With warm welcome and devotion people of Ladakh welcomed His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama on June 28 in Leh for his 45 days stay in Ladakh. 

  

Greeting the people, His Holiness said, “I am happy to be in Ladakh and it is because of the faith, respect and love of the people of the region and secondly the dry climate and weather are more comfortable for the joint pain”.

His Holiness talked about the Buddhism tradition carried out from the time inception and the great Nalanda scholars.

Talking about following the advice and instruction of the great teachers, His Holiness stressed upon not to believe and follow the things and teaching rationally because of faith, but to analyse with thorough investigation and experiment at first.

“Blindly following because of faith is an outdated practice but if followed with reasons, investigation combined with modern science the Buddha Dharma will prevail for the next few centuries.”

His Holiness appealed people of Ladakh to pay more attention to studies not just limiting it on monks and nun but by everyone and produce some books.  Also, he expressed the importance to include the education of mind, logic and moral principles in school academics.