May 10, 2025
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - Almost 500 Tibetan opera performers and their supporters met His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the Tsuglagkhang courtyard today. They belonged to 14 groups who are attending the Sho-tön, the annual opera festival, at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA). Singing and dancing vigorously on either side of the aisle through the courtyard, Tashi Shölpa and Gyalu dancers welcomed His Holiness.
May 9, 2025
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - This morning, His Holiness the Dalai Lama wrote to His Holiness Pope Leo XIV extending his warmest greetings to him on his election to leadership of the Roman Catholic Church. “I am very happy to have met several of your predecessors and enjoyed friendly conversations with them,” he wrote. “Over more than four decades, I have also participated in meaningful exchanges with representatives of different religious traditions.”
May 7, 2025
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - Overnight rain let up this morning as His Holiness the Dalai Lama walked from the gate to his residence, through the courtyard, to the Tsuglagkhang, the Main Tibetan Temple. Representatives of those offering prayers, Shang Gaden Chökhorling Monastery, Nepal, a group from the Chatreng Community and the Phari Community, among them Yangsi Rinpoché and Lobsang Nyandak, escorted him.
May 7, 2025
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - This morning His Holiness the Dalai Lama wrote to Friedrich Merz to congratulate him on being elected Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. “Since my childhood I have felt a special affinity for the people of Germany,” he wrote. “Over the years, I have visited your country many times and deeply appreciate the support that people in Germany have shown for the Tibetan people’s nonviolent struggle to achieve freedom and dignity.”
May 4, 2025
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - His Holiness the Dalai Lama has this morning written to Anthony Albanese to congratulate him on his re-election as Prime Minister following his party’s victory in the Australian parliamentary elections. “It has been a privilege for me to have been able to visit Australia several times over the years,” he wrote. “The friendship and affection that Australian brothers and sisters have shown me have touched me deeply.”
April 29, 2025
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written to Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada to congratulate him on his party’s victory in the general election under his leadership. “During my visits to Canada over the years,” he wrote, “I have been deeply touched by the warmth of the friendship and affection that Canadians have shown me. I also take it as a great privilege to be an honorary Canadian citizen myself.”
April 21, 2025
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written to The Most Reverend Leopoldo Girelli, The Apostolic Nuncio to India to express his sadness on learning that His Holiness Pope Francis has passed away. He wrote that he offered prayers and condolences to his spiritual brothers, sisters and to his followers around the world. “His Holiness Pope Francis dedicated himself to the service of others.”
