Warm heartedness is the key to peace and harmony in the world. Therefore, on this special occasion, I urge my spiritual brothers and sisters to be warm-hearted and lead a meaningful life, to be dedicated to the welfare of others. We will recognise our dependence on each other and will remember that all 8 billion people in the world today are same in wishing to be happy and to avoid suffering. The more we become acquainted with a concern for the welfare of others, the more we will regard others dearer than ourselves. The practice of bodhicitta, the altruistic spirit of enlightenment, is the essence of all his teaching. The heart of the Buddha’s teaching is the combined practice of compassion and wisdom. Gangtok: Tibetan spiritual leader the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, arrived here on Monday morning for a three-day visit to Sikkim after a. The key to his teachings are instructions to discipline the mind for the benefit of sentient beings as infinite as space. The 87-year-old Dalai Lama went to a hotel in Gangtok. It was here that the Buddha attained Enlightenment (Mahabodhi), following which he bestowed teachings on the Four Noble Truths, the Thirty-seven Factors of Enlightenment, and others. ![]() ![]() Vajrasana, the Adamantine Seat, as Bodhgaya is known in our scriptures, is the most sacred of Buddhist pilgrimage sites associated with Shakyamuni Buddha, our compassionate and founder-teacher of our spiritual tradition. On this auspicious remembrance of Lord Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and mahaparinirvana, I am pleased to convey my greetings to fellow Buddhists across the world.
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