Ahimsa – India’s Contribution to the World: A Talk by H H The Dalai Lama

Tibet House with support of Institute of Jainology and Shree Vinod Tailor, has arranged a lecture by His Holiness the Dalai Lama at London Coliseum on 20^th September.

The lecture is titled Ahimsa – India’s Contribution to the World

Ahimsa is a subject very close to His Holiness’s heart and few names are so immediately associated with the cause of peace as that of the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso. Born in 1935 in a small village in Eastern Tibet and recognised at the age of two as the incarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama, he received a traditional Buddhist monastic education. As a teenager, aged only 15, the Dalai Lama assumed his political responsibilities as leader of his country during the turmoil of the Chinese military invasion.

In 1959, as Tibet was plunged further into crisis under Chinese occupation, he made a daring escape over the Himalayas to India; many thousands of his countrymen have since followed in his footsteps to his exile home in Dharamsala, Northern India.

In 1989 the Dalai Lama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his efforts to try to find a peaceful solution to the on going human rights tragedy in Tibet.

In 2006 he received America’s highest civilian honour, the Congressional Gold Medal, in recognition of his advocacy of peace, non-violence, human rights and religious understanding.

In 2007, the Institute of Jainology had awarded the IoJ Ahimsa Award to His Holiness at the House of Commons, London

In addition to bringing his message of Ahimsa – non violence and peace to the wider world, the Dalai Lama campaigns on environmental issues, while also contributing to the mutually enriching dialogue between science and Buddhism – appreciating both disciplines as means of deepening our understanding of the nature of reality.

Compassion is a marvel of human nature, a precious inner resource and the foundation of our well-being and the harmony of our societies.” The Dalai Lama

“Compassion” and “well-being” are everyday terms – but how often do we stop to think about what they might really mean?

With his customary warmth and humour, and drawing on his decades of life experience and extensive practice of meditation, the Dalai Lama will share what Ahimsa means to him and how this understanding can enrich our lives.

Details of the venue, date and time are are all shown in the flyer produced by the Tibet House which can be seen by clicking here. There will be an opportunity to submit written questions.