Mexico City, September 9, 2011 – This morning, before leaving the hotel to address the Third International Conference of Human Values and Rule of Law at the auditorium Banamex (Fundidora), His Holiness met briefly with a fellow Nobel Laureate Shirin Ibadi of Iran at the hotel. Thereafter, His Holiness accompanied …
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His Holiness Arrives in Monterrey, the State Capital of Nuevo Leon in Mexico
His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived in Monterrey, the State Capital of Nuevo Leon in Mexico, on September 8, 2011 afternoon from Montreal in Canada. As soon as he lighted down from the airplane in Monterrey, His Holiness was received by Tsewang Phuntso, Liaison Officer for Latin America, Marco …
Read More »Inaugural address of Kalon Tripa Dr.Lobsang Sangay
My fellow Tibetans: Today on this auspicious day when Guru Rinpoche, the great Indian yogi who spread Buddhism inTibet, was born, and in the presence of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, our most revered leader, I accept, with deep humility, the post of the Kalon Tripa. We invoke the …
Read More »Obama, the Dalai Lama, and US-China Relations: The Current State of Affairs
The China Beat July 27, 2011 In early 2010, when President Obama met with the Dalai Lama, this made a considerable splash both in the news media and in diplomatic circles, and there have been various repercussions from Beijing’s side when other foreign leaders have met with the Tibetan figure. …
Read More »President Obama Receives His Holiness at the White House
On July 16, 2011, His Holiness had a meeting with President Barrack Obama at the White House. It lasted for around 45 minutes. Special Envoy Lodi Gyari, Representative Lobsang Nyandak Zayul, and Secretary Tenzin N. Taklha accompanied His Holiness. On his return to the hotel after the meeting, His …
Read More »His Holiness confers Main Series of Kalachakra Initiations
On July 15, 2011, His Holiness the Dalai Lama conferred the main series of Kalachakra Initiations. His Holiness began by talking about it being up to each and every individual to be religious or not, to be Buddhist or not. However, if someone voluntarily takes an interest in Buddhism, …
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