Dalai Lama

Dharamshala: His Holiness the Dalai Lama is giving five-day teachings in Dharamshala on Bhaviveka's text ‘Essence of the Middle Way' (Tib: དབུ་མ་སྙིང་པོ་), beginning today.  The teaching session being held at Tsuglagkhang, Main Temple was attended by more than 7000 devotees from 54 countries and counting. More

Dharamshala: Marking the festival of Chotrul Duchen, one of the four major Buddhist holidays observed by Tibetan Buddhists on the fifteenth day of the first Tibetan month, His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave teachings on the Jataka Tales, the Eight Verses of Mind Training and the Praise to the 17 Nalanda masters. More

Dharamshala: Encouraging more women to assume leadership roles is not only good for the women lot but according to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, this could also benefit the entire world. Women at the helm of power could secure a more peaceful, compassionate future for the 7 billion human beings, says the Tibetan spiritual leader. More

Dharamshala: His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Nobel Peace laureate and the greatest advocate of Tibetan culture, interfaith dialogue and universal ethics spoke Monday to a delegation led by Deepak Chopra, American-Indian author in Dharamshala. Watch the full conversation here. The Tibetan leader introduced himself as a student of ancient Indian knowledge and Indian Pramana (Eng: Logic). More

Dharamshala: Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama, on Monday, greeted Tibetans in Tibet and those in exile on the occasion of Losar, the Tibetan New Year. Speaking from his residence in Dharamshala where he was meeting a group of elderly Tibetans aged over 90, His Holiness the Dalai Lama offered Losar message on the occasion of Tibetan new year 2146, beginning 5 February. More

New Delhi: The Tibetan community in exile was bestowed with Art for Peace Awards 2019 for being an exemplary community of harmony, peace and happiness at an event held in Teen Murti Bhavan Hall, New Delhi on 2 February. The event was organized by Art 4 Peace, a non-governmental organization. More

Dharamshala: Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama met with a group of students from the US and Israel this morning at his residence in Dharamshala where he gave a 40-minute audience. More

Dharamshala: His Holiness the Dalai Lama proposed that reviving ancient Indian understanding of the mind and emotions, reason and logic, in modern India, is a contribution Tibetans can make. More

-Filed by UN, EU and Human Rights Desk, DIIR, CTA In 2018, China has sentenced 25 Tibetans in the central Tibet, the so-called Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) under charges of "inciting separatism" and endangering "national security," reported the state mouthpiece Global Times. The TAR high court presented the information in its work report last weekend. More

Dharamshala: Drepung Loseling Monastery based in Mundgod, Karnataka on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Goa University to further collaborative academic objectives of the institutes and promote academic research. More

Mundgod: The Department of Education in collaboration with the Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-based Ethics, Emory University and the Drepung Losel Ling Meditation and Science Center, Mundgod organised a Mentor Workshop on Secular Ethics from 7 to 10 January 2019 at Mundgod in Karnataka. More

As the world prepared to ring in the New Year, Tibetans and Buddhist across the world were glued to social media sites to watch the live stream of an elaborate long life prayer offering made to His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Bodh Gaya, the land of Buddha’s enlightenment. More

Dharamshala: His Holiness the Dalai Lama has urged world leaders meeting in Poland for the COP24 Climate Conference to take a serious transformative action on tackling climate change and find “constructive solutions to global warming. More

Sankisa: Debunking the idea that destructive emotions are a natural part of human behaviour, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said this Monday that humans are innately compassionate and through the teachings of the ancient Indian wisdom, one can tackle and eliminate them. “In India, for centuries, there’s been a practice of ahimsa or nonviolence and secular principle. More

Dharamshala: His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Monday was presented with an Honorary Doctorate of Literature by the Reitaku University in Kashiwa, Japan. His Holiness was received by President of the Reitaku University, Mototaka Hiroike and Vice-president Osamu Nakayama. More

-Report filed by TSO, Dharamshala- Dharamshala: Indo-Tibetan Friendship Association had held Essay Writing Competition on His Holiness the Dalai Lama and drawing competition on Environment Preservation on 17 November 2018 at Government Senior Secondary School Forsythganj. During which two school has participated; Government Senior Secondary School Forsythganj and Government High School Bhagsunag. More

Dharamshala: The millennia-old Tibetan Buddhist tradition has immense potential to contribute to peace in the world, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said, as he entrusted Tibetans, monastic and lay, to pay attention to preserve Tibetan culture and Buddhist tradition. More

Dharamshala: In an interview with NHK, one of Japan’s largest TV broadcasters, this Tuesday His Holiness the Dalai Lama said the question of his reincarnation was not an urgent concern, indicating by gesture that he's in robust health. More