Dalai Lama leaves for 20-day Europe tour

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama today left for a 20-day visit to various European countries, including Germany and Italy, where he will address gatherings and hold discourses.
The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) said that the Dalai Lama will reach theUnited Kingdom tomorrow and will speak on 'Compassion in Action' at an event the following day.
"The Dalai Lama will leave for Germany on September 12 and on September 13, he will speak on 'Global Ethics-Shared Values' at a programme organised by the Frankfurt Tibet House at Jahrhunderthalle," CTA's PRO Jamphel Shonu said.
On September 14, he will participate in a one-day conference on 'Western Science and Buddhist Perspectives' at Jahrhunderthalle, the official said.

The PRO said that on September 16, in Italy, the Dalai Lama, will talk on 'Peace' and will address gatherings in Sicily on September 17 and 18.
From September 20 to 21, the Dalai Lamawill participate in a symposium on 'Buddhist Science and Modern Science' at the University of Pisa, and in Riga in Latvia he will give a two- day teaching on 'Harmony without Boundaries', the official said.

He will return here on September 27 from Latvia, Shonu said.
Earlier this month, the spiritual leader hadcancelled a visit to Botswana because of "exhaustion" and his office had stated that his doctors had advised him to "avoid long journeys for a few weeks".

The 82-year old Dalai Lama lives in exile in Dharamshala.