By Tenzin Dickyi
New Delhi, October 3 – The spiritual leader of Tibet, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, returned to India after successfully concluding his tour to Canada, US and Finland.
It was the Tibetan leader’s 15th visit to the United States. His various teachings and public talks during this visit left a tremendous impact on many people.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama was honored with the title of ‘Honorary Citizen of Canada’ by the Canadian House of Commons on 7th of September this year. His Holiness was the third non-Canadian to receive this honor, the other two being Raoul Wallenberg in 1985 and Nelson Mandela in 2001.
Considering His Holiness as one of the world’s greatest religious leaders who has used human compassion, courage and conviction as his tools in carving a path for peace, the House of Representative of USA passed a Bill to award His Holiness with the Congressional Gold Medal, the nation’s highest civilian honour, this September.
After the three-day teachings in New York city from 23 to 25 September, His Holiness addressed the concluding session of the 20th annual conference on women at the Long Beach Convention Center in Los Angeles. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver hosted the Conference on Women, one of the largest and most dynamic gatherings of women in the US.
Shriver personally traveled to India in early August to meet with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and extended a formal invitation to speak at the conference.
His Holiness concluded his month long tour in Helsinki, Finland on 30th September. During his month-long tour to the 3 countries His Holiness spoke to a cross section of people from different walks of life on compassion, kindness and basic hman values. Warm-heartedness, he said, was the essense of all religions and that as a religious person he has the responsibility to promote inter-religious harmony.
His Holiness is expected to reach Dharamsala today.
His Holiness will give a teaching at the Buddha Jayanti Park on the occasion of the 2550th Buddha Jayanti Celebrations being organized by Tibet House New Delhi on 8th October 2006.
