Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - Under a clear blue sky, the rising sun was catching the peaks of the mountains as His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived at the gate to his residence this morning. As monks playing horns led the way, officials escorted him under an arch of flowers to the temple
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written to His Excellency Petr Pavel to congratulate him on his election as President of the Czech Republic. “I have fond memories,” he wrote, “of my visits to the Czech Republic.”
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - The sun had barely risen this morning when His Holiness the Dalai Lama set out to walk from the gate of his residence to the Tsuglagkhang. As is his wont, he smiled and waved to members of the public in the yard to left and right.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - When His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived at the Tsuglagkhang early this morning the temples, surrounding verandas and the yard below were already packed with people, who included 5000 monks and nuns, 600 Mongolians and other members of the public.
