His Holiness the Dalai Lama wrote this morning to the Rama Krishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission to express his sadness about the passing away of his spiritual elder brother, Swami Smarananda Maharaj.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama opened the second day of conversation about leadership with a group of Dalai Lama Fellows by telling them: “It’s a joy to meet with you today.”

This morning His Holiness the Dalai Lama met with fourteen young leaders taking part in the Dalai Lama Fellows program and an accompanying group of invited guests. The Dalai Lama Fellows is a unique one-year leadership program for emerging social-change-makers that is designed to integrate contemplative work and intentional personal transformation with efforts to bring about positive change in their respective communities.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama gives his teaching on the ‘Day of Offerings’ at the Main Tibetan Temple in Dharamsala.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written to Alexander Stubb to congratulate him on having been elected the next President of Finland.