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A Year On, Tibet’s Jigme Norbu’s Death In Flagler Is Remembered With Incense and Hope

February 18, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Jigme Norbu, the nephew of the Dalai Lama, was killed in Flagler County on the first day of a 300-mile walk for peace. Two dozen people gathered at the crash site in the Hammock this afternoon to commemorate the one-year mark of Norbu’s death.

49th Day Shay-Gu Ceremony for Jigme Norbu, Dalai Lama’s Nephew Killed in the Hammock

April 4, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Jigme Norbu was killed on Valentine’s Day at the start of his walk for Florida. A ceremony at the crash site Sunday marked the 49th, and last, day of mourning, which releases the soul–and those left behind.

A Morning Memorial on A1A for Jigme Norbu Before His Walk Resumes By Other Steps

February 17, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

This morning's memorial benath the oak, where Jigme Norbu lost his life. (© FlaglerLive)

The Dalai Lama’s nephew’s body was flying back to his home in Indiana as a group of friends and supporters gathered at the accident site in the Hammock before resuming his Walk for Tibet-Florida, ending in West Palm Beach later this month.

Dalai Lama’s Nephew’s Last Day: Jigme Norbu Remembered, and His Mission Honored

February 16, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Jigme Norbu’s Florida walk for Tibet will continue, starting with a prayer ceremony on A1A in the Hammock Thursday morning in honor of Norbu, the Dalai Lama’s nephew killed there Monday evening.

Behind the Story: Jigme Norbu’s Death–and Flagler’s Responsibility to His Last Steps

February 15, 2011 | Pierre Tristam | 15 Comments

Flagler County is a small world, often too impressed by its own smallness. It would be compounding loss upon loss if Jigme Norbu’s death had a greater effect elsewhere than in what will always be the grounds of his very last steps.

Dalai Lama’s Nephew Killed by a Car While Walking for Tibet on A1A in the Hammock

February 14, 2011 | Pierre Tristam | 42 Comments

The scene on State Road A1A in the Hammock moments after Jigme Norbu's body was readied for transport to St. Augustine. (© FlaglerLive)

Jigme Norbu, nephew to the Dalai Lama, had walked or biked 7,800 miles for Tibet on several continents, and had just started his 20th walk, and first in Florida, when he was struck and killed near Palm Coast.

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