Making of Seat of Honor for Dalai Lama in Boston
The throne is made of hand-carved teak - there is a single gold throne, in Lhasa - and the one built for Boston has carved into it the eight “auspicious symbols” of Buddhism.
The throne is made of hand-carved teak - there is a single gold throne, in Lhasa - and the one built for Boston has carved into it the eight “auspicious symbols” of Buddhism.
The Dalai Lama is coming to Boston for four days this spring. Dalai Lama’s Boston area schedule: April 30 to May 2, 2009.
President Barack Obama urged China to renew talks with the Dalai Lama’s envoys on Tibet
China’s communist government will decide on the reincarnated successor of the Dalai Lama when he passes away.
China has issued its strongest recent criticism of Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama - calling him a political exile who directly heads an illegal theocratic government.