Peter Milliken (L), speaker of the Canadian House of Commons, poses for photos with Shingtsa Tenzinchodrak, a living Buddha and also head of a five-member delegation of the Tibetan deputies to China's National People's Congress, in Ottawa, Canada, March 23, 2009. The delegation is in Canada for a visit. (Xinhua/Yuan Man) Photo Gallery>>>

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Living Buddha says serfs emancipation in Tibet similar to U.S. abolition of slavery

    OTTAWA, March 23 (Xinhua) -- A Tibetan living Buddha on Monday compared the emancipation of serfs in Tibet 50 years ago to the abolition of slavery in the United States in 1862, saying the two are of similar significance.

    "They are both milestones in the history of human rights," Shingtsa Tenzinchodrak, a living Buddha of the Kagyu sect, said when meeting with Peter Milliken, speaker of the Canadian House of Commons. Full story

Living Buddha: Dalai Lama's so-called "middle way" unacceptable

    TORONTO, March 20 (Xinhua) -- The Dalai Lama's so-called "middle way", which has the idea of "Greater Tibet" as one of its key contents, is not acceptable to the Chinese government, a living Buddha said here Friday.

    "The so-called 'middle way' rhetoric of the Dalai Lama sounds very attractive, but in fact it is problematic," Shingtsa Tenzinchodrak, a living Buddha told a press conference. Full story