Below is the public schedule of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. All events are free and open to the public unless noted. For ticketed events, people are requested to contact the organizers directly or visit the listed websites for further information on tickets.
For all teachings in Dharamsala, registration is required in order to attend. Registration begins a few days before the actual start of the teaching and ends the day before the first day of the teaching. Registration hours are from 9 am to 1 pm and 2 pm to 5 pm at the Branch Security Office in McLeod Ganj (Bhagsunath Road near Hotel Tibet). Kindly bring your passport for registration. A nominal fee of Rs. 10 will be charged.
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 given below are subject to change.
December 3 - 5, 2020
The earlier scheduled talk on December 3 and the teachings scheduled on December 4 and 5 at the request of the Mongolians has been indefinitely postponed due to further lockdown restrictions in Mongolia. We apologize for the inconvenience.
December 9, 2020
His Holiness the Dalai Lama will engage in a conversational program on The Necessity of Compassion for the Survival of Humanity with Ms. Melani Walton of the Rob and Melani Walton Foundation, and Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Chief Medical Correspondent of CNN, organized by Emory University's Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics from 9 am to 10 am (Indian Standard Time). Those interested may watch the live webcast in Tibetan, English, Chinese and other languages on the official websites and Facebook pages of the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. People are requested to please follow their local social distancing rules while viewing the live webcast.
For further information please see www.dalailama.com/live
December 10, 2020
His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give a teaching on Tsongkhapa's In Praise of Dependent Origination (tendrel toepa) and Concise Stages for the Path to Enlightenment (lamrim dudon) from 9 am to 10 am (Indian Standard Time). Those interested may watch the live webcast of the teaching in Tibetan with translation in English, Chinese, Hindi, French, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese, Japanese, Mongolian, Korean, German, Portuguese and Italian on the official websites and Facebook pages of the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. People are requested to please follow their local social distancing rules while viewing the live webcast.
December 15, 2020
His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give a general talk on Education followed by a question and answer session as part of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay's Techfest Online Lecture Series from 9 am to 10 am (Indian Standard Time). Those interested may watch the live webcast in Tibetan, English, Chinese and other languages on the official websites and Facebook pages of the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. People are requested to please follow their local social distancing rules while viewing the live webcast.
January 5 - 7, 2021
His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give a three-day teaching on The Heart Sutra (sherab nyingpo) on the mornings of January 5, 6 & 7, 2021 from 9 am to 10 am (Indian Standard Time) at the request of Korean Buddhists. He will then field questions from the same group from 10 am to 10.30 am. Those interested may watch the live webcast of the teachings in Tibetan with translation in English, Chinese, Hindi, French, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese, Japanese, Mongolian, Korean, German, Portuguese and Italian on the official websites and Facebook pages of the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. People are requested to please follow their local social distancing rules while viewing the live webcast.
