Dalai Lama launches iPhone app – but it’s blocked in Tibet

  • The 82-year-old Buddhist spiritual leader announced the new app just yesterday
  • He uses Twitter and has previously spoken of the wonders of new technology 
  • But it does not appear on Apple’s China app store, meaning Tibetans can’t get it

The Dalai Lama has created an iPhone app to help his devotees keep track of his teachings – but it has been blocked on Apple’s China store.

The 82-year-old Buddhist monk announced the new app, which will allow users to watch live video of his teachings, to his 16.6 million Twitter followers yesterday.  

He already has millions of Twitter followers and has previously spoken of the wonders of new technology.   

The 82-year-old Buddhist monk announced the new app, which will allow users to watch live video of his teachings, to his 16.6 million Twitter followers yesterday

It promises official news, videos and photos from the office of the Tibetan spiritual leader.

However, it does not appear on Apple’s China app store, meaning most Tibetans will not be able to access it.

The technology giant has previously blocked iPhone applications related to the Dalai Lama and other exiles from its China store.

The Buddhist leader has embraced modern technologies in the past, although it is not known whether he himself uses a smartphone.

However, the app does not appear on Apple's China app store, meaning most Tibetans will not be able to access it

However, the app does not appear on Apple’s China app store, meaning most Tibetans will not be able to access it

In 2014 he said new technologies had made a lot of things easier, but warned against allowing phones and computers to dictate how we live.

‘Without technology, humanity has no future, but we have to be careful that we don’t become so mechanised that we lose our human feelings,’ he said. 



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