Media Release
22 August, Hamburg – His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived in Frankfurt airport this morning and will shortly depart for Hamburg at the invitation of Tibetan Centre, Hamburg for a six day visit. His Holiness is the patron of the Tibetan Centre. This is his fifth visit to Hamburg and 38th visit to Germany.
The first public program will be an address by His Holiness the Dalai Lama on 23 August on secular ethics – Human life values. Tickets for this event completely sold out two months ago. The total capacity of the hall is 7,000 seats. (Live webcast)
From 24 to 25 August, His Holiness the Dalai Lama will teach on two famous Tibetan Buddhist texts – the 8th century Indian Master Shantideva’s A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life and the great 13th century Tibetan Master Gyalsey Thokme Sangpo’s 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva. (Live webcast)
His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give an Avalokiteshvara (the Bodhisattva of Compassion – Jigten Wangchuk) Initiation on 26 August morning. Over 5,000 people will attend the two and half days teaching. All the talks and teachings will take place at Congress Centre, Hamburg. (Live webcast)
Due to great media interest on His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s visit, there will be a Meet the Press session on 23 August at noon.
At the invitation of the Hamburg Museum of Ethnology, Society for Threatened Peoples and Tibet Initiative Deutschland, His Holiness the Dalai Lama will visit the exhibition Tibet – Destruction of an ancient civilization on 25 August. The exhibition at Museum of Ethnology, Hamburg displays the life of Tibetan nomads, which is under great threat.
During the lunch break on 25 August, His Holiness will address members of Religion and Dialogue in Modern Societies from the Academy of World Religions of University of Hamburg.
On 26 August afternoon, His Holiness the Dalai Lama will address the 35th and 25thAnniversaries respectively of the Tibetan Community in Germany and the Tibet Initiative Deutschland’s celebrations in Hamburg.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama will address participants in the Finding Common Ground – Sino-Tibetan Conference in Hamburg before departing for India on 27 August morning. The conference will be attended by scholars, officials, activists, writers, Sinologists from Europe, US, Asia and Australia.
Contact details: 23 – 26 August
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