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.

Dalai Lama Challenges Parliament Attendees to Action
December 10th 2009
Melbourne, Australia, 9 December 2009 (By D. Andrew Kille, San Jose Interfaith Examiner) - In a bit of unmistakable irony, the first sign that the Dalai Lama would soon be present at the Parliament of the World's Religions was the presence of metal detectors at the entrances to the Melbourne Convention Center. That this man, who probably more than any other embodies a spirit of peacemaking and global unity, might provoke someone to violence says much about the brokenness of our world, and the distance we have yet to travel.

Dalai Lama Urges Australian MPs to Visit Tibet
December 10th 2009

Dalai Lama: A Humble Man with A Message for Us
December 9th 2009

Dalai Lama Urges Action on Climate Change
December 9th 2009

Public Talk in Melbourne, Australia on December 10: His Holiness will give a public talk on World Peace: Who Is Responsible? organized by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Australia Committee. Contact Website: www.dalailamainaustralia.org  
 
Teachings in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India
January 5 to 9, 2010
His Holiness will give five-day teachings on Nagarjuna's In Praise of the Transcendental (jigten ley depar toepa), Atisha's Lamp of the Path to Enlightenment (jangchup lamdron), Longchen Rinpoche's Mind In Comfort and Ease (semnyid nyelso) & Tsongkhapa's Short Version of the Stages of the Path To Enlightenment (lamrim dhuedhon) from January 5 to 8.