Watch: Dalai Lama’s grand 90th birthday celebrations bring alive rich Tibetan culture in Dharamshala

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July 06, 2025 (ANI): Tibetan Buddhist monks-in-exile celebrated their spiritual leader and 14th Dalai Lama’s 90th birth anniversary in Shimla. Monks-in-exile offered prayer for the long life and better health of their spiritual leader Dalai Lama. Monks offered prayers to symbolize Tibetan unity toward 14th Dalai Lama and their cultural identity. On this occasion different political leaders including PM Modi, expressed their deep admiration, emphasizing India’s strong bond with Dalai Lama.

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00:00Strength and direction.

00:05Strength and direction, transforming the faith of an uprooted community.

00:27Strength and direction.

00:47Strength and direction.

00:52as a Tibetan first I would like to say the celebration of the Dalai Lama it is

01:20not only just celebration but also his identity of the Tibetan unity and monks and leader of the Tibetan

01:34old culture yeah so it is actually it is a responsibility of the

01:49Buddhist as a Buddhist and Tibetan also or monastery because he's a I already said that identity of the

01:59all of those things so and one of the other thing I would like to say he's leading always guidance to

02:09the to love and compassion he always see my my religion is very simple love and compassion so

02:17that's most of we are following to the his way what he he said what should do for so that's we are just

02:27now prayer for long life Dalai Lama but also the the suffering of the whole Himachal a flooding we

02:35see already see and all around in the war so it's all our Dalai Lama don't want to so you use these

02:44things so that's we are trying to follow the Dalai Lama wishes yeah yeah definitely and not maybe not

02:53only for me but also all of the Buddhists all all anyone of the Buddhists they wants to continue the

03:01lineage of the Dalai Lama and the and they maybe they wish to the perfect reincarnate of the after the

03:11Dalai Lama and Dalai Lama already very and not only Dalai Lama but also as a Tibetan Buddhist all of the

03:19people wishes to the to be Dalai Lama as like a Dalai Lama for the reincarnate just I once said and the

03:28little boy he is also not ordinary he is also reincarnate of the or Taklung Chedro Rinpoche so and now in our

03:37monastery he is future he is going to lead the or monastery so that's a he is just now he offers

03:46something prayers and cakes so those for the live long life Dalai Lama and to spread his own way yeah

03:59on other hand we can say the it is happy moment but one other hand it's a little sad because he is

04:09this time yeah it's old and very very how can I explore these things so very difficult to I can say

04:21that but he has made it clear he will live long for many years yeah yeah but as a we human we just

04:29always hoping depending on the hope and the hope is not going to finish always we are depend on the if

04:36we depend on the hope hope is it makes always something difficult different situations

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