My dear brothers and sisters, I am writing these words in response to repeated requests from many people around the world. Today, we are passing through an exceptionally difficult...
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - In a letter to the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, today, His Holiness the Dalai Lama expressed his support for his efforts t...
Sometimes friends ask me to help with some problem in the world, using some “magical powers.” I always tell them that the Dalai Lama has no magical powers. If I did, I would not fe...
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written today to His Excellency Moon Jae-in, the President of the Republic of Korea, to congratulate him o...
On this 50th anniversary of Earth Day, our planet is facing one of the greatest challenges to the health and well-being of its people. And yet, in the midst of this struggle, we ar...
In this time of serious crisis, we face threats to our health and sadness for the family and friends we have lost. Economic disruption is posing a major challenge to governments an...
At the request of individuals and groups from around the world, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has graciously consented to give a two-day teaching on Chapters 1 and 4 of Master Nagarj...
It gives me great pleasure to offer greetings to Buddhist brothers and sisters across the world celebrating Vesak (Buddha Purnima) today. Shakyamuni Buddha was born in Lumbini, ...
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Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - Today, for the first time, His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave a teaching with no one sitting in front of him that was captured on video and ...
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Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - “Today is a new day,” announced His Holiness the Dalai Lama as he opened the second session of his webcast teaching about Nagarjuna’s ‘Pre...
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - This morning His Holiness the Dalai Lama wrote to Mamata Banerjee and Naveen Patnaik, the Chief Ministers of West Bengal and Odisha respec...
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Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - The webcast of the preliminaries for an Avalokiteshvara empowerment began today with His Holiness quietly performing necessary preparatory...
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Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - People all over the world were able to watch as His Holiness the Dalai Lama performed preparatory rituals for an Avalokiteshvara empowerme...
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Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - Seated on a comfortable chair at his residence, His Holiness the Dalai Lama opened today’s webcast by quoting the verse of homage at the e...
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Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - When His Holiness the Dalai Lama entered the sitting room at his residence this morning, he folded his hands together and smiled in greeti...