Teachings in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India from January 5 to 9: His Holiness will give five-day teachings on Nagarjuna's In Praise of the Transcendental (jigten ley depar toepa), Atisha's Lamp of the Path to Enlightenment (jangchup lamdron), Longchen Rinpoche's Mind In Comfort and Ease (semnyid nyelso) & Tsongkhapa's Short Version of the Stages of the Path To Enlightenment (lamrim dhuedhon) from January 5 to 8. On the morning of January 9 His Holiness will confer a Long Life Empowerment (tsewang) and a long life offering will be offered to His Holiness.
Teaching in Chandragiri, Orissa, India on January 13: His Holiness will give a one-day teaching on The Four Empowerments of Guru Pema Thoe Treng Tsel (lama sangdhu thoetreng tsel dhoompo shiwang) at Phuntsoling Tibetan Settlement.
Public Talk in Los Angeles, LA, California, USA on February 21: His Holiness will give a public address entitled Cultivating Compassion and the Needs of Vulnerable Children at the Gibson Amphitheater at Universal Citywalk. The event is organized by Whole Child International. Contact: http://www.wholechild.org
Public Talk in Fort Lauderdale (Davie), FL, USA on February 23: His Holiness will give a talk on Global Compassion at the arena at D. Taft University Center, Nova Southeastern University. Contact: www.ticketmaster.com or www.nova.edu/arena
Public Talk in Palm Beach (Boca Raton), FL, USA on February 24: His Holiness will give a public talk entitled Compassion as a Pillar of World Peace at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton campus. Contact: http://www.fau.edu/peaceweek/
Discussion in Palm Beach (Boca Raton), FL, USA on February 24: His Holiness will lead a discussion with south Florida's FACU Presidents on The Responsibilities of Ethics in Higher Education In Today's Society to be held at Broward College.
Teaching in Dharamsala, HP, India on February 28: His Holiness will give a short teaching from the Jataka Tales in the morning at the Main Tibetan Temple.
Public Talk in Maribor, Slovenia on April 6: His Holiness will give a public talk on Ethics for the New Millennium organized by the University of Maribor, the Municipality of Maribor, Prva Gimnazija Maribor, Dru'tvo Za bolj'i svet and Yoga in Daily Life Center Maribor at the Tabor Sport Hall. Contact Website: www.eventim.si/dalajlama
Conference in Zurich, Switzerland from April 9 to 11: His Holiness will participate in the XX Mind and Life Conference on Altruism and Compassion in Economic Systems – A Dialogue Between Economics, Neuroscience and Contemplative Sciences organized by the Mind & Life Institute at the Congress Center Zurich. Contact Website: www.compassionineconomics.org
Public Talk in Zurich, Switzerland on April 11: His Holiness will give a public talk on Universal Responsibility and Economics organized by the Mind & Life Institute at Hallenstadion Zurich. Contact Website: www.dalailamazurich.ch
Teachings in Bloomington, IN, USA on May 12 & 13: His Holiness will give two-day teachings on The Heart Sutra (sherab nyingpo) organized by The Tibetan & Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center. Contact Website: www.tmbcc.net
Public Talk in Indianapolis, IN, USA on May 14: His Holiness will give a public talk on Facing Challenges with Compassion & Wisdom organized by The Tibetan & Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center, Interfaith Hunger Initiative and Indiana Buddhist Center. Contact Website: www.tmbcc.net, www.interfaithhungerinitiative... & www.indianabuddhist.org
Public Dialogue in Madison, WI, USA on May 16: His Holiness will have a dialogue with neuroscientist Prof. Richard Davidson of the University of Wisconsin - Madison on Investigating Healthy Minds. Moderated by Daniel Goleman. Contact Website: www.investigatinghealthyminds....
Public Talk in Cedar Falls, IA, USA on May 18: His Holiness will give a public talk on The Power of Education organized by University of Northern Iowa. Contact Website: www.uni.edu/dalailama
Teachings in New York, NY, USA from May 20 to 22: His Holiness will give three-day teachings on Shantideva’s A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life (chodjug) & Kamalashila’s The Middling States of Meditation (gomrim barpa) organized by Healing the Divide & The Tibet Center at Radio City Music Hall. Contact Website: www.dalailamany.org
Public Talk in New York, NY, USA on May 23: His Holiness will give a public talk on Awakening the Heart of Selflessness organized by Healing the Divide & The Tibet Center. Contact Website:
www.dalailamany.org Interfaith Dialogue in New York, NY on May 23: His Holiness will participate in an interfaith dialogue at the Church of St. John the Divine.
Interfaith Dialogue in New York, NY on May 23: His Holiness will participate in an interfaith dialogue at the Church of St. John the Divine.
Public Talk in Nagano, Japan on June 20: His Holiness will give a public talk on Guide to Positive Clear Light organized by Zenkoji Templa Nagano. Contact Website: www.zenkoji.jp/2010lecture/ind...
Teaching in Kanazawa, Japan on June 22: His Holiness will give a half-day teaching on The Heart Sutra (sherab nyingpo) organized by Busshokai (Tibetan Refugee Support Group). Contact Website: http://www.bsk0622.sakura.ne.j...
Public Talk in Yokohama, Japan on June 26: His Holiness will give a public talk on The Essence of Happiness and a Healthy Co-Existence. Contact Website: http://www.tibethouse.jp/dalai...
Teaching in Yokohama, Japan on June 26: His Holiness will give a half-day teaching on Tsongkhapa's In Praise of Dependent Origination (tendrel toepa) and Generating the Altruistic Mind Enlightenment. Contact Website: http://www.tibethouse.jp/dalai...
Teachings in Ladakh, J&K, India in July: His Holiness' earlier planned visit to the Kargil area from July 18 to 20 has been postponed. On July 21 and 22 His Holiness will give teachings (topic yet to be decided) at Samstanling Monastery in Sumur (Nubra Valley). On July 23 he will give the oral transmission of The Diamond Sutra (dorje chotpa) at Yarma Gonbo Monastery (Nubra Valley). On July 25 he will lead the blessing ceremony (rabney) of the new Maitreya Statue at Disket Monastery (Nubra Valley). Finally, on July 26 & 27 he will give teachings on Geshe Langri Thangpa's Eight Verses of Training the Mind (lojong tsik gyema) & Tsongkhapa's The Three Principal Paths (lamtso namsum) at Disket Phodrang. There is no visit to Leh or Zanskar planned in 2010.
Teaching in Jispa, HP, India from August 19 & 20: His Holiness will confer the Heruka (dechok) Initiation on August 19. His Holiness will give teachings on August 20.
Teaching in Manali, HP, India on August 22: His Holiness will give a teaching on Gyalsey Thokme Sangpo's 37 Practices of A Bodhisattva (laklen sodunma) in Manali.
Teaching in Dharamsala, HP, India from August 28 & 29: His Holiness will give two-day teachings on The Diamond Sutra (dorjee chotpa) at the request of a group of Koreans.
Talk in Kochi (Cochin), Kerala, India on September 4: His Holiness will deliver the inaugural address at the 33rd World Congress of the International Association for Religious Freedom being held at the Catholic Renewal Center, Ernakulam, Kochi. Contact Website: www.iarf.net
Teaching in Dharamsala, HP, India from September 8 to 10: His Holiness will give three-day teachings on The Heart Sutra (sherab nyingpo) & Gyalsey Thokme Sangpo's 37 Practices of A Bodhisattva (gyalsey laklen sodunma) at the request of a group of Southeast Asians.Contact Website: www.tibetanbc.org
Public Talk in Budapest, Hungary on September 19: His Holiness will give a public talk on Compassion: The Art of Happiness in the afternoon. Contact Website: www.dalailama-budapest.hu
Teaching in Ladakh, J&K, India from September 13 to 15: His Holiness will lead a prayer ceremony at the Main Jokhang Temple in Leh Town for the recent victims of the tragedy that befell Leh. On September 14 morning His Holiness will address the Kargil public at an event organized by the Kargil Community. He will visit Mulbekh in the afternoon and address the public. On September 15 morning His Holiness will confer the Avalokiteshvera Initiation (chenresig wang) at Bodhkharboo.
Teaching in Budapest, Hungary on September 18 & 19: His Holiness will give a teaching on An Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism on September 18. On the morning of September 19 he will confer an Avalokiteshvera Initiation. Contact Website: www.dalailama-budapest.hu
Teaching in Dharamsala, HP, India from October 4 to 7: His Holiness will give four-day teachings on Nagarjuna's The Fundamental Wisdom Treatise on the Middle Way (uma tsawai sherab), Atisha's Lama for the Path to Enlightenment (jangchup lamdron), Tsongkhapa's In Praise of Dependent Origination (tendrel toepa) & Tsongkhapa's Concise Stages for the Path to Enlightenment (lamrim dudon) at the request of a group of Taiwanese.
Inaugural Address in Pune, Maharashtra, India on October 10: His Holiness will give the inaugural address at the Happy Thoughts World Peace Festival at the Agricultural College Ground in Pune. Contact Website: www.happythoughts.in
Teaching in San Jose, CA, USA on October 12: His Holiness will give a teaching on Geshe Langri Thangpa's Eight Verses of Training the Mind (lojong tsik gyema) organized by Gyuto Vajrayana Center. Contact Website: www.gyutocenter.org
Teaching in San Jose, CA, USA on October 13: His Holiness will give an Amitabha Permission Initiation (opakmei jegang) at the Event Center Arena at San Jose University organized by Geden Shoeling Tibetan Manjushri Center of Westminster, CA. Contact Website: http://www.gedenshoeling.com
Public Talk in Palo Alto, CA, USA on October 14: His Holiness will give a public talk on The Centrality of Compassion in Human Life and Society organized by Stanford University. Contact Website: www.dalailama.stanford.edu
Conference in Palo Alto, CA, USA on October 15: His Holiness will participate in a conference on Scientific Explorations of Compassion and Altruism organized by Stanford University. Contact Website: www.dalailama.stanford.edu
Conference in Atlanta, GA, USA on October 18: His Holiness will participate in a full-day scientific conference on Compassion Meditation: Mapping Current Research and Charting Future Directions at Emory University. Contact Website: www.dalailama.emory.edu
Teaching in Atlanta, GA, USA on October 17: His Holiness will give a short teaching on The Nature and Practice of Compassion at Emory University. Contact Website: www.dalailama.emory.edu
International Conference on Tibetan Buddhism in Atlanta, GA, USA on October 19: His Holiness will inaugurate the three-day 2010 International Conference on Tibetan Buddhism at Emory University. Contact Website: www.dalailama.emory.edu
Panel Discussion in Atlanta, GA, USA on October 19: His Holiness will participate in a panel discussion on Spirituality, Creativity and Arts at Emory University. Contact Website: www.dalailama.emory.edu
Award Presentation in Cincinnati, OH, USA on October 20: His Holiness will accept the International Freedom Conductor Award from the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. Contact Website: www.freedomcenter.org/dalailam...
Public Talk in Oxford, OH, USA on October 21: His Holiness will give a public talk on Ethics in the Modern World organized by Miami University. Contact Website: www.miami.muohio.edu/dalai-lam...
Public Talk in Toronto, Canada on October 22: His Holiness will give a public talk on Approaches to World Peace in the afternoon, organized by Tibetan Canadian Cultural Center. Contact Websites: www.tcccgc.org and www.dalailamatoronto2010.org
Keynote Address in -Toronto, Canada on October 22: His Holiness will participate in a Symposium on Cognitive Science, Mindfulness and Consciousness at the University of Toronto.
Inauguration Ceremony in Toronto, Canada on October 23: His Holiness will be inaugurating the Tibetan Canadian Cultural Center organized by Tibetan Canadian Cultural Center. Contact Websites: www.tcccgc.org and www.dalailamatoronto2010.org
Teaching in Toronto, Canada on October 24: His Holiness will give a teaching on Geshe Langri Thangpa's Eight Verses of Training the Mind (lojong tsik gyema) organized by Tibetan Canadian Cultural Center. Contact Websites: www.tcccgc.org and www.dalailamatoronto2010.org
Award Ceremony in New Delhi, India on November 18: His Holiness will receive the Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for Social Justice 2010 by the Harmony Foundation of India at a ceremony being held at the Taj Mahal Hotel in the afternoon.
Conference in New Delhi, India on November 19: His Holiness will deliver the Silver Jubilee Lecture on Human Approach to World Peace for the Institute for Social Sciences at their premises. By invitation only.
Conference in New Delhi, India on November 19: His Holiness will deliver the inaugural address on The Art of Happiness in Troubled Times at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2010 being held at the Taj Palace Hotel in the morning. By invitation only.
Award Ceremony in New Delhi, India on November 23: His Holiness will be conferred an honorary doctorate degree by Jamia Millia Islamia University in the afternoon.
Conference in New Delhi, India from November 20 to 23: His Holiness will participate in Mind & Life XXII on Contemplative Science: The Scientific Investigation of the Effects of Contemplative Practices on Human Biology and Behavior. Contact Website: www.mindandlife.org
Teaching in Dharamsala, HP, India from November 30 to December 2: His Holiness will give three-day teachings on Gyalsey Thokme Sangpo's 37 Practices of A Bodhisattva (laklen sodunma) and confer a Guhyasamaja Initiation at the request of a group of Russian Buddhists. Contact Website: www.khurul.ru & www.savetibet.ru
Teaching in Kalimpong, WB, India on December 13 & 14: His Holiness will give a teaching on The Three Principal Paths (lamtso namsum) on the morning of December 13 and be offered a long life ceremony at Tharpa Choeling Monastery. He will confer a long life empowerment (tsewang) followed by an address to the Tibetan community on the morning of December 14 at the Central Tibetan School Kalimpong Ground.
Blessing Ceremony in Ravangla, Sikkim, India on December 19: His Holiness will bless the Buddha Statue being built by the Sikkim State Government in the morning.
Teaching in Gangtok, Sikkim, India on December 21 and 22: His Holiness will give two-day teachings. On the morning of December 21 he will teach on Nagarjuna's Commentary on Bodhicitta (jangchup semdrel) & Quintessential Collection of the Mind Sadhanas from the 5th Dalai Lama's Secret Teachings (thukdrup yangnying kundu). On the morning of December 22 he will confer a long life empowerment (tsewang) and be offered a long life ceremony.
Teaching in Salugara, WB, India on December 23 & 24: His Holiness will give teachings on Gyalsey Thokme Sangpo's 37 Practices of A Bodhisattva (laklen sodunma) on the afternoon of December 23 and confer an Avalokiteshvera Initiation (chenresig wang) on the morning of December 24 at Sed-Gyued Monastery.
