Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to congratulate him on his birthday and wish him many happy returns of the day. “With its age-old traditions of ‘Ahimsa’ and ‘Karuna’, India sets an example to the world,” he wrote.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - Riding in a golf-cart from his residence to the Tsuglagkhang, the Main Tibetan Temple, and then walking from the lift to the temple, His Holiness the Dalai Lama smiled broadly, happy to see the people gathered to hear him teach. Of the estimated 5000 people present, 700 were from South-east Asia.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - The Tsuglagkhang, the Main Tibetan Temple, was brightly decorated today as part of a ceremony to pray for the Long Life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The pillars were wrapped in cloth in the colours of the Indian flag and hung with garlands of marigolds. The path through the courtyard was covered with red carpet.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - This morning Ven Professor Samdhong Rinpoché walked through the courtyard, escorted by Lama Ngawang Norbu, an MLA from Arunachal Pradesh, and the Chairman of the Committee organizing today’s teachings and tomorrow’s Long-Life Ceremony.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - This morning, the Board of Trustees of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF), which is based in Manila, in the Philippines, launched a seven-volume series entitled Greatness of Spirit about previous recipients of the award in the presence of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - This morning His Holiness the Dalai Lama returned to Dharamsala at the end of his journey from New York, where for the last two months he has received medical treatment for his knees. After a stopover in Zurich he continued on to Delhi, where yesterday he took a day’s rest.
Zurich, Switzerland - When His Holiness the Dalai Lama walked onto the stage at the Hallenstadion in Zurich today, before a capacity crowd of 15,000, he saluted the Tashi Shölpa dancers performing their dance to welcome him.
