23, was detained by police and killed while in custody, Tibet Express said. ![]() 4 report by the online Tibet Express noted that though the residents of Lingkha Shi live in Bathang county, they are also close to Kardze town, the site of repeated Tibetan protests challenging Chinese rule. Several thousand Tibetans, many on motorbikes, took part in the ceremony to welcome the young lama, the source said, adding, “Many displayed huge photos of the Dalai Lama on their motorbikes and paraded in the ceremony.”Īmong the photographs taken of the parade and sent to RFA, one picture shows a car carrying the banned Tibetan national flag on its hood.Ī Sept. 1, an enthronement ceremony for the tulku of Dudul Lingpa was organized at Changkar monastery in the Lingkha Shi subdivision of Bathang county in Kardze (in Chinese Ganzi) prefecture,” a Tibetan resident of the area told RFA, speaking on condition of anonymity. The Dalai Lama, who fled Tibet into exile in 1959 amid a failed national uprising against Chinese rule, is regarded by Chinese authorities as a dangerous separatist, and possession of his pictures often brings harsh punishment to those who display them. In a major show of defiance, Tibetans celebrating the enthronement of a local religious leader at the weekend paraded large photographs of the Dalai Lama in a restive Tibetan county in China’s Sichuan province, Tibetan sources said. ![]()
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