Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, India - Members of the International Network of Engaged Buddhists led by Thai activist Sulak Sivaraksa met His Holiness the Dalai Lama this morning. “As human beings, we all want to live a happy life,” His Holiness told them, “but we are regularly faced with problems of our own making.”
Chandigarh, India - When His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived at Chandigarh University this morning after a half hour drive out of the city, he was received by a welcome committee that included the Chancellor and Vice Chancellor. Tibetan students offered the ‘chema changpu’ traditional welcome on the steps.
Chandigarh, India, - Yesterday, His Holiness the Dalai Lama travelled by road from Dharamsala to Chandigarh. This morning he was invited to inaugurate the 11th Global Week of the Chitkara University and representatives of the university came to escort him to its campus at Rajpura.
Chandigarh, India - Moved by reports in the news of the destruction wrought in Japan by the worst storm in decades, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written to Shinzo Abe, the Prime Minister. “I would like to offer my condolences to the families of those who lost their lives as a result of the recent Typhoon Hagibis,” he wrote.
