S Gopal Puri TNN | Jun 3, 2013, 01.46 AM IS
DHARAMSALA: Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, who has just returned from his tour of Europe, will be teaching Indians in the main Buddhist temple in McLeodganj. The four-day teachings have been requested for by a group of Indian nationals and will go on till June 4. About 4,000 Indians are presently attending the teachings, which are also translated into Hindi.
At the beginning of the session, the 77-year-old Dalai Lama said that he is very pleased with the opportunity to teach Indian Buddhists. "Teachings Buddhism to Indians is like returning their ancestral Buddhism to a new generation of Indians," said the Tibetan leader, who has been living in exile in India for more than 50 years.
According to the department of security under the Central Tibetan Administration, over 6,000 disciples from 69 countries are attending the teachings. These include 1,200 from Nalanda, 1,900 foreigners including 13 Chinese, and 371 disciples from the Himalayan region, DoS officials said.
Live webcasts of the teachings from June 1-4, 2013 is available at the website of the Dalai Lama. His Holiness will be speaking in Tibetan while English, Hindi, Chinese and Russian language translations will also be available for the devotees.
Dalai Lama would be leaving for New Zealand after the teachings session, where he would participate in various public talks, and will then leave for Australia. He would return to his exile home here in the last week of June, sources said.
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DHARAMSALA: Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, who has just returned from his tour of Europe, will be teaching Indians in the main Buddhist temple in McLeodganj. The four-day teachings have been requested for by a group of Indian nationals and will go on till June 4. About 4,000 Indians are presently attending the teachings, which are also translated into Hindi.
At the beginning of the session, the 77-year-old Dalai Lama said that he is very pleased with the opportunity to teach Indian Buddhists. "Teachings Buddhism to Indians is like returning their ancestral Buddhism to a new generation of Indians," said the Tibetan leader, who has been living in exile in India for more than 50 years.
According to the department of security under the Central Tibetan Administration, over 6,000 disciples from 69 countries are attending the teachings. These include 1,200 from Nalanda, 1,900 foreigners including 13 Chinese, and 371 disciples from the Himalayan region, DoS officials said.
Live webcasts of the teachings from June 1-4, 2013 is available at the website of the Dalai Lama. His Holiness will be speaking in Tibetan while English, Hindi, Chinese and Russian language translations will also be available for the devotees.
Dalai Lama would be leaving for New Zealand after the teachings session, where he would participate in various public talks, and will then leave for Australia. He would return to his exile home here in the last week of June, sources said.
