The Office of His Holiness The Dalai Lama

Photos - His Holiness Attends Medicine Buddha Prayers

His Holiness the Dalai Lama joining in Medicine Buddha Prayers organized by Sera Mey Monastery at the Main Tibetan Temple in Dharamsala, HP, India on June 15, 2025.

Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - This morning, in the sultry pre-monsoon heat, His Holiness the Dalai Lama drove from his residence to the Tsuglagkhang, the main Tibetan Buddhist Temple, in a golfcart. Taking his seat before the throne, he joined several thousand people who had gathered to recite prayers to the Medicine Buddha. The event was organized and led by monks and Lamas of Sera Mé Monastic College and presided over by the Sharpa Chöjé Rinpoché and the Abbot of Sera Mé.

Congratulating the New Prime Minister of Mongolia

June 13, 2025

Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written to Zandanshatar Gombojav to congratulate him on his election as Prime Minister of Mongolia. “I was able to visit your country for the first time in 1979,” His Holiness wrote, “and I have warm memories of that occasion and of the several further visits I have made since then. I am very encouraged by the interest and enthusiasm that Mongolians, young and old, have been showing in promoting human values.”

Congratulating the President of the Republic of Korea

June 5, 2025

Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written to Lee Jae-myung this morning to congratulate him on his victory in the Korean Presidential Election. “Today the world is passing through very challenging times,” he wrote, “even as there is a growing sense of interdependence and the oneness of humanity across the world. A lasting peace in the Korean peninsula is of vital importance to the entire world.”

Offering of Prayers for His Holiness’s Long Life

June 4, 2025

Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - This morning, the Tsuglagkhang, the Main Tibetan Temple, was decorated with marigold garlands and the courtyard criss-crossed with lines of Tibetan and Buddhist flags. These were part of the ceremony for offering prayers for His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s long life. The patrons on this occasion were former students of the (CST) Darjeeling, the Tibetan Community of New York & New Jersey and the Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota.