Observing the International Day of Peace at the Church of Peace, Swidnica

History, ‘Forgiveness and Reconciliation' in Wroclaw, European Capital of Culture 2016
September 21st 2016
Wroclaw, Poland, 20 September 2016 - His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s first full day in Wroclaw began with an interview by Piotr Krasko for TVN. The conversation touched on his having no fear of death and his sense that the unique Buddhist insight concerning the absence of intrinsic existence of self or phenomena had resulted in a reduction of his negative emotions.

Leaving Strasbourg for Wroclaw
September 19th 2016
Wroclaw, Poland, 19 September 2016 - Before leaving France after a successful week’s visit during which he visited the European Parliament and Council of Europe, gave teachings and spoke to thousands, His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave a couple of short interviews. His conversation with Dorothée Werner of Elle magazine touched on the importance of ecology, how we are all equally human beings, the status of women and the need for more women leaders.

Avalokiteshvara Empowerment and Public Talk
September 19th 2016
Strasbourg, France, 18 September 2016 - It was dark and raining when His Holiness the Dalai Lama left his hotel for the Zénith Strasbourg this morning. Dawn broke on the way and he was warmly received when he arrived. Sitting before the mandala pavilion he engaged immediately with preparations for the empowerment he was to give. An hour or so later, he addressed the audience.

Teaching Nagarjuna's ‘Commentary on Bodhichitta’ in Strasbourg
September 18th 2016
Strasbourg, France, 17 September 2016 - Eight thousand eight hundred people gathered today in the Zénith de Strasbourg, an indoor sporting arena and concert hall designed in the Postmodern Expressionist style, to listen to His Holiness the Dalai Lama explain Nagarjuna’s ‘Commentary on Bodhichitta’. His Holiness spoke largely in Tibetan, which was eloquently translated into French by Ven Matthieu Ricard over the PA system.