Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - Today is the full-moon day, the principal day, of Saga Dawa, the fourth month of the Tibetan lunar calendar, when Tibetans remember the birth and enlightenment of Buddha Shakyamuni. His Holiness the Dalai Lama walked from the gates.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - This morning His Holiness the Dalai Lama wrote a letter to the Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik to tell him how deeply saddened he was to see reports of the tragic train collision that took place in Balasore last evening.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - This morning, despite the continuing unseasonable cold and wet weather, His Holiness the Dalai Lama met with almost 500 students who have recently graduated from or are currently studying in the Nalanda Courses offered by Tibet House, New Delhi.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written to Edgars Rinkevics to congratulate him on his election as the President of Latvia. “Since 1991, I have had several opportunities to visit your beautiful country,” he wrote. “On those occasions I have been deeply moved.”
