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Dr. Lobsang Sangay

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You can catch your buses from below mentioned addresses and these are photos of every town where buses will stand. They are for you to find the place easily.

BRUSSEL

FONSNYLAAN NEAR GARE DU MIDI DEPARTURE TIME 3:30

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VAN STRALENSTRAAT

DEPARTURE TIME 3:30

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The names of 22 elected candidates for the 6th term standing committee members of Tibetan Community in Belgium for the main election on 2nd june 2012.

Visit of His Holiness The Dalai Lama.

Those who wish to offer Mendel Tan Toe to H H The Dalai Lama, TCB will come to collect your contribution on Saturday the 11th of this month.

Antwerpen: Dambruggestraat 149 from 1pm to 5pm.

Brussels: Rue Capucins 9 from1pm to 5pm.

Leuven: Vlamingenstraat 108 from 1pm to 5pm.

Oostende: Leperstraat 17 from 1pm to 5pm.

Brugge: Gulden Vlieslaan 64/3 from 12pm to 3.30pm.

Gent: Nekkersberglaan 80 from 4pm to 6pm.

Those who have not received card of Tibetan Community, print out and fill up this form and bring it with you.

During His Holiness The Dalai Lama’s visit at Huy from 23rd to 25th of may this year, The Tibetan Community in Belgium will arrange buses for those who wish to welcome His Holiness on 23rd, to receive special audience for Tibetans on 24th and to see off on 25th.

Please contactour co-ordinator for bus arrangement below.

Mr. Tawa Tenzin- 0496496024

Mr. Jampa Gyaltsen- 0487181141

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama Honoured with Gold Medal

May 19, 2012 9:26 am

18th May 2012, Klagenfurt, Austria

From his hotel overlooking the beautiful Wörthersee Lake His Holiness was driven this morning into the city of Klagenfurt,

where many people were waiting to welcome him in front of the City Hall. The Klagenfurt City Band was playing as children proffered him gifts. The Governor of Carinthia and Mayor Christian Scheider made welcoming speeches before presenting him with the Gold Medal of Klagenfurt. His Holiness then inscribed the city’s guest book.

His Holiness said, “You have given me a very warm welcome, which I appreciate. Many members of the public have come here with warm hearts out of a sense of affection. Although there are many beautiful cities and pleasing environments in the world, the same kind of human beings live in them; on an emotional level there are no differences among them. On the other hand, the moment I start to think of myself as an Asian, a Tibetan, a Buddhist, it creates a kind of barrier between us.”

He went on to say that as he nears 77 years of age, what he has learned in his life is that a calm mind is the source of stable, lasting happiness. He explained that today and tomorrow he would be giving lectures on Buddhism, but that he always stresses to people who belong to

different religious traditions that it is important, and often safer, to stick to the religion they were born to. At the same time it can also be useful to learn from other traditions, for example methods for developing tolerance and compassion, and to apply them within your own.

Before he left for the venue of his lecture, the Klagenfurt Hall, a group of children danced and sang, while His Holiness beamed with pleasure. At the hall he remarked that although some teachers like to sit on thrones like holy men, he prefers to sit on a chair. Before beginning his teaching, he invited a couple of Theravadin monks to recite the Mangalam Sutra in Pali.

His Holiness remarked that, whether they do so explicitly or not, all our major religious traditions deal with the mind, with the cultivation of tolerance, forgiveness and compassion. Theistic traditions tend to focus on God the creator, and submission to God has the effect of reducing self-centredness. Buddhism and other non-theistic traditions tend to rely on the law of causality as grounds for taking responsibility for your actions. Buddhism in particular addresses self-centredness and arrogance but questioning the nature of the self.

A Sufi master His Holiness once met at a conference posed three questions to him. What is the self? Does the self have a beginning? And does the self have an end? His Holiness suggested that Buddhism offers answers different from those provided by other traditions, for example, only the Buddha’s teaching says

His Holiness the Dalai Lama during his teachings at Klagenfurt Hall in Klagenfurt, Austria, on May 18, 2012. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL

there is no separate, intrinsic self. He told his listeners that the text he would begin with, the Heart Sutra, or the Essence of Wisdom, belongs to the Perfection of Wisdom teachings.

After a lunch break, the Carinthian Governor accompanied His Holiness to a meeting with the press. Invited to make a statement, he said he had three things to say. “I am a human being, so are you. We are all part of the 7 billion human beings on this planet. All of us want to live a happy life, which I believe depends on cultivating our natural inner values, rather than money and power. The true source of happiness is within ourselves and I call on the media to inform people about this.” His second point was that because all religious traditions carry essentially the same message about cultivating love, compassion, forgiveness and tolerance, we need to live together in an atmosphere of mutual respect. He cited India as a living example of a pluralistic society in which all the world’s major religious traditions live peaceably side by side. Again, he urged the media to bring this to public attention. His third point referred to the importance of the media in a democratic society. Media need to investigate what is really going on and to be honest, truthful and impartial.

Back in the teaching hall, His Holiness began to explain the Hear Sutra line by line, his words being translated into German, Italian and English. He said that the Perfection of Wisdom teachings to which the Heart Sutra belongs were given near the Indian town of Rajgir as part of what is known as the second turning of the wheel of Dharma. He pointed out that the third of the Four Noble Truths, the truth of the cessation of suffering can only be achieved by realizing wisdom, which in this case is the wisdom understanding emptiness of inherent existence and dependent arising.

Back at his hotel, before retiring for the day, His Holiness held a meeting with several local Christian leaders and the President of the Austrian Buddhist Society. He repeated his conviction that inter-religious harmony is essential, because each of our religious traditions gives its followers a sense of how to lead

His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaking to members of the press in Klagenfurt, Austria, on May 18, 2012. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL

a meaningful life. However, he also made it clear that we can make a distinction between developing respect for other traditions and faith in them. Considering the crisis of values in the world, we need to take action rather than sitting quietly by. The important thing is to make religion relevant to our daily life rather than simply maintaining old traditions.

Tomorrow, His Holiness will begin the second day of teaching in Klagenfurt by offering a Medicine Buddha empowerment before continuing his explanation of the The Heart Sutra, Atisha’s Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment and 7th Dalai Lama’s Song of Four Mindfulness.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama meeting with religious leaders in Klagenfurt, Austria, on May 18, 2012. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL

His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrives in Austria

May 18, 2012 8:30 am

Klagenfurt, Austria, 17 May: His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived in Klagenfurt airport earlier this afternoon from Maribor, Slovenian. Mr. Gerhard Dörfler, the Governor of Carinthia region welcomed His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the airport. It was a traditional Austrian

welcome ceremony and a very large media was waiting for His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the airport.

Governor Mr. Gerhard Dörfler is the host of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s visit to Klagenfurt.

Tibet Centre – International Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies based in Hüttenberg is the main organizer of the Austrian visit. The centre is a non-profit registered association. It was established in 2006 under the Patronage of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and continued support from the Regional Government of Carinthia.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama made a short visit to Hüttenberg, the birthplace of Mr. Heinrich Harrer, the author of Seven Years in Tibet. Hüttenberg this year celebrates the centenary birthday of their famous son. He also consecrated the construction of Tibet Centre.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give four public talks, two days Tibetan Buddhism teaching and take part in one day symposium on Buddhism and Science during his visit to Austria. He will visit Klagenfurt, Salzburg and Vienna, capital city of Austria from 17 to 27 May. From 22 to 24 May His Holiness will travel to Udine, Italy and Huy, Belgium.

Starting tomorrow in Klagenfurt, the capital of Carinthia, His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give two days Tibetan Buddhism teaching and a pubic talk on The Art of Happiness. In Salzburg His Holiness will give the keynote address on World Peace and Universal Responsibility jointly organized by the Alpine Peace Crossing and the Tibet Centre on 20 May morning. In the afternoon, His Holiness will take part in an interfaith dialogue – Harmony in Diversity organized by the University of Salzburg and the Tibet Centre.

The renowned Austrian quantum physicist Prof. Dr. Anton Zeilinger, German neurophysiologist Dr. Wolf Singer and Protestant theologian, Buddhism Prof. Dr. Michael von Brück and other speakers will join His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the one day Buddhism and Science symposium on Mind and Matter – New Models of Reality in Vienna. The symposium is jointly organised by the University of Vienna and the Tibet centre.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama will address the European Tibet Solidarity Rally in Vienna, the final stop of his Europe visit on 26 May 2012. The main message of the solidarity rally is Tibet needs you. Now. It calls on Europe and the world to act on the present situation in Tibet. For more information see www.europefortibet.com

This is His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 12th visit to Austria. The first was in 1973 and second in 2007.

For Austrian visit details, see www.dalailama.at <http://www.dalailama.at

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama joking with members of a traditional Carinthian brass band who performed on his arrival in Klagenfurt, Austria, on 17 May 2012/Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL

His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaking to members of the press on his arrival in Klagenfurt, Austria, on 17 May 2012/Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL

His Holiness the Dalai Lama takes a moment to pose for a photograph with a young fan in Knappenberg, Austria, site of the proposed Tibet Center, on 17 May 2012/Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL

His Holiness the Dalai Lama blessing the site of the proposed Tibet Center in Knappenberg, Austria, on 17 May 2012/Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL

His Holiness the Dalai Lama enjoying a moment of laughter during his visit to Huttenberg, Austria, on 17 May 2012/Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL

His Holiness the Dalai Lama tries on a hat of one of the uniformed band members who performed on his arrival at the Rieftanzplatz Ground in Huttenberg, Austria, on 17 May 2012/Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL

His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaking at the Rieftanzplatz Ground in Huttenberg, Austria, on 17 May 2012/Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL

Members of the public listening to His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaking at the Rieftanzplatz Ground in Huttenberg, Austria, on 17 May 2012/Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL

Save the Children thanks His Holiness the Dalai Lama

May 17, 2012 5:33 pm

DHARAMSHALA: Save the Children Fund in India has thanked His Holiness the Dalai Lama for donating bulk of his Templeton prize money for their efforts to realise the full potential of vulnerable children through education and health

care.

“In selecting Save the Children as a beneficiary, His Holiness has spoken of his admiration for the work of Save the Children and its tireless efforts over the years to improve the world for young children,” Save the Children said in a statement.

“Save the Children is honoured to accept this generous humanitarian gift, which will be used to save the lives of some of the world’s most vulnerable children.

“In line with the Dalai Lama’s wishes, the funds will be used on programmes which tackle malnutrition in India. Save the Children is at the forefront of the fight against malnutrition – one of the biggest causes of deaths of young children across the globe.

“This donation will be used practically, to help many more children survive, grow and as the Dalai Lama said realise their full potential,” it said.

Save the Children is an international organisation working for children’s rights in 120 countries. In India, they are working across 12 states to ensure that every child has a happy and healthy childhood.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama donated $1.5 million out of his $1.7 million Templeton Prize money to Save the Children Fund specifically to address the problems of malnourishment among children in India.

His Holiness said he had long had great admiration for the work of Save the Children and had personal experience of the support it had given Tibetans during their early years in exile.

His Holiness hopes that if we educate and care for the children of the coming generation, the generation who carry the future on their shoulders, we can really change the world.

The 2012 Templeton Prize was awarded to His Holiness the Dalai Lama for his exceptional contribution towards encouraging serious scientific investigative reviews of the power of compassion and its broad potential to address the world’s fundamental problems.

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