Dalai Lama offers Chch quake advice

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Tue, 07 Jun 2011 1:48p.m.

The Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama

His Holiness The Dalai Lama has arrived in Christchurch today to see the destruction caused by the February earthquake, and offer prayers for the people of Christchurch.

A crowd of about 50 people met the spiritual leader offering him Khatas, a traditional Tibetan flag.

Speaking to the crowd the Dalai Lama said Christchurch had to look forward from its sadness and strive to rebuild their city.

The Tibetan spiritual leader arrived at Christchurch International Airport at 12:20pm this afternoon.

He will offer prayers and speak at a free event at the CBS Canterbury Arena at noon tomorrow.

The arena will open to the public from 10:30am, and all are welcome to attend.

The Dalai Lama's representative Thuten Kesang says the 76-year-old spiritual leader has fond memories of his previous visits to Christchurch in 1992 and 1996.

The Dalai Lama, who wrote to Prime Minister John Key conveying his sympathies after the February earthquake, is visiting the city ahead of his 10-day Australian tour.

His representative hopes the people of Christchurch will be able to "find comfort in his words of wisdom".

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15 Sep 2011 01:47p.m.

Koyasha wrote:

FREE TIBET!! China should do the right thing. Leave Tibet. China is so big already, why try to steal another country's land? Greedy.

08 Jun 2011 12:15a.m.

tibet is a part of China wrote:

this loser has been traveling around the world for neraly half a century gaining nothing but support from politically idiotic hollywood celebrities and powerless politicians.

My sincere advice to those still dreaming about an independent tibet is: China will never give up tibet, it wont make a difference even if the Communist party collapsed because 99% of Chinese know tibet is a part of China as it always been since 1750s.

btw if some think nearly 300 years of sovereignty over a piece of land doesnt make i legitimate then We Kiwis should consider give the land back to the Maori, we shoul also ask Australia to give its land back to the aboriginese, also dont forget about telling the Americans to give USA back to the native indians. Maori, aboriginese and native indians how many percentage of them speak their own language? last time i cheack 98% of tibetans speak the tibetan language and 1 in 35 tibetans are a monk. what repression? western bias way of thinking?

07 Jun 2011 06:04p.m.

Paul wrote:

ho ho ho What do you think of this, China? Still want to trade with us?