Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - His Holiness the Dalai Lama opened the second day’s meeting with guests from Harvard by reciting a verse, which is an aspiration for a long life and for the flourishing of the Dharma. Arthur Brooks wished His Holiness good morning and told him that today the theme for discussion would be spirituality and faith. “Yesterday you told us how important it is to remember our mother’s love.”
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - Prof Arthur Brooks greeted His Holiness the Dalai Lama as he entered the meeting room this morning. Brooks told him that their 11-year-old friendship and collaboration had changed his life. He assured His Holiness that he and his friends from Harvard wanted to help spread his message. “We want to lift people up and bring them together with science, ideas and spirituality.”
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - A long-standing ambition of a group of Sri Lankan Buddhists led by the Most Venerable Dr. Waskaduwe Mahindawansa Maha Nayaka Thero, head of Amarapura Sambuddha Sasanodaya Maha Nikaya, and coordinated by Dr. Damenda Porage, Founder President of the Sri Lanka-Tibetan Buddhist Brotherhood in Sri Lanka, was fulfilled today.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - The temperature was mild, the sun shone and whisps of cloud adorned the sky as His Holiness the Dalai Lama walked through the gate from his residence this morning. He was on his way to attend a ceremony in the Tsuglagkhang, the Main Tibetan Temple, consisting of prayers for his long life. The ritual was offered by members of the Toepa Association and the people of Purang.
