1 His Holiness the Dalai Lama: Teachings on Lam-rim Chen-mo
1 Day One, Afternoon Session, July 10, 2008 Introduction by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Global Responsibility. Religious Harmony. The Buddhadharma: the Nalanda Tradition. Atisha, the Great Treatise and Transmission.
Introduction by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
His Holiness: Good afternoon, everybody. Indeed I am very, very happy to be here to lecture on the Lam-rim Chen-mo. Firstly, I visited the late Geshe Wangyal’s Center many years ago, during my first visit to America, that was… ’79, because of the historically very close link between Tibetan and Mongolian peoples, and particularly since the Third Dalai Lama’s very unique, close relations with Mongolia.
So when we say with Mongolian, this includes Kalmyk, Buryat, all these Mongolian types. There is a very unique sort of relation. Then also in my own case, one of the best Tsenshap [study partner], Ngodrub Chowanyi, was Mongolian. So he helped a lot. So with this Mongolian there was something very close, personally, some close connection, link. Continue reading