July 24, 2024
His Holiness the Dalai Lama is now in the fourth week post-surgery. The surgical incision has completely healed without any complications. The physiotherapists have said His Holiness is making good progress every day and are very satisfied with the speed of His Holiness’s improvement. His Holiness’s overall health status is stable and very satisfactory.
July 22, 2024
New York, USA - His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written individually to Ms. Roberta Metsola and Ms. Ursula von der Leyen to congratulate them on being respectively re-elected President of the European Parliament and President of the European Commission. He expressed to them both his great admiration for the spirit of the European Union that has preserved peace among its members.
July 6, 2024
New York, USA - His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written to Sir Keir Starmer to offer him congratulations on his party’s victory in the recent elections and his appointment as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. “Today, the world is facing very challenging times”, he wrote. “It is my belief that the United Kingdom has the opportunity to make a significant contribution to peace and stability in our ever more interdependent world.”
June 22, 2024
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to celebrate his inauguration of the campus of the new Nalanda University at Rajgir, Bihar. “As a centre of learning,” His Holiness wrote, “the original Nalanda University shone like a sun in the east. Education, rooted in rigorous study, discussion and debate, flourished at Nalanda, attracting students from far and wide across Asia.”
June 20, 2024
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - On the occasion of her 66th birthday, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written to President Droupadi Murmu to offer his greetings and his wishes for her good health, happiness and success in leading this great and ancient country. “With a rich civilization rooted in the longstanding traditions of ‘karuna’ and ‘ahimsa’,” he wrote, “India is also the world’s largest democratic country.”
June 18, 2024
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written to Cyril Ramaphosa to congratulate him on being re-elected President of South Africa following the recent elections. “South Africa has been a stable, democratic country since the end of apartheid,” he wrote. “Its diverse multinational society, encompassing a wide variety of cultures, languages, and religions living in peace together, sets an example for others to emulate.”
June 14, 2024
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written to Claudia Sheinbaum to congratulate her on being the first woman to be elected president of Mexico. “I believe women are more empathetic and sensitive to the feelings of others,” he wrote, “qualities I first learned from my loving mother. There is also scientific evidence that when it comes to compassion, women are more sensitive to others’ pain.”