Question: How do you view yourself? Answer: I always consider myself as a simple Buddhist monk. I feel that is the real me. I feel that the Dalai Lama as a temporal ruler is a man...
Milan, Italy - The streets of Milan were empty and dark this morning as His Holiness the Dalai Lama drove out to the Rho Fiera Milano hall where he was to start rituals in preparat...
Milan, Italy - His Holiness the Dalai Lama began his public day by giving an interview to an old friend, Pio d'Emilia for SkyTG 24. d'Emilia opened his questions with an enquiry ab...
Milan, Italy - Day was just breaking as His Holiness the Dalai Lama walked down the steps of his hotel in Prague this morning. Friends, organizers of his visit and other well-wishe...
Prague, Czech Republic - It was raining this morning as His Holiness the Dalai Lama left his hotel and drove across Prague to the Senate Hall of the Czech Parliament. He was welcom...
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Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - His Holiness the Dalai Lama met about 80 members of the Vietnam CEO Club at his residence today, as he has done on previous occasions. In ...
Date / Event (Tibetan Calendar Date) 17 December 1933 / Thirteenth Dalai Lama Passes Away in Lhasa at the age of 57 (Water-Bird Year, 10th month, 30th day) 6 July 1935 / Born in ...
Date / Name of the Award / Awarded by / Country October 14, 2019 / Doctor Honoris Causa / Chitkara University, Chandigarh / India December 28, 2017 / Syedna Qutbuddin Harmony Pri...
Date / Name of the Person / Title / Place of Meeting / Country of Dignitary January 17, 2020 / Nitish Kumar / Chief Minister of Bihar / Patna / India January 8, 2020 / Nitish Kum...
His Holiness the Dalai Lama made his first foreign visit outside Tibet in 1954 when he spent almost a year in China meeting with its leaders and touring various places. In 1956, Hi...
During public teachings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in India you are advised to bring the following items: a cushion, a cup, and a sunhat. Given the security checks that take pl...
The first seven verses of the Eight Verses for Training the Mind deal with the practices associated with cultivating the method aspect of the path such as compassion, altruism, asp...
A Prayer Composed by:His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso The Fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet Honoring and Invoking the Great Compassionof the Three Jewels; the Buddha, the Teachings,and...
General presentation of the Dharma The Buddha's Dharma, can be divided to two vehicles, the Hinayana and the Mahayana. The Hinayana itself can be divided into the vehicle of the...
When His Holiness is in Dharamsala, we try to schedule outdoor public blessing lines on the mornings of Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. During these blessing lines, individuals ha...
In view of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's advanced age, his private audience schedule has being drastically reduced. We suggest people wanting to see His Holiness try joining a publ...
In view of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's advanced age, there is a need to limit his engagement schedule, including interviews. The very limited opportunities are scheduled only two...
In view of His Holiness' advanced age, His Holiness has stopped travels outside of India. Travels within India are also very limited....
Office: ohhdl@dalailama.com Mailing address:The Office of His Holiness the Dalai LamaThekchen ChoelingP.O. McLeod GanjDharamsalaHimachal Pradesh (H.P.) 176219India Telephone:+91-...
The Gaden Phodrang Foundation of the Dalai Lama was founded by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. The Foundation aims to promote basic human values, mutual understanding among relig...
Kyoto, Japan, 9 November 2106 – His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived in Japan yesterday on his 23rd extended visit to the country. He was received at Narita Airport by Representativ...
Osaka, Japan - In a congratulatory letter sent yesterday to U.S. President-elect Donald J. Trump, His Holiness the Dalai Lama expressed his long-time admiration for the U.S. as the...