Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - Seeing the faces of students and their Professor, Arthur Brooks, on the screens before him this morning, His Holiness the Dalai Lama smiled and waved. The students and their professor waved back. Brooks greeted him, saying, “Tashi Delek” and told him how excited he was about the impending meeting. He introduced His Holiness to the virtual audience as the leader of the Tibetan people, who has worked tirelessly for their dignity.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - Susan Bauer-Wu, President of the Mind & Life Institute opened a conversation that was to take place between His Holiness the Dalai Lama, climate activist Greta Thunberg and scientists Susan Natali and William Moomaw. She asked His Holiness, “How are you?” He laughed and answered, “Look at my face. My body is getting old, but I’m quite fit.”
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - As soon as he entered the room from where he teaches online this morning, His Holiness the Dalai Lama scanned the faces on the screens in front of him, smiled and waved before he sat down. After Ven JinOk had bowed in greeting and chanted the ‘Heart Sutra’ in Korean, His Holiness resumed his teaching. “Today is the third day of these teachings. Have you been able to reflect on what we’ve discussed?"
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - Ven JinOk opened the second day of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s teachings with a rhythmic recitation of the ‘Heart Sutra’ in Korean. His Holiness responded, “Today, we’ll continue with our explanation of this text that is recited by most followers of the Sanskrit tradition in Asia. In the first round of Buddha Shakyamuni’s teachings he made clear that suffering must be known, ignorance must be eliminated and true cessation must be actualized by cultivating the path.”
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - After His Holiness the Dalai Lama had arrived before the video cameras and taken his seat this morning, Korean Abbot Ven. JinOk welcomed him and reiterated the Korean disciples’ request that he explain the ‘Heart Sutra’ to them. Ven. JinOk then proceeded to recite the Sutra to the beat of the ‘moktak’ or wooden bell he held in his hands. “Today, we are beginning three days of teachings for a group of Dharma brothers and sisters from Korea.”
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - Today, His Holiness the Dalai Lama wrote to Nancy Pelosi to offer his hearty congratulations on securing a fourth term as Speaker of the US House of Representatives. “I have no doubt,” he wrote, “that as Speaker of the House, you will continue to play a crucial role in advancing the hopes and aspirations of the people of the United States, while also helping to shape a more peaceful and harmonious world.”
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - Invited by the Tibetan Communities of North America to teach ‘Eight Verses for Training the Mind’ & ‘Thirty-seven Practices of a Bodhisattva’ this morning, His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived almost fifteen minutes early. Representative Ngodup Tsering introduced the event in Tibetan. His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived almost fifteen minutes early.
