Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - Seeing the faces of students and their Professor, Arthur Brooks, on the screens before him this morning, His Holiness the Dalai Lama smiled and waved. The students and their professor waved back. Brooks greeted him, saying, “Tashi Delek” and told him how excited he was about the impending meeting. He introduced His Holiness to the virtual audience as the leader of the Tibetan people, who has worked tirelessly for their dignity.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - Susan Bauer-Wu, President of the Mind & Life Institute opened a conversation that was to take place between His Holiness the Dalai Lama, climate activist Greta Thunberg and scientists Susan Natali and William Moomaw. She asked His Holiness, “How are you?” He laughed and answered, “Look at my face. My body is getting old, but I’m quite fit.”
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - As soon as he entered the room from where he teaches online this morning, His Holiness the Dalai Lama scanned the faces on the screens in front of him, smiled and waved before he sat down. After Ven JinOk had bowed in greeting and chanted the ‘Heart Sutra’ in Korean, His Holiness resumed his teaching. “Today is the third day of these teachings. Have you been able to reflect on what we’ve discussed?"
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - Ven JinOk opened the second day of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s teachings with a rhythmic recitation of the ‘Heart Sutra’ in Korean. His Holiness responded, “Today, we’ll continue with our explanation of this text that is recited by most followers of the Sanskrit tradition in Asia. In the first round of Buddha Shakyamuni’s teachings he made clear that suffering must be known, ignorance must be eliminated and true cessation must be actualized by cultivating the path.”
