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Panchen Lama
Panchen Lama In Tibetan Buddhism, religious leader who is second only in importance to the Dalai Lama. In 1923, the ninth Panchen Lama fled to China because of disagreements with the Dalai Lama. In 1938, Bskal-bzang Tshe-brtan, a boy of Tibetan parentage, was born in China and later hailed by the... Read more |
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Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama [Tibetan,=oceanic teacher], title of the leader of Tibetan Buddhism . Believed like his predecessors to be the incarnation of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, 1935-, was installed in 1940. In 1959, following a Tibetan revolt against Chinese rule (see ... Read more |
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Adami
Adami or Adami-Nekeb , in the Bible, border town of Naphtali. Two towns, Adami and Nekeb, in AV.... Read more |
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Arab
Arab , in the Bible, hill town of S ancient Palestine, near Hebron.... Read more |
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Thisbe
Thisbe in the Bible, town whence Tobit was carried, N of Jerusalem.... Read more |
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Opportunity
Opportunity uninc. town (1990 pop. 22,326), Spokane co., E Wash., a suburb of Spokane. It is a growing residential town.... Read more |
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town
town in the United States. In the New England states the town is the basic unit of local government . The New England town government's unique feature is the town meeting, much praised as a nearly pure form of democracy. At the annual meeting of voters, town officers are elected and local issues... Read more |
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Lama dancing
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Saint Stephen (town)
Saint Stephen town (1991 pop. 4,931), SW N.B., Canada, on the St. Croix River opposite Calais, Maine. The two towns, connected by an international bridge, form virtually a single community. St. Stephen was founded by Loyalists after the American Revolution.... Read more |
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Tashilhumpo
...shis lhun-po). An important Gelukpa monastery in the town of Shigatse in southern Tibet. It was founded in 1447 by Dalai Lama I and has been the residence of successive Panchen Lamas. It managed to escape the wholesale destruction of religious... |
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Dalai Lama visits town near Tibet, angering China
...pilgrims welcomed the Dalai Lama back Sunday to the Himalayan town he first set foot in...angered Beijing. The Dalai Lama's arrival here...Tawang and scrubbed the town. Pilgrims arrived...China accuses the ... |
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Dalai lama's brother resides, thrives in Indiana U. campus town
...reunites Norbu and the Dalai Lama once again in Norbu...this Midwest college town, has created a center...only the brother of the Dalai Lama. That's for sure...Tulkus (incarnations of lamas) born in one family...proclaimed ... |
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Thousands throng Indian town for Dalai Lama visit
...streets in the center of town while others sprinkled...jeans. "There are many lamas in Bhutan as well, but our people respect the Dalai Lama a lot," Wangchu said...anything to see him." The Dalai Lama will spend Sunday...on ... |
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Dalai Lama Visits Indiana Town
...Associated Press Writer AP Online 08-17-1999 Dalai Lama Visits Indiana Town BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) -- The Dalai Lama hopes his visit to this college town...day of a nearly two-week visit by the Dalai ... |
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DALAI LAMA VISITS JAIN PILGRIM TOWN OF PALITANA.
...office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama: Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India...Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama today visited the Jain pilgrimage town of Palitana near here and...and non-violence," the Dalai Lama ... |
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Dalai Lama visits Indian town near Tibet border.(World)
...India (AP) – The Dalai Lama has arrived in the northeastern Indian town of Tawang for a five-day...television showed footage of the Dalai Lama entering the monastery...in Tibet. India says the Dalai ... |
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Dalai Lama visits town near Tibet
The Dalai Lama has arrived in the northeastern Indian town of Tawang for a five-day visit...television showed footage of the Dalai Lama entering the monastery here...tensions in Tibet. India says the Dalai Lama ... |
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Dalai Lama visits town; WELCOME.(News)
THE Dalai Lama is set to make a enlightening visit to...spiritual leader will make a detour to Kildare town where he will be welcomed by music and song from pupils of the local schools. The Dalai Lama will arrive in the Market Square at 1... |
 "The Independent (London, England)")
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The Dalai Lama's in town
...religious ceremony to be performed by the Dalai Lama. For eight days, starting next Sunday...ceremony, in a secretive meeting, the Dalai Lama will instruct the novices in...dimensional model. And throughout, the Dalai Lama ... |
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Dalai Lama coming back to town
The Dalai Lama is coming to Chicago this summer — his fifth visit to the city, including...able to see His Holiness at two public events, July 17 and July 18. The Dalai Lama is set to speak July 17 at 1:30 p.m. at UIC and July 18 at 9:30... |
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