Over 1,300 Chinese Buddhists Attend Teachings in Dharamsala[Monday, 4 October 2010, 5:48 p.m.]

His Holiness the Dalai Lama giving ordination vows in Dharamsala, India, on 1 October 2010. Forty-six Taiwanese, sixteen Tibetan and one Korean took part in the ordination ceremony/Photo:OHHDL

Dharamshala: Around 5,000 Buddhist followers from 57 countries, including over 1,300 Chinese Buddhists from Taiwan are attending a four-day discourse of His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the main temple in Dharamsala. The teaching began this morning and go on until 7 October.His Holiness will preach Nagarjuna’s The Fundamental Wisdom Treatise on the Middle Way (uma tsawai sherab), Atisha’s Lama for the Path to Enlightenment (jangchup lamdron), Tsongkhapa’s In Praise of Dependent Origination (tendrel toepa) & Tsongkhapa’s Concise Stages for the Path to Enlightenment (lamrim dudon).

Newly ordained nuns in a group photo with His Holiness the Dalai Lama after the ordination ceremony in Dharamsala in India on 1 October 2010/Photo:OHHDL

In his introductory address, His Holiness spoke about how to remove three negative human afflictions and to cultivate positive  motivation to serve the well-being of others.The teaching is translated into English, Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese. (Click here for live webcast)His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave ordination vows on last Friday. Forty-six Taiwanese, sixteen Tibetan and one Korean took part in the ordination ceremony.