Dharamshala: His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give three days of teachings at the Kalachakra Ground in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India from 29 to 31 December 2023 followed by a Long Life Offering Ceremony on 1 January 2024. On the first two days of teachings, 29-30 December, His Holiness will teach on Nagarjuna’s “In Praise of Dhammadhatu”. On 31 December He will confer the Manjushri Empowerment. Webcasts also available in Tibetan, Chinese, Vietnamese, Hindi, Korean, Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Russian, Italian, Portuguese, Nepali, Thai, Indonesian, Marathi, Ladakhi and Mongolian.
All times Indian Standard Time (IST=GMT+5:30)
December 29-30: Teachings
Times:
December 29th: 8:00am – 9:30am IST
December 30th: 8:00am – 9:30am IST
December 31st: Empowerment
Time: 8:00am – 9:30am IST
January 1st: Long Life Offering
Time: 8:00am – 9:30am IST
For times in your area 8:00am IST on December 29th in Bodhgaya, India is the same as 2:30am GMT on December 29th in London, UK; and 6:30pm PDT on 28 December in Los Angeles, California, USA. Other times can be found using Time Zone Converter (http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html).
Nagarjuna’s “In Praise of Dhammadhatu” text downloads:
English, Tibetan, Chinese, Hindi, Vietnamese, Portuguese, Indonesian, French, Spanish, Korean, German,