Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - His Holiness the Dalai Lama opened the third day of teachings he has been giving to young Tibetan students with a reminder that today is the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima. “At the end of the Second World War, atomic bombs were dropped first on Hiroshima and three days later on Nagasaki.”
On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, I take the opportunity to urge governments, organizations and individuals to rededicate themselves to making the achievement of peace the centerpiece of our lives.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - His Holiness the Dalai Lama greeted his audience of young Tibetans with a brisk, “Tashi delek,” this morning. He began his discourse with the observation that the philosophical view of Buddhism is dependent arising and its conduct is non-violence, not harming others and, if possible, offering them help
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - After His Holiness the Dalai Lama had entered the room in his residence from where he was giving teachings this morning, he saluted the Tibetan students he could see on the screens before him and sat down. They chanted a couple of prayers, including the mandala offering, and he began. “Today, this teaching is mainly for young Tibetans.”
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - Responding to the news that Northern Irish politician and Nobel Peace Laureate John Hume had passed away, His Holiness the Dalai Lama composed a letter expressing his condolences to his widow. “I was pleased to be able to meet your husband during one of my several visits to Northern Ireland,” he wrote.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - On receiving news that former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui had passed away, His Holiness the Dalai Lama wrote to express his condolences to his widow Mrs Tseng Wen-hui and members of her family. “As you know,” he wrote, “I had the honour of meeting your husband during my first visit to Taiwan in 1997.”
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP - This morning His Holiness the Dalai Lama was invited to speak to students from the Law Faculty of Delhi University; Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi; Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi; the National Institute of Technology, Yupia, Arunachal Pradesh and Chapra Central School, Saran, Bihar.
