Schedule

Note: Below is the public schedule of His Holiness the Dalai Lama both in India as well as abroad. Please note that for many of these events, tickets are required in order to gain entrance. People are requested to contact the organizers directly or visit the websites given below for further information on tickets. In general, most of the events in India are free where as the majority of events abroad require paid tickets. For your information, as a long-standing policy His Holiness the Dalai Lama does not accept any fees for his talks. Where tickets need to be purchased, organizers are requested by our office to charge the minimum entrance fee in order to cover their costs only.

2011

Conference in Dublin, Ireland on April 13: His Holiness will participate in the POSSIBILITIES 2011 Social Forum and give a talk on A Call for Universal Responsibility in the morning being organized by SpunOut.ie, Afri and Children in Crossfire. Contact Website:www.possibilities.ie/social-forum/

Public Talk in Kildare, Ireland on April 13: His Holiness will give a talk on The Spirituality of Compassion in the afternoon at St. Brigid's Catholic Church.

Public Talk in Limerick, Ireland on April 14: His Holiness will give a talk on The Power of Forgiveness in the morning at the University of Limerick. Contact Website:www2.ul.ie/web/WWW/Services/News/Dalai_Lama

Public Talk in Stockholm, Sweden on April 15:  His Holiness will give a talk on A Human Approach to World Peace in the morning organized and held at Soderton University.

Public Talk in Stockholm, Sweden on April 15:  His Holiness will participate in an event titledMeet the Dalai Lama in the afternoon organized by the Swedish organization Individuell Människöhjälp (IM).

Public Talk in Lund, Sweden on April 16:  His Holiness will participate in an event titled Meet the Dalai Lama in the afternoon organized by the Swedish organization Individuell Människöhjälp (IM).

Teaching in Copenhagen, Denmark on April 18: His Holiness will give teachings on Seven Point Mind Training (lojong donduna) in the morning at the Tivoli Congress Center. Contact Website:www.dalailama.dk

Public Talk in Copenhagen, Denmark on April 18: His Holiness will give a public talk on What Life Is All About in the afternoon at the Tivoli Congress Center. Contact Website: www.dalailama.dk

Teaching in Los Angeles, CA, USA on May 1: His Holiness will confer the Solitary Yamantaka Initiation (jigje wang) in the morning organized by Gaden Shartse Thubten Dhargye Ling at the Terrace Theater. Contact Website: www.tdling.org/hhdl2011

Public Talk in Los Angeles, CA, USA on May 1: His Holiness will give a public talk on Secular Ethics and Meditation in the afternoon organized by Gaden Shartse Thubten Dhargye Ling at the Terrace Theater. Contact Website: www.tdling.org/hhdl2011/gstdl-weekend

Public Talk in Los Angeles, CA, USA on May 2: His Holiness will give a public talk on What is True Wisdom? in the morning organized by the UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies at UCLA Royce Hall. Contact Website: www.dalailama.ucla.edu

Public Symposium in Los Angeles, CA, USA on May 2: His Holiness will participate in a public symposium on Buddhism and Neuroscience: A Discussion on Attention, Mental Flexibility and Compassion in the afternoon organized by the UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies and the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA Royce Hall. Contact Website:www.dalailama.ucla.edu

Teaching in Minneapolis, MN, USA on May 8: His Holiness will confer a Medicine Buddha Empowerment in the morning organized by the Center for Spirituality and Healing and the Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota at the Mariucci Arena, University of Minnesota. Contact Website: www.dalailama.umn.edu

Public Talk in Minneapolis, MN, USA on May 8: His Holiness will give a public talk on Peace Through Inner Peace in the afternoon organized by the Center for Spirituality and Healing and the Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota at the Mariucci Arena, University of Minnesota. Contact Website: www.dalailama.umn.edu

Panel Discussion in Fayetteville, AR, USA on May 11: His Holiness will participate in a panel discussion on Turning Swords into Ploughshares: The Many Paths of Non-Violence in the morning organized by the University of Arkansas at the Bud Walton Arena. Contact Website:www.dalailama.uark.edu

Public Talk in Fayetteville, AR, USA on May 11: His Holiness will give a public talk on Non-Violence in the New Century: The Way Forward in the afternoon organized by the University of Arkansas at the Bud Walton Arena. Contact Website: www.dalailama.uark.edu

Conference in Newark, NJ, USA from May 13 & 14: His Holiness will participate in the Newark Peace Education Summit The Power of Non-Violence organized by the Tibet House and the Drew A. Katz Foundation. Contact Website: www.newarkpeace.org

Teaching in Dharamsala, H.P., India on June 3 & 4: His Holiness will give two days of teachings on Buddhism in the mornings to Tibetan youth at Upper TCV School Auditorium.

Teaching in Melbourne, Australia from June 11 to 13: His Holiness will give three days of teachings on Shantideva's A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life (chodjug) organized by the Dalai Lama in Australia at the Melbourne Convention Center. Contact Website:www.dalailamainaustralia.org

Public Talk in Melbourne, Australia on June 11: His Holiness will give a public talk on A Conversation with HHDL on Happiness, Life & Living - Karma and Reincarnation in the afternoon organized by the Dalai Lama in Australia at the Melbourne Convention Center. Contact Website:www.dalailamainaustralia.org

Public Talk in Canberra, Australia on June 14: His Holiness will give a public talk on A Conversation with HHDL on Happiness, Life & Living - Love and Forgiveness in the afternoon organized by the Dalai Lama in Australia at the Royal Theater National Convention Center. Contact Website: www.dalailamainaustralia.org

Forum in Brisbane, Australia on June 15: His Holiness will participate in a youth forum on No Matter What Never Give Up in the afternoon organized by the Dalai Lama in Australia at the Suncorp Piazza, Southbank Parklands. Contact Website: www.dalailamainaustralia.org

Teaching in Sunshine Coast, Australia on June 16: His Holiness will give a short Buddhist teaching in the afternoon at the Chenresig Institute. Contact Website: www.dalailamainaustralia.org

Conference in Brisbane, Australia on June 17: His Holiness will participate in a conference onHappiness and Its Causes in the morning at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Center. Contact Website: www.happinessanditscauses.com.au

Public Talk in Brisbane, Australia on June 17: His Holiness will give a public talk on A Conversation with HHDL on Happiness, Life & Living - Happiness and Compassion in the afternoon organized by the Dalai Lama in Australia at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Center. Contact Website: www.dalailamainaustralia.org

Public Talk in Perth, Australia on June 19: His Holiness will give a public talk on A Conversation with HHDL on Happiness, Life & Living - Spirituality in the Modern World in the morning organized by the Dalai Lama in Australia at the Burswood Dome. Contact Website:www.dalailamainaustralia.org

Teachings in Dharamsala, H.P., India on June 28 & 29: His Holiness will give two-day teachings on Je Tsongkhapa's Praise to the Buddha for His Teachings on Dependent Origination (tendrel toepa) and also confer an Avalokiteshvera Permission Initiation (chenresig jenang) at the request of a group of Vietnamese at the Main Tibetan Temple. Contact: Snow Lotus Foundation, Email:snowlotusfoundation@gmail.com, Tel: +84919996858

Kalachakra for World Peace in Washington, DC, USA from July 6 to 16: During the first three days of the Kalachakra, from July 6 through 8, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, along with the monks of Namgyal Monastery and senior lamas, will conduct rituals which prepare and consecrate the venue. These include chanting of prayers, creation of the sand mandala and other rituals. From July 9 to 11, His Holiness will give preliminary teachings on Gyalsey Thokme Sangpo's 37 Practices of A Boddhisattva (laklen sodunma) & Kamalashila's The Middling States of Meditation (gomrim barpa). On July 12, the Kalachakra Ritual Dance will be performed by the monks of Namgyal Monastery. His Holiness will give the Kalachakra Initiation from July 13 to 15. On July 16, a long life empowerment (tsewang) and a ceremony offering prayers for the long life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama will be performed. Kalachakra 2011 is organized by the Capital Area Tibetan Association. Contact Website: www.kalachakra2011.com

Teaching in Toulouse, France on August 13 & 14: His Holiness will give teachings onKamalashila's The Middling States of Meditation (gomrim barpa) at the Zenith de Toulouse organized by Chemins de Sagesse - Toulouse 2011. Contact Website: www.dalailama-toulouse2011.fr

Public Talk in Toulouse, France on August 15: His Holiness will give a public talk on The Art of Happiness at the Zenith de Toulouse organized by Chemins de Sagesse - Toulouse 2011. Contact Website: www.dalailama-toulouse2011.fr

Teaching in Dharamsala, HP, India from August 30 to September 1: His Holiness will give three-day teachings on Shantideva’s A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life (chodjug) at the request of a group of Southeast Asians. Contact Website: www.tibetanbc.org