April 4th 2017

Guwahati, Assam, India, 4 April 2017 - Due to severe weather conditions in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, His Holiness the Dalai Lama's schedule for his upcoming visit to Arunachal Pradesh has been affected.

His Holiness will now be arriving in Bomdila, Arunachal Pradesh on April 4 afternoon. On April 5 He will give a teaching and confer a White Tara Long Life Empowerment (drolkar tsewang) in the morning at the Buddha Park.

On April 6, His Holiness will give teachings in Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh on Geshe Langri Thangpa's Eight Verses of Training the Mind (lojong tsikgyema) & Guru Yoga (lama neljor) and confer the Avalokiteshvara Permission (chenresig jenang) in the morning at Thupsung Dhargyeling Monastery.

From April 8 to 10, His Holiness will give teachings in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh. On April 8 & 9 mornings, His Holiness will give teachings on Kamalashila's The Middling States of Meditation (gomrim barpa) & Gyalsey Thokme Sangpo's Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva (laklen sodunma) at Yiga Choezin. On April 10 morning, His Holiness will confer the Rinzin Dhondup Initiation at Yiga Choezin.