May 21, 2024
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written to His Excellency Lai Ching-te to offer warm congratulations on his assuming the Presidency of Taiwan, Republic of China. “It is wonderful to see how firmly rooted democracy has become in Taiwan,” he wrote. “May I wish you every success in meeting the challenges that lie ahead in fulfilling the hopes and aspirations of the people of Taiwan.”
May 18, 2024
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - An estimated 8500 people gathered in the Tsuglagkhang, the Main Tibetan Temple, and the surrounding courtyard this morning. The weather was warm as His Holiness the Dalai Lama drove to the temple steps. He smiled and waved to well-wishers who greeted him as he passed. Once he was seated on the throne, His Holiness performed preliminary procedures.
May 11, 2024
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - This morning His Holiness the Dalai Lama came to the Tsuglagkhang, the Main Tibetan Temple, to join in the recitation of ‘mani’ mantras—Om mani padmé hung. This is an event that regularly takes place during the first days of Saga Dawa, the fourth month of the Tibetan calendar, that commemorates the birth, enlightenment and passing away of Buddha Shakyamuni.
May 9, 2024
Although it is more than 2500 years since the Buddha lived and taught in India, the essence of his teaching remains as relevant today as it was then. While modern science has developed a sophisticated understanding of the physical world, Buddhist science has devoted itself to developing a detailed, first-person understanding of many aspects of the mind and emotions, areas still relatively new to modern science.
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