Hunsur, Karnataka: On 16 February 2025, His Holiness the Dalai Lama left Tashi Lhunpo Monastery. Tibetans, monastic and lay-people, lined the road to see him off. He then drove almost 40kms from Bylakuppé to Hunsur, still within Karnataka, the location of Gyumé Tantric College. At Hunsur, the road was lined by …

Bylakuppe: On 14 February 2025, Sikyong Penpa Tsering, who also serves as the Kalon (Minister) of the Department of Home, Central Tibetan Administration, was granted a special audience with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama earlier this morning. He was accompanied by Honourable Shri Bandi Sanjay Kumar, Minister of State …

Bylakuppe, Karnataka: Today, His Holiness the Dalai Lama was to give a Long-Life Empowerment based on White Tara, the Wish-fulfilling Wheel entitled ‘A Stream of Nectar of Immortality’ in the debate yard of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery. The ritual was composed by Takdak Rinpoché, Ngawang Sungrab Thutop, who was His Holiness’s …

Bylakuppe: This morning prayers for his long life were offered to His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Tashi Lhunpo Monastery based on the prayer ‘Homage and Offerings to the Sixteen Elders’. When His Holiness came down from his rooms on top of the temple, he was received as he entered …

Dharamshala: With profound sadness and a sense of great loss, the leadership and staff of Central Tibetan Administration gathered this afternoon at the Sikyong hall to mourn the demise of veteran interlocutor and one of the most towering modern Tibetan political figure, Kalon Trisur Gyalo Thondup, who is also the elder brother …

Bylakuppe: This morning, His Holiness the Dalai Lama left Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, where he has been staying for the past month, and took a short drive to Sera Lachi Monastery where Prayers for his Long Life were to be offered. Having reached the monastery assembly hall His Holiness first went …