Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - This morning His Holiness the Dalai Lama was invited to take part in a dialogue with Prof Andreas Roepstorff of the Interacting Minds Centre, Aarhus University, Denmark on the theme ‘Cultivating our Common Humanity amidst Uncertainty’. His Holiness was welcomed by Dr Amy Cohen Varela, Chairperson, Mind and Life Europe.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - Today, on the occasion of his 70th birthday, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has sent a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi wishing him many happy returns of the day and praying for his continued good health. “This has been an exceptionally tough year,” he wrote, “for peoples and nations across the world”
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - On receiving news today that his old friend Kapila Vatsyayan had passed away, His Holiness the Dalai Lama wrote to her brother Shri Subash Bhashi to offer his condolences. He noted that he had known Smt Vatsyayan since his first visit to India in 1956 to participate in the 2500th Buddha Jayanti Celebrations.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - Today, no sooner had His Holiness the Dalai Lama settled in his seat than a group of students at the White Tara Buddhist Center in Jakarta began to chant the ‘Heart Sutra’ in Indonesian. When they were done, His Holiness thanked them.
