Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - The happy chatter that filled the meeting room next to His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s office fell silent when he walked into the room and scanned the faces of the students waiting for him. He smiled broadly, wished them “Good morning”, and sat down.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - At the start of the final day of teachings for students from Taiwan, His Holiness the Dalai Lama announced that he would first perform preliminary rituals in preparation for the Avalokiteshvara permission he was going to give. Once he was ready, he explained that he had decided that the permission of Avalokiteshvara Who Liberates from the Lower Realms would be an auspicious conclusion.
Dharamsala, HP, India - In his letter to Ms. Nadia Murad from Iraq and Dr. Denis Mukwege from Congo His Holiness congratulated them for their being awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize for their dedicated struggle against the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP - After reaching the Tsuglagkhang and greeting members of the audience this morning, His Holiness the Dalai Lama stood on the throne and saluted the images of the Buddha, Avalokiteshvara and the Three Religious Kings of Tibet before sitting down. Chanting of the ‘Heart Sutra’ in Chinese followed the recitation of the Mangala Sutta in Pali.
