Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, India - Following news of former Delhi Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit’s sudden death, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written to her son, Mr Sandeep Dikshit, to express his condolences. “I am sorry to learn about your mother’s passing away,” he wrote. “Your mother lived a meaningful life, devoted to the service of others.”
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, India - In a letter today congratulating Ursula Von der Leyen on her election as the next President of the European Commission, His Holiness the Dalai Lama wrote: “I take this opportunity to convey to you my great admiration for the spirit of the European Union.”
I would like to thank you deeply for the warm greetings that many of you have sent me on my birthday, 6 July 2019. I am now 84 years old, but I hope to be able to celebrate the occasion with all of you for many more years to come. I have said before that if you would like to make me a birthday gift, the best you can do would be to help in fulfilling my three commitments.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, India - This morning, His Holiness the Dalai Lama met with 15 educators from India, Germany, Brazil, Mexico, Finland, USA, Australia, Bangladesh, Britain, and Russia, who are participating in an initial roundtable conference on the theme, ‘Human Education in the 3rd Millennium’.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, India - There was a brightness in the air after overnight rain this morning as His Holiness the Dalai Lama met Community Representatives, Staff and Students of Tong-Len, a small charity working with displaced Indian communities in the area around Dharamsala.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, India - This morning, the day before his 84th birthday, about 300 retired staff of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) and 200 members of their families offered prayers and an elaborate ritual for His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s long life.
Firstly, in responding to a question about whether his own reincarnation could be a woman, and suggesting that if she were she should be attractive, His Holiness genuinely meant no offence. He is deeply sorry that people have been hurt by what he said and offers his sincere apologies.
