His Holiness the Dalai Lama Arrives in Varanasi, Teachings Begin 8 JanuaryWednesday, 7 January 2008, 4:18 p.m.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama receives warm reception upon his arrival in Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, India, on Wednesday, 7 January 2008./Photo: Tenzin Rigden, tibetonline.tv

Dharamshala: After inaugurating the six-day world religious symposium in Gujarat yesterday, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has arrived today in Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.From 8 January, His Holiness will begin a seven-day teachings on “Kamalashila’s The Middling Stages of Meditation (gomrim barpa) and Shantideva’s A Guide To the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life (chodjug)”. The teachings will be held near the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies at Sarnath.Besides conferring sermons, His Holiness will preside over a dialogue between Buddhist and non-Buddhist philosophical schools in Varanasi.His Holiness will also inaugurate the “International Conference on Buddhism and Science” on 16 January.