February 9, 2026
New Delhi, India - His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written to Sanae Takaichi to extend his warm congratulations on her election as Prime Minister of Japan. “It is heartening to see that the people of Japan have placed their trust in your capable leadership,” he wrote. “At a time when our world faces many complex challenges, leadership grounded in compassion and a sincere concern for the well-being of others is of the utmost importance.”
February 8, 2026
Some recent media reports and social media posts concerning the “Epstein files” are attempting to link His Holiness the Dalai Lama with Jeffrey Epstein. We can unequivocally confirm that His Holiness has never met Jeffrey Epstein or authorised any meeting or interaction with him by anyone on His Holiness’s behalf.
February 2, 2026
I receive this recognition with gratitude and humility. I don’t see it as something personal, but as a recognition of our shared universal responsibility. I truly believe that peace, compassion, care for our environment, and an understanding of the oneness of humanity are essential for the collective well-being of all eight billion human beings.
January 21, 2026
Mundgod, Karnataka, India - This morning His Holiness the Dalai Lama left Drepung Gomang Monastery for the short drive to the Ganden Monastery campus. His first stop was at Jangtsé College where he had been requested to consecrate a new classroom building, and the statues of Jé Tsongkhapa and His Holiness that adorn it, as well as a new library.
January 16, 2026
Drepung Gomang, Mundgod, Karnataka, India - Yesterday, 237 students of Geshé Dorjee Damdul, Director, Tibet House, New Delhi, attended an audience with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Geshé-la introduced the students, more than one hundred of whom were Indians while others came from many different countries around the world.
December 24, 2025
Mundgod, Karnataka, India - This morning, as His Holiness the Dalai Lama drove sedately from Drepung Gomang Monastery to Drepung Lachi he smiled and waved at the hundreds of people who lined the road to greet him. Horns played to indicate his arrival, while in the Drepung Lachi Assembly Hall monks chanted the ‘Mik-tse-ma’ praise to Jé Tsongkhapa.
December 14, 2025
Mundgod, Karnataka, India - Today, His Holiness the Dalai Lama attended the Ganden Ngamchö ceremony marking the parinirvana of Jé Tsongkhapa at Drepung Monastery at the request of the entire Gelug tradition. On this auspicious occasion, the Gelugpa Buddhist Cultural Society presented His Holiness with a commemorative award.
