prayer for peace in tibet said at buddhist temple in russia

Elista, Kalmykia (Russia) - A prayer service for a peaceful settlement of the situation in China's Tibet Autonomous Region was being conducted on Sunday at the Golden Shakyamuni Buddha Shrine temple in Elista, Kalmykia.

The prayer was being conducted by Doctor of Buddhist Philosophy, Geshe Tenzin Dugda and by monks, and was being attended by about a thousand believers, an Interfax correspondent reports.

"Today's prayers are for a peaceful settlement, for easing suffering and for a happy resolution of the situation in Tibet," Khongor Elbikov, a deputy of Kalmykia legislature and an aide to Kalmykia's Supreme Lama, said before the prayer.

"We cannot remain on the sidelines, when monks and other people are dying. Kalmyks and Tibetans are brothers and sisters. When one half of a whole suffers, the other half must provide moral support, at least," he said.

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