Below is the public schedule of His Holiness the Dalai Lama both in India as well as abroad. Please note that for many of these events, tickets are required in order to gain entrance. People are requested to contact the organizers directly or visit the websites given below for further information on tickets.
In general, most of the events in India are free where as the majority of events abroad require paid tickets. For your information, as a long-standing policy His Holiness the Dalai Lama does not accept any fees for his talks. Where tickets need to be purchased, organizers are requested by our office to charge the minimum entrance fee in order to cover their costs only. Please note that the dates below are subject to change.
June 6 - 8, 2018
His Holiness will give three days of teachings on Shantideva's A Guide to the Boddhisattva's Way of Life (chodjug) in the mornings for the Tibetan Youth at the Main Tibetan Temple. There will live webcasts in Tibetan, English, Hindi, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, French, Spanish, and Russian languages.
June 13, 2018
His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give a talk on Human Values in Education in the morning organized by the University of Vilnius at the University of Vilnius.
For further information please see bit.ly/2rSLzm3
June 14, 2018
His Holiness will give a public talk on The Art of Happiness in the morning organized by House of Tibet (Vilnius) at the Siemens Arena.
For further information please see bit.ly/2Ig3nSh
June 16 - 18, 2018
On June 16 and 17 mornings, His Holiness will teach on Tsongkhapa’s In Praise of Dependent Origination (tendrel toepa) and Diamond Cutter Sutra (dorjee chodpa). On June 18 morning, He will confer a Manjushree Empowerment (jamphelyang jenang). The teachings are organized by Save Tibet Latvia, Save Tibet Foundation (Moscow) and Tibet Culture and Information Center (Moscow) and the venue will be Skonto Hall.
For further information please see lv.dalailama.ru
September 4 - 7, 2018
His Holiness will give four days of teachings and continue last year's topic on Buddhapalita's Commentary on the Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way (drel-pa Buddhapalita) in the mornings at the request of a group from Asia including Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam at the Main Tibetan Temple.
September 16, 2018
His Holiness will give a public talk on Why Compassion is Essential in our Troubled World in the morning organized by Stichting Bezoek Zijne Heiligheid Dalai Lama at Ahoy Rotterdam.
For further information please see www.dalailama2018.nl
September 17, 2018
His Holiness will give a teaching on Geshe Langri Thangpa’s Eight Verses of Mind Training (lojong tsik gyema) in the morning organized by Stichting Bezoek Zijne Heiligheid Dalai Lama at Ahoy Rotterdam.
For further information please see www.dalailama2018.nl
September 19, 2018
His Holiness will participate in a conference on Non-Violence and Peace in the morning organized by Tibet Initiative Deutschland and Gaden Phodrang Foundation of the Dalai Lama at Congress Center Darmstadtium.
For further information please see www.dalailama-darmstadt.de
September 21, 2018
His Holiness will participate in a religious ceremony celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Tibet Institute Rikon in the morning at Tibet Institute Rikon. Due to limited space, public will be accommodated outside.
For further information please see www.tir50.ch
September 22, 2018
His Holiness will participate in an official function to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Tibet Institute Rikon in the morning at Eulachhalle Winterthur.
For further information please see www.tir50.ch
September 23, 2018
His Holiness will give a teaching on Nagarjuna’s The Precious Garland of the Middle Way (uma rinchen trengwa), Kamalshila’s The Middling Stages of Meditation (gomrim barpa) & Gyalsey Thokme Sangpo’s Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva’s Way of Life (laklen sodunma) in the morning organized by the Tibet Institute Rikon and the Tibetan Community of Switzerland & Liechtenstein at Zurich Hallenstadion.
For further information please see www.tir50.ch
October 3 - 6, 2018
His Holiness will give four days of teachings and continue last year's topic on Chandrakirti’s Entering the Middle Way (uma jukpa) at the request of Taiwanese.
October 12 - 14, 2018
On October 12 and 13 mornings, His Holiness will give teachings on Geshe Chekawa's Training the Mind in Seven Points (lojong dondunma). On October 14 morning, His Holiness will confer a long life empowerment (tsewang). The teachings are organized by Von Ngari Monastery, Manali at Himvalley Amusement & Cultural Park, Bahang (Manali).
February 19, 2019
His Holiness will give a short teaching from the Jataka Tales in the morning at the Main Tibetan Temple.
