Over 9 Million Follow Dalai Lama Online


"The pictures are splashed all over the page to make it attractive and to make the readers look at the entire page and not just the top of it," he said.

Even his forthcoming visits and lectures are posted on Facebook. His speeches are on his YouTube account.

"The teaching sessions held anywhere in the globe are available on YouTube. Every day after the session is over, two videos - one in Tibetan dialect and other in English - are uploaded so that devotees worldwide can access them first thing in the morning," Choejor said.

The teachings of the Dalai Lama, the global face of the Tibetan exile movement, on ethics, non-violence, peace and religious harmony have made him one of twentieth century's most popular and revered figures.

In an interview with CNN's Piers Morgan, the 77-year-old pontiff, who inspires writers from the Orient and the West, said: "I don't email or use a computer, and still haven't quite worked out how to use a mobile phone."

It was in 1959 that the Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, whom China calls a separatist, fled Tibet after an anti-communist uprising. His government-in-exile, which never won recognition from any country, is based here.

India is home to around 100,000 Tibetans.

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Source: IANS