Zurich, Switzerland - Before leaving for Winterthur to attend further celebrations of the Tibet-Institute Rikon’s 50th anniversary this morning, His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave an interview to Swiss television conducted by Islamic scholar and journalist Amira Hafner-Al Jabaji. She began by asking the significance of the Tibet-Institute Rikon.
Zurich, Switzerland - When His Holiness the Dalai Lama met members of the media at his hotel in Zurich this morning Rudolf Högger, Vice President of the Board of Trustees of the Tibet Institute, Rikon, thanked him for coming. “It’s my duty,” His Holiness replied, “both my tutors were involved with Rikon Monastery, the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Europe.”
Zurich, Switzerland - This morning, leaving the tranquillity of Darmstadt, where the bicycle is a favoured mode of transport, His Holiness the Dalai Lama was driven rapidly to Heidelberg. Reaching this picturesque city on the River Neckar he was taken directly to the City Hall where he was received by Mayor Wolfgang Erichson.
Darmstadt, German - Tibetans and other well-wishers gathered to see His Holiness the Dalai Lama off from Rotterdam yesterday morning. The flight to Frankfurt took barely an hour following which he drove into Darmstadt. Among those assembled in the warm sunshine to welcome him at his hotel in the ‘City of Science’ were Tibetans, activists and journalists.
Rotterdam, the Netherlands - When His Holiness the Dalai Lama met six Dutch Parliamentarians this morning he was swift to tell them how much he appreciates their concern for Tibet. As time goes on more and more people come to appreciate that Tibetan culture is sophisticated and useful, while it is being steadily destroyed in Tibet.
Recent reporting of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s views on refugees has been taken out of context. Kindly see His Holiness’s response to a question about refugees during his public talk in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on 16 September 2018.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP - His Holiness the Dalai Lama wrote to the Indian Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, to offer his good wishes on his 68th birthday with prayers for his continued good health.
