Elders, younger girls, monks, and college students of the Tibetan group, together with Indians, gathered within the Tibetan faculty, Chhota Shimla, to rejoice the 89th birthday anniversary of the 14th Dalai Lama.
The Indian Buddhist group and native residents additionally participated in massive numbers. The standard Tibetan folks dances and Indian cultural performances by Tibetan college students fascinated all.
The extra chief secretary of the state authorities, Onkar Chand Sharma, participated and presided over the programme.
Whereas chatting with ANI on Saturday, Tsewang Phuntsok, Chief Consultant Officer of the Central Tibetan Administration, mentioned that the Dalai Lama is essential to the Tibetan group. They contemplate him a dwelling Buddha and a logo of peace and kindness.
“Right this moment, not solely right here in Shimla however all around the Tibetan group all over the world, we’re celebrating Dalai Lama’s 89th birthday. Dalai Lama is all the things for the Tibetan group, and he’s the dwelling Buddha for us.
“He’s the reincarnation of Avalokitshawara, and he’s not solely an essential determine for the Tibetan group but additionally for the entire of the world for his imaginative and prescient of compassion and non-violence.
“On this auspicious event, we take this chance to wish for the lengthy lifetime of His Holiness On this auspicious event, we rejoice his birthday via cultural and non secular celebrations,” he added.
The Indian Buddhists had been blissful to rejoice the Birthday of a Buddhist temperol chief who has been selling peace and Buddhism throughout the globe.
“Right this moment is essential for all Buddhists in Himalayan faith as it’s the birthday of Dalai Lama. He helped in spreading Buddhism in Tibet and later, after coming to India, he propagated peace and compassion in India and throughout the Globe. He helped in preserving the Buddhist and Himalayan tradition in instructional establishments within the Himalayan area,” mentioned V S Negi, Himalayan Buddhist.
The Extra Chief Secretary of the Income Division of the Himachal Pradesh authorities, Onkar Chand Sharma, presided over the birthday celebration programme of the 14th Dalai Lama in Shimla.
He mentioned that it was essential that his message of peace attain everybody in society.
“I want him good well being and greet him on his birthday on behalf of the federal government of Himachal Pradesh and the individuals of the state. And want you a protracted life for guiding us in peace and compassion.
“It’s a pleasure second for Himachal Pradesh, as he lives in Dharamshala. The individuals throughout the globe from the worldwide group come to fulfill him, and I might say his peace message ought to attain in every single place and everybody in society,” mentioned Sharma.
The 14th Dalai Lama was born on July 6, 1935, within the small farming village of Takster, northeastern Tibet. On the age of two, the boy Lhamo Dhondup was recognised because the reincarnation of the thirteenth Dalai Lama. In October 1939, he was delivered to Lhasa and formally put in as the top of the state of Tibet on February 22, 1940.
Boy Lhamo Dhondup was later named Tenzin Gyatso, and his monastic training was began on the age of six.
Dalai Lama is a Mongolian time period meaning “Ocean of Knowledge”, and the Dalai Lamas are the manifestations of the Bodhisattva of compassion.
Bodhisattvas are enlightened beings who’ve postponed their very own enlightenment and chosen to take rebirth to serve, in accordance with Tibetan Buddhist custom.
The Dalai Lama assumed full political powers in 1950, After the Chinese language invasion of Tibet in 1949. In March 1959, after the suppression of the Tibetan Nationwide Rebellion, the Dalai Lama was compelled to flee into exile in India with over eighty thousand refugees. For over six a long time, the Dalai Lama has been working for the promotion of peace, love, and compassion. (ANI)