Venue: His Holiness's Residemce, Dharamsala, HP. Despite the Chinese government’s brutal crackdown on support for the Dalai Lama inside Tibet, brave Tibetans celebrated the religious leader’s birthday last week, with several arrested as a result.

India officially considers Tibet to be part of China, though it has also long hosted Tibetan exiles, including the Dalai Lama. His Holiness the Dalai Lama's message to well-wishers on the occasion of his 88th birthday on July 6, 2023. The Dalai Lama denies being a separatist and says he has only advocated for substantial autonomy for his people and the protection of Tibet’s native Buddhist culture. The Dalai Lama has made the Indian town of Dharamsala his headquarters since fleeing from Tibet after a failed uprising against Chinese rule in 1959.īeijing has long accused the Tibetan spiritual leader of leading a political group engaged in “anti-China separatist activities with the attempt to split Tibet from China”. While in the long term I pray that everyone may reach Buddhahood,” he said. The Dalai Lama has celebrated his 88th birthday among hundreds of supporters and exiled Tibetans at his hillside headquarters in India. “Although I am just one human being in the short term, I aspire to contribute to world peace in thought, word and deed. Happy Birthday Dalai Lama: On the joyous occasion of His Holiness the 14th DalaiLama’s birthday, my warmest wishes to the apostle of peace, beacon of hope & light to the world. “I pray to be able to bring peace to the world by spreading an understanding of the oneness of humanity,” he said. The Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama celebrated his 86th birthday on Tuesday, thanking his supporters and expressing his appreciation to India, where he has lived since he fled his homeland in 1959.

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