Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - In a letter to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today, His Holiness the Dalai Lama wrote: “I offer my heartfelt greetings to you on your birthday. May you continue to live a long and healthy life. As someone who cares deeply about this country, I congratulate you on the growing confidence you have brought about.”
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - His Holiness the Dalai Lama smiled broadly as he entered the room this morning and saw faces of Asian Buddhists on the screens before him. He waved to them before sitting down. Nuns at Pao Kwan Foh Tang, Singapore, chanted the ‘Heart Sutra’ in Chinese. They were followed by a group in Dharmayatra, Indonesia.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - This morning Ms Ng Wee Nee welcomed His Holiness the Dalai Lama as soon as he had taken his seat in the webcast studio at his residence. She thanked him on behalf of a group of Asian Buddhists from Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Hong Kong, who had requested him to teach.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - This morning Tenzyn Zöchbauer, Executive Director of the Tibet Initiative Deutschland, welcomed His Holiness the Dalai Lama to a conversation on the theme ‘Tibetan Culture and its Potential to Contribute to Peace’. She told him that 50 Tibet supporters and Tibetans were participating.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, Indi - This morning, Jo Young Ok introduced the occasion on behalf of the Labsum Shedup Ling Dharma Centre in South Korea and requested His Holiness the Dalai Lama to address the virtual audience. In response he declared that he was honoured to have the opportunity to explain the Buddhadharma to them.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - This morning, Mrs Dewi Lestari, an Indonesian writer and singer, welcomed His Holiness the Dalai Lama to a conversation with more than 1000 Indonesian students. The theme of the conversation was the Jataka Tales or stories of the Buddha’s previous lives, which are recorded in the book the ‘Jatakamala’, or ‘Garland of Birth Stories’.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - Lord Richard Layard, Professor at the London School of Economics and founder of ‘Action for Happiness’, welcomed His Holiness the Dalai Lama to a conversation this morning about ‘Creating a Happier World’. He told him that today marks the tenth anniversary of the start of ‘Action for Happiness’, an organization he said His Holiness had joined before it was formed.
