Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - Following Jose Ramos-Horta’s recent election as President of Timor-Leste, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written to him to offer his congratulations. “It has been a privilege to have known you for so many years,” His Holiness’s letter continued.”
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - This morning His Holiness the Dalai Lama wrote to President Macron to congratulate him on his historic re-election as President of France. “It has been the Tibetan people’s good fortune,“ His Holiness added, “to have received the friendship and encouragement of the people of France.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - Today, Earth Day 2022, His Holiness the Dalai Lama met with participants in a Dialogue for Our Future that has been convened by a number of organizations here in Dharamsala. As he entered the room His Holiness smiled and wished his guests “Good morning”.
On Earth Day 2022, let us remember that everybody wants to live a happy life. Not only human beings, but animals, birds and insects too. All of us should be concerned about our collective existence. As human beings our marvellous brains provide us with remarkable opportunities to do good, but if we look at how the world is today, we should be able to do better.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - As the early rays of the sun shone over the mountains this morning, His Holiness the Dalai Lama walked into the temple garden from the gate to his residence. More than 260 members of eight opera troupes and more than 70 delegates from the Umaylam Association waited to greet him.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - On learning that former Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, had passed away, His Holiness the Dalai Lama wrote to her daughter, Alice Patterson Albright, to offer his condolences.“She was not only the first woman to serve as the United States’ Secretary of State,” he wrote, “she served with distinction.”
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - This morning, on the fifteenth day of the new Water-Tiger Year, His Holiness the Dalai Lama came to the Tsuglagkhang, the Main Tibetan Temple, to celebrate the Day of Miracles that commemorates an episode in the life of the Buddha. Because of the intervening Covid-19 pandemic this was the first time he has appeared in public since leaving Bodhgaya in January 2020.
