January 5 - 7, 2018
His Holiness will give a three-day teaching on Dharmachakra Parivaretan Sutra on The Four Noble Truths (chokyi khorlo korwe do) & Sutra on Dependent Origination (tendrel chi do) in the mornings at the request of Indians. For those wishing to listen to translations please bring your own FM radio. Information on registering for the teachings in Bodhgaya can be found at www.dalailamateaching.com.
January 14 - 16, 2018
On January 14 and 15 mornings, His Holiness will give teachings on Nagarjuna’s Commentary on Bodhicitta (jangchup semdrel) & Gyalsey Thokme Sangpos’s Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva (laklen sodunma). His Holiness will also confer the Avalokiteshvara Initiation (chenresig wangchen) on the mornings of January 15 and 16. Following the initiation on January 16 morning, a long life offering ceremony (tenshug) to His Holiness will be made at the joint request of Lamyn Gegeen Tenzinjamphelchoijisheinen Tulku of Mongolia and Namgyal Monastery. For those wishing to listen to translations please bring your own FM radio. Information on registering for the teachings in Bodhgaya can be found at www.dalailamateaching.com.
January 18 - 21, 2018
On January 18th morning His Holiness will confer the 13-Deity Yamantaka Preparation Empowerment. January 19th morning and afternoon there will be the 13-Deity Yamantaka Actual Empowerment. On the morning and afternoon of the 21st there will be the Solitary Yamantaka Actual Empowerment. For those wishing to listen to translations please bring your own FM radio. Information on registering for the teachings in Bodhgaya can be found at www.dalailamateaching.com.
January 22 - 23, 2018
His Holiness will give a two day teaching on the Diamond Cutter Sutra (dorjee chodpa). For those wishing to listen to translations please bring your own FM radio. Information on registering for the teachings in Bodhgaya can be found at www.dalailamateaching.com.
January 25, 2018
His Holiness will give a public talk Education for Universal Ethics in Schools and Colleges to students from private and government schools at the Kalachakra Maidan organized by groups including the Alice Project.
March 1, 2018
His Holiness will attend a Long Life offering prayer to him given by Buddhist nuns from all five Tibetan schools of Buddhism including Bon in the morning at the Main Tibetan Temple.
March 2, 2018
His Holiness will give a short teaching from the Jataka Tales followed by a teaching on Tsongkhapa's In Praise of Dependent Origination (tendrel toepa) in the morning at the Main Tibetan Temple.
April 24, 2018
His Holiness will give a public talk on Need to Revive and Regain the Lost Spiritual and Cultural Heritage that Originated in This Nation in the morning organized by Velocity 48 at the IIT Delhi Auditorium.
May 16, 2018
His Holiness will confer an Avalokiteshvara Six-Syllable Empowerment (joluk chenresig yege drukmey jenang) in the morning at the Main Tibetan Temple.
June 6 - 8, 2018
His Holiness will give three days of teachings on Shantideva's A Guide to the Boddhisattva's Way of Life (chodjug) in the mornings for the Tibetan Youth at the Main Tibetan Temple. There will live webcasts in Tibetan, English, Hindi, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, French, Spanish, German and Russian languages.
June 13, 2018
His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give a talk on Human Values in Education in the morning organized by the University of Vilnius at the University of Vilnius.
For further information please see bit.ly/2rSLzm3
June 14, 2018
His Holiness will give a public talk on The Art of Happiness in the morning organized by House of Tibet (Vilnius) at the Siemens Arena.
For further information please see bit.ly/2Ig3nSh
June 16 - 18, 2018
On June 16 and 17 mornings, His Holiness will teach on Tsongkhapa’s In Praise of Dependent Origination (tendrel toepa) and Diamond Cutter Sutra (dorjee chodpa). On June 18 morning, He will confer a Manjushree Empowerment (jamphelyang jenang). The teachings are organized by Save Tibet Latvia, Save Tibet Foundation (Moscow) and Tibet Culture and Information Center (Moscow) and the venue will be Skonto Hall.
For further information please see lv.dalailama.ru
July 30 - August 1, 2018
On July 30, 31 and August 1 mornings, His Holiness will give teachings at Shewatsel Teaching Ground near Choglamsar. For those wishing to avail of English or Chinese translation, please bring your own FM radio. The teachings will be live webcast in English, Chinese & Tibetan.
September 4 - 7, 2018
His Holiness will give four days of teachings and continue last year's topic on Buddhapalita's Commentary on the Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way (drel-pa Buddhapalita) in the mornings at the request of a group from Asia including Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam at the Main Tibetan Temple. People can register online and collect their teaching pass at the Branch Security Office in McLeod Ganj.
For further information please see 23.92.26.131/dalailamateaching/
September 12, 2018
His Holiness will give a public talk on The Art of Happiness and Peace in the morning organized by Individuell Människohjälp (IM) at Malmö Live.
For further information please see malmolive.se/program/dalai-lama
September 16, 2018
His Holiness will give a public talk on Why Compassion is Essential in our Troubled World in the morning organized by Stichting Bezoek Zijne Heiligheid Dalai Lama at Ahoy Rotterdam.
For further information please see www.dalailama2018.nl
September 17, 2018
His Holiness will give a teaching on Geshe Langri Thangpa’s Eight Verses of Mind Training (lojong tsik gyema) in the morning organized by Stichting Bezoek Zijne Heiligheid Dalai Lama at Ahoy Rotterdam.
For further information please see www.dalailama2018.nl
September 19, 2018
His Holiness will participate in a conference on Non-Violence and Peace in the morning organized by Tibet Initiative Deutschland and Gaden Phodrang Foundation of the Dalai Lama at Congress Center Darmstadtium.
For further information please see www.dalailama-darmstadt.de
September 20, 2018
His Holiness will participate in a dialogue on Happiness and Responsibility with scientists from Heidelberg in the morning organized by the German-American Institute (DAI) Heidelberg at Stadthalle Heidelberg.
For further information please see dai-heidelberg.de/en/events/dalai-lama-17774/
September 21, 2018
His Holiness will participate in a religious ceremony celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Tibet Institute Rikon in the morning at Tibet Institute Rikon. Due to limited space, public will be accommodated outside.
For further information please see www.tir50.ch
September 22, 2018
His Holiness will participate in an official function to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Tibet Institute Rikon in the morning at Eulachhalle Winterthur.
For further information please see www.tir50.ch
September 23, 2018
His Holiness will give a teaching on Nagarjuna’s The Precious Garland of the Middle Way (uma rinchen trengwa), Kamalshila’s The Middling Stages of Meditation (gomrim barpa) & Gyalsey Thokme Sangpo’s Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva’s Way of Life (laklen sodunma) in the morning organized by the Tibet Institute Rikon and the Tibetan Community of Switzerland & Liechtenstein at Zurich Hallenstadion.
For further information please see www.tir50.ch
October 3 - 6, 2018
His Holiness will give four days of teachings and continue last year's topic on Chandrakirti’s Entering the Middle Way (uma jukpa) at the request of Taiwanese. People can register online and collect their teaching pass at the Branch Security Office in McLeod Ganj.
For further information please see 23.92.26.131/dalailamateaching/
November 14 - 16, 2018
On November 14 morning, His Holiness the Dalai Lama will teach on The Heart Sutra (sherab nyingpo), Je Tsongkhapa's Praise to the Buddha for His Teachings on Dependent Origination (tendrel toepa) & Kamalashila's The Middle Stages of Meditation (gomrim barpa). On November 15 morning, His Holiness will confer the Avalokiteshvera Initiation (chenresig jigten wangchuk wang). On November 16, His Holiness will hold a dialogue between Buddhist science and modern science with three scientists. These events are being organized at the request of the Liaison Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama (NPO Tibet House Japan) and being held at the Pacifico Yokohama (National Convention Hall of Yokohama).
For further information please see www.tibethouse.jp/event/2018/teaching181114_en.html
November 17, 2018
His Holiness will give a public talk to the youth on One - We Are One Family in the morning at Hibiya Open Air Concert Hall organized by Sherab Kyetsel Ling Institute.
For further information please see dalailamaonefamily.com/
November 18, 2018
His Holiness will participate in the opening ceremony of Sherab Kyetsel Ling Institute in the morning.
For further information please see sherab-kl.com/
December 3 - 5, 2018
His Holiness will give a three-day teaching on Shantideva's A Guide to the Boddhisattva's Way of Life (chodjug) organized by the Youth Buddhist Society (YBS) of India. Email: [email protected]
For further information please see ybsindia.org/his-holiness-the-dalai-lamas-teaching-at-sankisa/
December 14, 2018
His Holiness will give a talk in the morning on The Relevance of Ancient Indian Knowledge at IIT Mumbai Convocation Hall.
For further information please see techfest.org/lectures
December 24 - 26, 2018
His Holiness will give 2 days of teachings on December 24 and 25 mornings on Gyalsey Thokme Sangpo's 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva (laklen sodunma) and Dharmakirti's Pramanavartika - Commentary on Valid Cognition (tsema namdrel). The latter topic is a continuation of His earlier teaching given in December 2015 at the request of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery. On December 26 morning, His Holiness will confer a Solitary Yamantaka Initiation (jigje pachik wang). For teaching registration please see https://dalailamateaching.com
