March 15, 2023
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - Under a clear blue sky, the rising sun was catching the peaks of the mountains as His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived at the gate to his residence this morning. As monks playing horns led the way, officials escorted him under an arch of flowers to the temple
March 13, 2023
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written to His Excellency Petr Pavel to congratulate him on his election as President of the Czech Republic. “I have fond memories,” he wrote, “of my visits to the Czech Republic.”
March 9, 2023
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - The sun had barely risen this morning when His Holiness the Dalai Lama set out to walk from the gate of his residence to the Tsuglagkhang. As is his wont, he smiled and waved to members of the public in the yard to left and right.
March 8, 2023
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - When His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived at the Tsuglagkhang early this morning the temples, surrounding verandas and the yard below were already packed with people, who included 5000 monks and nuns, 600 Mongolians and other members of the public.
March 7, 2023
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - This morning, on the final day of the Great Prayer Festival, His Holiness the Dalai Lama came to the Tsuglagkhang to read a Jataka Tale, a story of one of the Buddha’s previous lives. As he walked through the temple yard, monks playing horns led the way, while a bright yellow umbrella fluttered over his head.
February 28, 2023
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - This morning His Holiness the Dalai Lama greeted 120 recently graduated Indian college students and members of the M3M Foundation in the yard of the Tsuglagkhang, the Main Tibetan Temple, adjacent to his residence. The M3M Foundation is working on equitable development to create a brighter India.
February 7, 2023
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - Saddened by reports he has seen of the devastating earthquakes that have struck Turkey and Syria leading to extensive loss of life and many injuries, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written to the Executive Director of the World Food Programme.