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"Today,
we are going through a critical
period of time. We are a nation with an ancient culture, which is now
facing the threat of extinction. We need your help, the international
community's help, to protect our culture. Our culture is one of the
heritages of the world. Protecting an ancient culture like this is the
responsibility not only of the concerned nation, but also of the world
community as a whole."
-By
H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama
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Tibetan Community has
been active since its inception in
preserving and promoting Tibetan culture in Australia through various
programmes.
We are currently drawing
up a comprehensive plan for the
future development and restructuring of this school so that we are able
to give the best Tibetan language teaching to our children.
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FESTIVAL
OF TIBET - 5 July 2009
The Tibetan
Community of
Australia (NSW) Inc invites you to share a day of Tibetan culture and
hospitality and to celebrate His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 74th
birthday.
Festival of Tibet
Sunday 5 July 2009
11.00am to 4.00pm
Petersham Town Hall
107 Crystal Street
Petersham
Entry $20 includes entertainment and Tibetan lunch
Parking - Available on the street to the side and rear of the Hall.
Wheelchair access at front door
Public Transport - Petersham Station is 5 minutes walk.
428, L28 and 445 buses stop on the corner of New Canterbury Roads and
Gordon Streets at Petersham.
412 and 445 buses stop at Petersham Station.
Enquiries:
Tenzin Gaden 0413 542 320
or Sue Bloom 0414 739 462
suebloom@hotmail.com
or injibodnews@optusnet.com.au
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Weekly
Buddhist prayer meetings
Every Sunday
between
4.30pm and 5.30pm, Tibetan Buddhist monks will meet to lead prayers,
all welcome.
For those who have had
the pleasure of encountering the wealth of wisdom of Buddhism, these
weekly meetings present a wonderful opportunity to meet and pray
together with monks and Tibetans who have spent their lives absorbed in
this wonderful faith. For
those who have not encountered Buddhism or Tibetan culture, including
those who originate from different cultures, backgrounds and
traditions, these meetings are a great opportunity to explore something
completely different!
Traditional Tibetan doctor
in Dee Why
Dee Why has the only qualified practicing traditional Tibetan doctor in
Australia! Available 7 days a week (by appointment
only).
Tibetan traditional
medicine is holistic, which means that the whole physical being and
spirit is treated as one, and Tibetan remedies address an overall
balance between body and spirit, not just on the presenting symptom. Traditional
Tibetan medicine is founded on the teachings of Buddhism, therefore
this venue now provides an easily accessible opportunity to address
both spiritual and physical needs.
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Formation of Harmonious Association between Han and Tibetans in
Australia on 6 July 2008
On 6 July 2008, on the
auspicious occasion of the 73rd birthday of His Holiness the Dalai
Lama, the formation of a Harmonious Association between Han and
Tibetans was announced in Sydney by Mr Tenzin Atisha, Representative of
His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Australia.
This Association was
formed following a suggestion from His Holiness the Dalai Lama to the
Chinese and Tibetan communities during his visit to Australia in June
2008, especially by Ms Mei Leech, a famous artist from China.
The
main objective of the Association will be to bring harmonious
relationship and better understanding between two ethnic
communities. Ms Mei
Leech and Mr
Tenzin Gaden will be the co-Presidents of the Association. Read more...
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AUSTRALIAN
SOLIDARITY WITH TIBET RALLY, HYDE PARK, SYDNEY 21 JUNE 2008
At the
same time as the Olympic Torch was being paraded through the streets of
Lhasa in Tibet, Australian Tibetans and their supporters held a public
rally in Sydney to show their solidarity with those still living under
the unacceptable oppression of the Chinese government in Tibet.
Tibetans traveled from across Australia to attend the rally.
Nature itself appeared to be supporting the event, as it gave the most
glorious sunny winter day as a backdrop. In addition to
Tibetan
supporters, the rally was well attended by supporters from all walks of
life. There were representatives from a diversity of
religions;
Buddhist, Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu and supporters from other
nations displayed their national flags in support of the struggle for
human rights.
The meeting was held to commemorate the lives lost, and to demonstrate
support for the increasing numbers of Tibetan victims who are being
persecuted for attempting to speak their truth, in a country which has
a “re-education campaign” which instructs people on
what to
think and say.
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Global
Day of Action - Monday 31 March
Up to 500 people
gathered in Sydney's Martin Place, where speakers have called for China
to to give greater media freedom.
Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith says allowing foreign access to
Tibet is a step in the right direction, but he is disappointed at the
level of supervision by Chinese authorities. Read more...
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Sydney
Protest Outside Chinese Consulate on 18 March 2008
Sydney
Protest Outside Chinese Consulate in Sydney on 18 March 2008, followed
same afternoon by Prayer Vigil in Martin Place, Sydney City
Centre, afternoon of 18 March 2008. Read more...
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10 March 2008,
Tibetan
Uprising Day, Sydney, Australia
10 March
commemorates a
day forty nine years ago, when Tibetans
in Lhasa, Tibet, demonstrated en masse against their brutal oppression
under the leadership of the Chinese Communist party. Read more...
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Second
award this year for Tibetan, Dorjee Dadul
Dorjee Dadul was
invited to attend NSW State Parliament on 6th March 2008, to be awarded
with his second prestigious government community service award in as
many months. He was previously awarded Citizen of the Year
2007
by Warringah Council in New South Wales on Australia Day this year, 26
January 2008. Read
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Citizen
of the Year 2008 awarded to Tibetan
Dorjee Dadul,
Tibetan
Sydney resident, has been named Citizen of the Year by Warringah
Council, Sydney, Australia.
Read
more...
Watch video recording...
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"Like
any other nation, Tibet and
Tibetans are also entitled to human rights, including the right to
preservation of their separate identity and way of life. To achieve
this goal they would continue to struggle as long as they remain under
foreign military occupation.... Until these rights are restored to my
people, there shall be no peace in their hearts and minds. Tibetans
have endless faith in themselves as well as in the righteousness of
their struggle. We won't stop till the goal is achieved."
H.
H. The Dalai Lama
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