Happy Birthday to the Dalai Lama

Happy Birthday to the Dalai Lama
July 6th is the 72nd Birthday of His Holiness The Dalai Lama. We send our best wishes for much happiness and for a long life.

May all beings everywhere,
Seen and unseen,
Dwelling far off or nearby,
Being or waiting to become:
May all be filled with lasting joy.

Articles appearing on the Phayul.com web site:

Dharamsala celebrates exiled Tibetan leader’s 72nd Birthday

The courtyard of the Tsuglagkhang (Main Temple) was this morning packed with Tibetans, Indians and foreign tourists enjoying the official celebration of the 72nd Birthday of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet.

The exiled Tibetan leader turned 72 today, but did not show up for the public function attended by top officials of the Tibetan government in Exile, including Kalon Tripa (Prime Minister) Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche, Chairman Karma Choephel, Deputy Speaker, Gyari Dolma, Supreme Justice Commission and Justice Commission, and other Kalons of the Central Tibetan Administration.
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Dalai Lama Birthday celebrated in Tibet
Strict Chinese control could not deter Tibetans inside Tibet from Celebrating the Dalai Lama’s Birthday

According to reliable sources, on the early morning of June 19 this year, dressed in their best traditional attires, Tibetans of all age carried out a Sangsol (offering of incense) ceremony and put up green prayer flags in accordance with His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s element of birth (as per Tibetan astronomy), in the Bharkhor, Lhasa.

Tibetans believe that at an interval of every twelve years in an individual's life, one is likely to experience loss, difficulty and suffering. Accordingly, each twelfth year is termed an ‘obstacle year’.
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