Dharamshala: Penpa Tsering, the Sikyong of the 16th Kashag (Cabinet) of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), was sworn in as the Sikyong of the 17th Kashag earlier this morning at the Tsuglagkhang courtyard in the presence of His Holiness the Dalai Lama following his reelection. After securing 61.025 per cent …
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Inaugural Address at the Swearing-in Ceremony of the Sikyong of the 17th Kashag, Central Tibetan Administration
I begin by offering my deepest reverence and obeisance of body, speech, and mind to His Holiness the Great Fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet, the apostle of world peace, the manifestation of Avalokiteśvara, the supreme protector and symbol of Tibet, and the Dharma King of the three realms. I express …
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