Welcome to the official website of the Office of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.  His Holiness is both the temporal and the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. He frequently states that his life is guided by three major commitments: the promotion of basic human values or secular ethics in the interest of human happiness, the fostering of inter-religious harmony and the welfare of the Tibetan people, focusing on the survival of their identity, culture and religion.

Explore here how His Holiness fulfils these commitments through his various activities his public talks, widespread international visits and publications.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama Bestows Ordination Vows
March 15th 2010
Dharamsala, India, March 15th 2010 - Today His Holiness the Dalai Lama ordained a group of monks as fully ordained monks following the Mulasarvastivada Vinaya tradition which was established in Tibet by the Indian Abbot Shantarakshita in the eighth century in the behest of the then Tibetan Emperor Trisong Deutsan.

Statement of His Holiness the Dalai Lama on the 51st Anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day
March 10th 2010

The Dalai Lama appears on Twitter — and ‘tweets for a better world’
March 3rd 2010

Tibetan Administration Offers Long-Life Puja for HH the Dalai Lama
March 2nd 2010

Public Talk in Maribor, Slovenia on April 6: His Holiness will give a public talk on Ethics for the New Millennium organized by the University of Maribor, the Municipality of Maribor and Prva Gimnazija Maribor at the Tabor Sport Hall.

Public Talk in Zurich, Switzerland on April 11: His Holiness will give a public talk on Universal Responsibility and Economics organized by the Mind & Life Institute at Hallenstadion Zurich. Contact Website: www.dalailamazurich.ch