Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - This morning, His Holiness the Dalai Lama was invited to a discussion via video link with members of EdCamp Ukraine, an educational NGO that is Emory University's official Social Emotional Ethical (SEE) Learning partner in Ukraine. He arrived, saluted members of the panel he could see on the screens in front of him and wished them, “Good morning”
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - Immediately on receiving news of her party’s resounding victory in the New Zealand general election, His Holiness the Dalai Lama wrote to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to offer her his congratulations. “I admire the courage, wisdom and leadership you have shown in these challenging times.”
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - This morning, His Holiness the Dalai Lama was invited by the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam International Foundation to give a short talk and answer questions from students around the world. He was welcomed by the grandnephews of Dr Abdul Kalam and co-founders of the foundation. They told His Holiness how honoured they felt that he had joined them by video link from his residence.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - On receiving the news that this year’s Nobel Peace Prize had been awarded to the UN World Food Programme, His Holiness the Dalai Lama wrote to David Beasley, the Executive Director, to convey his congratulations. “This is a recognition of the organisation's vital role in reducing hunger in the world”
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - “Today I’d like to greet you all,” so saying His Holiness the Dalai Lama began the third day of his explanation of Tsongkhapa’s ‘Essence of True Eloquence’ primarily for Taiwanese Buddhists. “The prayer you say at the end of the ‘Heart Sutra’ says ‘May I ... enter into the practices of a bodhisattva’. Perhaps this should be more of a determination than just a wish, ‘I will enter into the practices of a bodhisattva’.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - When His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived this morning, he saluted the two groups in the virtual audience, monks at Yunlin and monastics and laypeople in Taipei. They waved to him as he took his seat. “Today is the second of these teachings,” he began. “We don’t need to use reason to prove that we want to be happy, not to experience suffering.”
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - This morning, the moment he saw on the screens before him faces of Buddhists gathered to listen to him in Taipei, His Holiness the Dalai Lama smiled and waved. He laughed as he recognized old friends among the ordained and lay members of the audience. “Today, dharma friends in Taiwan have asked for an explanation of ‘Essence of True Eloquence’.”
