Tara Meditation Centre

15/08/2025

Exciting news the bricks have arrived for the Kalachakra Stupa base.

15/08/2025

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15/08/2025

Wonderful news.

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet receives the International Peace Prize

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet and the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, awarded the prestigious International Peace Prize by the International Council of Jurists. The prize was given in recognition of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's "lifelong commitment to non-violence, global peace, and universal compassion."

Read more here: https://www.thetibetpost.com/news/international/his-holiness-the-14th-dalai-lama-of-tibet-receives-the-international-peace-prize

11/08/2025

Help Tara Meditation Center finish and pay for our Dzambala water feature.
Working from a place of immense love and generosity, Dzambala is said to remove obstacles and bring spiritual and worldly wealth and prosperity.
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Help Tara Meditation Centre finish the Dzambala Water Feature. Working from a place of immense love and generosity, Dzambala is said to remove...

09/08/2025

Our stupa project reached the completion of it's first stage with a ground breaking ceremony on 11th July through the kindness of Geshe Zopa and with the foundations being laid on 8th August. Thank you to everyone who has been involved so far. We're very excited about the next stages of the Kalachakra stupa.

09/07/2025

Important Information - Geshe Zopa Visit to Tara Meditation Centre

06/07/2025

Wonderful teachings ɓy Geshe Zopa at Hayagriva Buddhist Centre . Coming Fridat to Tara Meditation Centre .
Celebrating Dalai Lama,'s birthday with a cake.

06/07/2025

Happy Birthday Dalai Lama 90th birthday.

90th Birthday Message

On the occasion of my 90th birthday, I understand that well-wishers and friends in many places, including Tibetan communities, are gathering for celebrations. I particularly appreciate the fact that many of you are using the occasion to engage in initiatives that highlight the importance of compassion, warm-heartedness, and altruism.

I am just a simple Buddhist monk; I don’t normally engage in birthday celebrations. However, since you are organizing events focused on my birthday I wish to share some thoughts.

While it is important to work for material development, it is vital to focus on achieving peace of mind through cultivating a good heart and by being compassionate, not just toward near and dear ones, but toward everyone. Through this, you will contribute to making the world a better place.

As for myself, I will continue to focus on my commitments of promoting human values, religious harmony, drawing attention to the ancient Indian wisdom which explains the workings of mind and emotions, and Tibetan culture and heritage, which has so much potential to contribute to the world through its emphasis on peace of mind and compassion.

I develop determination and courage in my daily life through the teachings of the Buddha and Indian masters such as Shantideva, whose following aspiration I strive to uphold.

As long as space endures,
As long as sentient being remain,
Until then, may I too remain
To dispel the miseries of the world.

Thank you for using the opportunity of my birthday to cultivate peace of mind and compassion.

Tashi Deleg and with prayers,

Dalai Lama

5 July 2025

05/07/2025

02/07/2025

Dzambala water feature, in progress at Tara Meditation Centre . Big thanks Paul Kersten and helpers.

02/07/2025

Statement Affirming the Continuation of the Institution of Dalai Lama

(Translated from the original Tibetan)

On 24 September 2011, at a meeting of the heads of Tibetan spiritual traditions, I made a statement to fellow Tibetans in and outside Tibet, followers of Tibetan Buddhism, and those who have a connection with Tibet and Tibetans, regarding whether the institution of the Dalai Lama should continue. I stated, “As far back as 1969, I made clear that concerned people should decide whether the Dalai Lama’s reincarnations should continue in the future.”

I also said, “When I am about ninety I will consult the high Lamas of the Tibetan Buddhist traditions, the Tibetan public, and other concerned people who follow Tibetan Buddhism, to re-evaluate whether or not the institution of the Dalai Lama should continue.”

Although I have had no public discussions on this issue, over the last 14 years leaders of Tibet’s spiritual traditions, members of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile, participants in a Special General Body Meeting, members of the Central Tibetan Administration, NGOs, Buddhists from the Himalayan region, Mongolia, Buddhist republics of the Russian Federation and Buddhists in Asia including mainland China, have written to me with reasons, earnestly requesting that the institution of the Dalai Lama continue. In particular, I have received messages through various channels from Tibetans in Tibet making the same appeal. In accordance with all these requests, I am affirming that the institution of the Dalai Lama will continue.

The process by which a future Dalai Lama is to be recognized has been clearly established in the 24 September 2011 statement which states that responsibility for doing so will rest exclusively with members of the Gaden Phodrang Trust, the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. They should consult the various heads of the Tibetan Buddhist traditions and the reliable oath-bound Dharma Protectors who are linked inseparably to the lineage of the Dalai Lamas. They should accordingly carry out the procedures of search and recognition in accordance with past tradition.

I hereby reiterate that the Gaden Phodrang Trust has sole authority to recognize the future reincarnation; no one else has any such authority to interfere in this matter.

Dalai Lama

Dharamshala
21 May 2025