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.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, India - With the announcement that Abiy Ahmed Ali, Prime Minister of Ethiopia is to be awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to achieve peace and reconciliation between Ethiopia and Eritrea, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written to congratulate him.
