Blogging the Dalai Lama

Curious monks at His Holiness’ temple in Dharamsala

“Do you want some chili on your momos?” asks the smiling Tibetan lady who is doing a brisk trade outside His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s temple in Dharamsala, India. “Yes, please,” I reply. I get five delicious, just-made potato momos in a small bag and stand in the [...]

Here’s a wrap-up on the April-May tour of the US by the Dalai Lama. (The next events we will cover will be to Australia and New Zealand in early June.)
Resources
Lamrim.org is carrying the audio (mp3) recordings on a new page now, so you can find them all in one place. These recordings include the public [...]

On Sunday, May 6, I had the privilege of being present at the Public Talk by His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion-Millennium Park in Chicago, Illinois. It was my first time seeing him in person and I was one of 11,400 people attending the talk entitled Finding Inner Peace in [...]

From birth, a child’s dependence is on first his mother, then family and ultimately also on the community around the child. What one “gives” to others in terms of nurture, support and loving kindness, sows the seeds of future kindness for that individual, from the family and community. We as humans lead lives of interdependency and thus it is in our best interest – all of us – to be kind to others.Ah, but you should read it in the words of the Dalai Lama, not mine…