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Welcome to our network: Gift to His Holiness the Dalai Lama!
TASHI DELEK!
Dear members
It is wonderful being part of the compassionate, open hearted process which gives our network the vibrant positive energy it has. Thank you!
Our network: "Gift To The Dalai Lama" presents us with the opportunity to make a pledge offering and express gratitude to His Holiness on his birthday, 6 July each year.
Through his tireless efforts and teaching, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, has become the living incarnation of peace and loving kindness. His teachings embrace all humanity and benefit all beings in every country, race and religion. If His Holiness has made an impact on your life with his message of loving kindness, please join us to share your feelings of gratitude. Below are details of our offering to His Holiness and how you can participate.
Expressions of Gratitude and Pledges can be posted all year round. Each year on His Holiness's birthday these will be gathered and sent to His Holiness via the Office of Tibet
To post your pledge to His Holiness, click this forum:
BIRTHDAY GIFT TO HIS HOLINESS, 6 July 2010, PLEDGE BOOK
Please post your expression of gratitude to this forum: GRATITUDE BOOK, 6 July 2010
much love
The Administrators
THE PLEDGE BOOK, A UNIQUE OFFERING TO HIS HOLINESS
His Holiness's reach stretches far and wide. He is regarded as an incarnation of Chenrezig, the deity of Compassion. We are assembling a Pledge Book of our compassionate deeds to offer to His Holiness which will contain pledges from around the world and of every faith and tradition; loving kindness knows no boundaries! This book will be a compilation of OUR acts of compassion that WE pledge to perform as a gift to His Holiness. Members are encouraged to make a thoughtful pledge of compassion in honor of His Holiness. No matter how large or small, this will make the world a kinder and more loving place.
BIRTHDAY GIFT TO HIS HOLINESS, PLEDGE BOOK will be offered to His Holiness shortly after his birthday, 6 July each year. To make your pledge, please, go to our Pledge Forum. Pledges made after 6 July 2010, will be offered to His Holiness in the following year.
GRATITUDE BOOK
When we offer our PLEDGE BOOK to His Holiness, we will also be offering him a GRATITUDE BOOK. This is an opportunity for us to express our appreciation for His Holiness's tireless work in the world. Please post here
EVENTS
Whether you are an individual or an organization, you can enter an event and event details on our Events page to share how you are commemorating this historic day.
HISTORY OF OUR NETWORK
This network was originally named: Dalai Lama; 50 Years in Exile.
The date March 17, 2009 commemorated the historic occasion of His Holiness's 50th year in exile. On the weekend of March 14-15, 2009, spiritual centers, cultural groups and citizens all around the world joined in commemorating this historic occasion. This websites purpose was to make a unique offering to His Holiness and pledges of compassionate deeds and offerings of gratitude were sent to His Holiness shortly after March 17, 2009.
We established this network in consultation with a representative of the Office of Tibet. The local representative of His Holiness said this Network is a good idea and has agreed to pass all our pledges and expressions of gratitude on to His Holiness and send us confirmation when this has been done.
HIS HOLINESS, THE DALAI LAMA IN EXILE
On Mar 17, 1959, tumultuous events forced His Holiness the Dalai Lama to leave his homeland. With a small entourage, His Holiness began an epic 15 day journey that would bring him to the safety of Indian soil. Now, as we look back 50 years, the significance of that journey dawns. The footsteps which took His Holiness out of Tibet were also steps towards the rest of the world. Today, it is difficult to imagine a world community without the gift of His Holiness's presence. Walk in His Holiness's shoes on his epic 15 day journey by joining The Journey Group
GROUPS, BLOGS AND PHOTO GALLERY
Participants can interact, inform, discuss ideas and develop synergies with other organizations and individuals around the world to promote loving kindness and understanding. A photo gallery is available for participants to upload pictures of their local events and of His Holiness.
13/4/09
Here is to inform you that the Office of His Holiness
in India has confirmed receipt of the pledges and gratitude
expressed by number of people. We have
been asked to thank all those who made their pledges.
Sincerely,
OFFICE OF TIBET
UPDATE (mail sent to members)
Dear Members
Thank you for your pledges and expressions of gratitude to His Holiness. Your gift of kindness to others helps to deepen your own awareness of His Holiness’s heart teaching on compassion. We have sent them to the local office of Tibet who will confirm when they have been received by the Dalai Lama’s office.
As we notified you recently, we have made changes to our network which has been renamed: 'Gift to The Dalai Lama'. Please update your answers to the new questions on your profile page.
The purpose of our network is to enable members to offer to His Holiness a pledge of a compassionate deed and express gratitude for his tireless work to help relieve all beings from suffering, on the occasion of his birthday. You are welcome to make pledges and post expressions of gratitude all year round. Please click 'Forums' (see menu at the top of the page) and add your pledges and expressions of gratitude to the new Pledge and Gratitude Books. Every year, shortly after His Holiness’s birthday on 6 July, the Pledge Book and the Gratitude Book in the forum will be passed on to His Holiness by the local Office of Tibet.
Please enjoy our networks’ opportunities to interact, form friendships and make use of the blogging, photo albums and group facilities.
The aspiration of ‘Gift to the Dalai Lama’ is to provide a space to inspire compassion. Gift to the Dalai Lama is open to all sentient beings. Members may express unhappiness at the actions of those who bring suffering to others, but in accordance with the principles of compassion, please refrain from using offensive language or content. Administrators will remove any offending content from the network to ensure an environment of loving kindness.
Members of 'Gift to the Dalai Lama' should aspire to embrace all beings in the same spirit as His Holiness.
Many Tashi Deleks
from the network administrators
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Pledge Book
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Gratitude Book
Express your gratitude to His Holiness the Dalai Lama for his tireless work benefiting humanity
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Dalai Lama to meet Danish PM: Sources
Dharamsala, May 16 - His Holiness the Dalai Lama will meet the Prime Minister of Denmark during his two day visit to the country at the end of this month, Voice of Tibet radio service reported yesterday, citing a 'reliable' source who did not want to be named.Lakha Rinpoche of Tibet Charity, which is one of the organizers of His Holiness’ visit, told the radio service that he received an email from a journalist indicating that the Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen will meet the Tibetan leader at the former’s residence on May 29 but the exact time for the meeting is not known at the moment.
During his two day visit to the Scandinavian country, the 1989 Nobel peace laureate will give teachings on Nagarjuna's Commentary on Bodhicitta (jangchup semdrel) & Kamalashila's The Middling Stages of Meditation (gomrim barpa). His Holiness will also give a public talk on Peace Through Inner Peace.
Lakha Rinpoche will lead a long life prayer offering to His Holiness the Dalai Lama (Tenshug) by the Tibetans residing in Denmark. His Holiness will also preside over a press conference and meet with members of the Danish parliamentary group for Tibet.
His Holiness will also visit Netherlands where he was invited to visit the Dutch parliament. China earlier warned Dutch MPs not to invite the Dalai Lama to visit parliament but Dutch MPs went ahead with the invitation despite the warning from China that the visit would harm relations between the two nations.
After Netherlands, His Holiness will visit Paris, France, where he is likely to receive the Paris citizen of honour. He will give a public talk on Ethics and Society
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Dutch Prime Minister criticised for refusing to meet Dalai Lama
The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) has criticised Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende's refusal to meet the Dalai Lama as 'a sign of little respect'. The Tibetan spiritual leader will visit the Netherlands next month. During his visit he will give a speech to senior business leaders and government officials.The Dutch branch of the ICT points out that former Prime Minister Wim Kok did meet the Dalai Lama when he visited the Netherlands in 1999. Members of the ICT executive have been informed by the foreign ministry that Minister Verhagen will meet the Dalai Lama during a private meeting with other spiritual leaders.
China has reportedly put pressure on the Netherlands to prevent a meeting between Prime Minister Balkenende and the Dalai Lama. Parliament, on the other hand, has urged the government to give an official reception for the Tibetan spiritual leader. In parliament on Tuesday, MPs will ask the prime minister to explain why he refuses to meet the Dalai Lama.
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