This morning His Holiness the Dalai Lama attended a presentation of debate skills by monk-scholars from the major Geluk monastic centres of learning, who are participating in the Jamchö and Riktsog Winter Debate Session as part of the six year Geshé Lharampa programme.

This morning an estimated 12,000 people, monks, nuns and laypeople gathered in and around the temple at Tashi Lhunpo Monastery re-established in the Tibetan settlement of Bylakuppé, Karnataka, to pray for victims of the recent devastating earthquake in Tibet.

On Friday 3rd January 2025 His Holiness the Dalai Lama left Dharamsala, where the streets were lined by Tibetans and other well-wishers gathered to see him off, to take a winter sojourn in the warmer climate of South India.

On learning that President Jimmy Carter had passed away, His Holiness the Dalai Lama wrote to Chip Carter, the President’s son, at the Carter Center, today, to offer his condolences.