Two Nobel Peace laureates hold White House talks, despite Chinese warnings.
Every sitting U.S. president has met with the Dalai Lama since George H. W. Bush in 1991, with then-president George W. Bush awarding the leader the Congressional Gold Medal in a high-profile ceremony in 2007.
While Obama will not appear in public with the Dalai Lama and, like his White House predecessors, will deny him the symbolism of meeting in the Oval Office, there are already signs that Sino-U.S. relations may be deteriorating since Obama’s November visit to China.
On the eve of the Dalai Lama’s visit, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs insisted the United States and China — the world’s largest and third-biggest economies — have a “mature relationship” capable of withstanding disagreements.
Beijing said it was “strongly dissatisfied” about the meeting and expected Washington to take steps to put bilateral relations back on a healthy course. Read more »
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New arrival in the Tibetan Incense Shop - Chenrezig Mandala Thangka.
Buddha Chenrezig (Avalokiteshvara in sanskrit), the Compassion Buddha, is the embodiment of the universal compassion of all enlightened beings. By relying upon him, we naturally increase our own compassion. His first two hands hold a jewel, symbolizing his own enlightenment; his second left hand holds a white lotus flower, symbolizing his complete purity of body, speech, and mind; and his second right hand holds a crystal mala, symbolizing that he can free all living beings from samsara.
Chenrezig Mandala Thangka
Thangka is traditionally framed in borders of silk brocade.
Size of Painted Surface 15″ X 20″ (36 X 51 cm.)
Size with Brocade 26″ X 44″ (65 X 112 cm.)
Painted in Buddhist Monastery in Kalimpong, North India.
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NY Times - U.S. President Barack Obama still plans to meet the Dalai Lama, the White House said on Tuesday, despite China’s warning that such a meeting would hurt ties already strained by U.S. weapons sales to Taiwan.
Digging in on two points of discord, China vowed to impose unspecified sanctions against U.S. companies selling arms to Taiwan and said any meeting between Obama and the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader would hurt bilateral ties.
Barack Obama
The White House shrugged off Beijing’s warning.
“The president told China’s leaders during his trip last year that he would meet with the Dalai Lama and he intends to do so,” White House spokesman Bill Burton told reporters travelling with Obama to New Hampshire.
“We expect that our relationship with China is mature enough where we can work on areas of mutual concern such as climate, the global economy and non-proliferation and discuss frankly and candidly those areas where we disagree.”
China has become increasingly vocal in opposing meetings between foreign leaders and the Dalai Lama, who Beijing deems a dangerous separatist. A meeting between the Tibetan leader and Obama would raise tensions between the world’s biggest and third-biggest economies.
Ties between the United States and China have also soured over trade and currency quarrels, cyber security and control of the Internet, and Beijing’s jailing of dissidents.
U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said Washington wanted to “work through” disputes in various bilateral meetings the United States has with China.
“You have two of the most powerful nations on earth and our interests coincide in many areas and our interests collide occasionally in a handful of those,” he told reporters.
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A great Christmas gift for your family and friends: Healing Buddha Praying Incense Set with Buddha statue made from herbs.
The set contains 1 scented Buddha Statue, 4 packs of different stick incense and a wooden incense holder.
This statue of Lord Buddha is made from about hundred precious medicinal herbal ingredients, among them sandalwood, gurgum, saffron. Combination of these herbs helps to bring a peace and power of concentration to the mind.
The statue also contains Zung (the Mantra) blessed by many renowned Rinpoches and lamas in dedication to the world peace.
You can buy this Buddha Praying Set with Christmas discount: only usd 10.80 instead of usd 15!
Healing Buddha Praying Incense Set
Despite red statue and box at the picture, only green ones are available in stock right now.
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