Our world is deeply interdependent. In the past, we were concerned only with people in our own locality. Nowadays, challenges like the climate crisis and global heating affect us all. They mean that we must take the whole of humanity and the entire planet into account. #EarthDay

HHDL talks about how our individual happiness and success is dependent on the rest of the community in this clip from the archive recorded at Delhi University on October 9, 2010.

Offering of a relic of Buddha to His Holiness the Dalai Lama by Most Ven Dr Waskaduwe Mahindawansa Mahanayake Thero of the Raja Guru Shri Subuti Mahavihara Monastery of Sri Lanka, who is the custodian of the Kapilavastu relics, in Dharamsala, HP, India on April 4, 2024. Photo by

HHDL with a group of Dalai Lama Fellows at the end of their two day meeting on 'Compassion in Action: A Conversation about Leadership' at his residence in Dharamsala, HP, India on March 21, 2024. Photo by Ven Tenzin Jamphel

HHDL's message for Losar (Tibetan New Year) celebrated on February 10, 2024.

HHDL speaks on the importance of thinking of the oneness of humanity, how we are the same as human beings, as a way to cultivate warmheartedness towards others in this clip from the archives recorded in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India on December 25, 2013.

HHDL talks about the need to reject indifference towards violence and embrace compassion in this clip from the archive recorded in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India on December 28, 2015.

HHDL enjoying the morning sun on the veranda of his residence in Dharamsala, HP, India on January 24, 2024. Photo by Ven Tenzin Jamphel

HHDL speaks of his hope and dream of a happy human family through a sense of the oneness of humanity in this clip from the archive recorded at his residence in Dharamsala, HP, India on August 23, 2013.

Even more important than the warmth and affection we receive, is the warmth and affection we give. It is by giving warmth and affection, by having a genuine sense of concern for others, in other words through compassion, that we gain the conditions for genuine happiness.

His Holiness’ Message for the New Year - 2024

On the occasion of the New Year, I would like to thank everyone who has sent me good wishes, and I offer my greetings to you all, brothers and sisters across the world.

Despite the many challenges that we are facing today, I feel

HHDL joining in a World Peace Prayer under the Bodhi tree at the Mahabodhi Temple, site of Buddha's enlightement, in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on December 23, 2023. Photo by Tenzin Choejor

HHDL's pilgrimage to the Mahabodhi Temple, located at the site where Buddha attained enlightenment, in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on December 16, 2023.

HHDL's arrival in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on December 15, 2023.

HHDL looking out at the view of mount Kanchenjunga in the early morning from his room in Gangtok, Sikkim, India on December 14, 2023. Photo by Ven Tenzin Jamphel

HHDL's arrival in Gangtok, Sikkim, India on December 11, 2023.

In this clip from the archives, HHDL speaks about the need and effectiveness of non-violence at the Main Tibetan Temple in Dharamsala, HP, India on September 10, 2015.

Hope allows us to envision a better future, and it brings with it a positive energy, which is crucial for our motivation. With hope we can have the courage to care and the courage to act. In any case, giving up is not an option we have with respect to the climate crisis. #COP28

If you can at least be warm-hearted you’ll reap great benefits. You’ll have friends; your children will grow up to be kind people, which is the proper way to build a happier society and a happy life.

You are human beings, I'm a human being; you want a happy life, and I want a happy life. But I think that aim will not be fulfilled only on the basis of material values; what we all want is affection and what we all need is to be more warm-hearted.