Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written to Edgars Rinkevics to congratulate him on his election as the President of Latvia. “Since 1991, I have had several opportunities to visit your beautiful country,” he wrote. “On those occasions I have been deeply moved.”
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP - This morning, because of the wet weather, His Holiness the Dalai Lama drove to the foot of the temple from where he took the lift to the upper floor. When he reached the throne in front of the statue of the Buddha, lay-people from the Dharamsala Buddhist Class were engaged in debate.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - After a surprisingly stormy night, His Holiness the Dalai Lama walked from the gate of his residence to the covered temple courtyard under the shelter of an umbrella. Tibetans in traditional costume offered him the ‘Chema Changpu’.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written this morning to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to congratulate him on his victory in the Turkish Presidential election. “These are very challenging times,” he wrote. “It is my hope that Turkey will continue to prosper.”
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - Heavy rain that had fallen through much of the night eased up as His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s car brought him to the gate of his residence this morning. He was met and greeted by board members of FPMT.
I wholeheartedly welcome the recent statement from the G7 Leaders’ summit in Hiroshima, Japan, calling for a “world without nuclear weapons”. This joint statement reflects the reality that we live in an increasingly interdependent world.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - In a letter this morning, His Holiness the Dalai Lama congratulated Siddaramaiah on becoming the Chief Minister of Karnataka once again. “Last April marked the 64th anniversary of our life in exile,” he wrote.
