Welcome to the official website of the Office of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.  His Holiness is both the temporal and the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. He frequently states that his life is guided by three major commitments: the promotion of basic human values or secular ethics in the interest of human happiness, the fostering of inter-religious harmony and the welfare of the Tibetan people, focusing on the survival of their identity, culture and religion.

Explore here how His Holiness fulfils these commitments through his various activities his public talks, widespread international visits and publications.

Press Statement
January 25th 2010
His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Special Envoy Lodi G. Gyari and Envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen will arrive in China tomorrow for discussions with the representatives of the Chinese leadership. This is the ninth round of dialogue. The Envoys are visiting China after a gap of 15 months in the process that began in 2002.

Dalai Lama "In" China
January 15th 2010

Buddhism Is About Human Emotions: Dalai Lama
January 15th 2010

Message to Haiti
January 13th 2010

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 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 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/