THANK YOU MESSAGE
I would like to thank you all for your greetings on my 91st birthday. As I mentioned to those gathered here in Leh, Ladakh, India on 6 July, when I look back on my life, I see that the core of my practice has been to be of benefit to others. That is the altruistic motivation with which I wake up every day.
Spreading compassion and kindness continues to be my life's primary mission. Such an attitude is essential to making our world a better place for everyone. I therefore call on my brothers and sisters everywhere, both young and old, to practice warm-heartedness and compassion, with genuine concern for the well-being of others. To be able to do so is, I believe, what it means to lead a meaningful and purposeful life of service.
As you may be aware, following a successful medical procedure on my left knee in New Delhi last month, I have since been recuperating here in Ladakh. As in past years, I find the climate here at this time of year well suited to my health, and I therefore plan to remain in Ladakh for the next several weeks.
With my prayers and good wishes,
DALAI LAMA
8 July 2026
༄༅ །། སྤྱི་ནོར་༸གོང་ས་༸སྐྱབས་མགོན་ཆེན་པོ་མཆོག་དགུང་གྲངས་ ༩༡ ལ་ཕེབས་པའི་སྐུའི་འཁྲུངས་སྐར་ལ་བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས་ཞུ།
恭祝圖伯特精神領袖偉大的第十四世達賴喇嘛尊者九秩晉一華誕吉祥如意,法體安康,長久住世!
Wishing His Holiness the Great 14th Dalai Lama happy 91st birthday