Arunachal celebrates Dalai Lama’s birthday

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July 8, 2016;

The Times of India, 8 July 2016

Itanagar: The 81st birth anniversary of the Dalai Lama was celebrated at Thubchog Gatsel Ling Monastery (Lower Gompa) at Bomdila in West Kameng district on Wednesday.

The day-long programme started with a special prayer session, ceremonial sangsol and serkyem offering at the Lower Gompa, followed by a procession from the Tibetan welfare office with the portrait of His Holiness.
DC Sonal Swaroop said adoption of the thoughts and ideas of the leader in one’s life would be the fitting tribute to the great humanitarian leader.

MLA Japu Deru described Dalai Lamai as a world-class statesman and a compassionate guru. He urged the people to emulate the spiritual leader and cleanse their thoughts and actions.

Earlier, Guru Tulku Rinpoche, Gen Lopon of the Gontse Gaden Rabgyeling Monastery (Upper Gompa), Gen Tsering Dondup, Lopon, of the Thubchog Gatsel Ling Monastery (Lower Gompa) and Tibetan welfare officer Tenzin Kunphen spoke at length about the life of Tenzin Gyatso the 14th Dalai Lama.

Thupten Gatselling Monastery, popularly known as the Itanagar Gompa, celebrated the occasion with much pomp as well. Members of the Itanagar Buddhist Cultural Society (IBCS) organized the celebrations. Hundreds of followers thronged the Gompa and offered prayers for the welfare, well-being and long life of the Dalai Lama. A free medical camp, organized by IBCS and Men Tse-Khang as part of the celebration, was attended by more than 150 people.