Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Friday joined thousands of devotees at the revered Karsha Photang in Zanskar to participate in ‘Yarchos Chenmo’, the great summer dharma gathering, hosted by the Karsha Monastery in Ladakh.
Around 30,000 spiritual seekers gathered to receive teachings from the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.
Khandu described his meeting with the Dalai Lama in Ladakh as a deeply humbling and spiritually uplifting experience, highlighting the quiet power of compassion and the timeless wisdom radiated by the revered Tibetan leader.
“We gathered under open skies, in the shadow of the mountains, to listen to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, whom the world rightly calls the Ocean of Peace,” Khandu posted in X.
He spoke with grandeur and with grace, on compassion, on dependent origination, and on the timeless truths that ground the Buddhist path: the Four Noble Truths, the nature of emptiness, and the way of the Bodhisattva, the chief minister said.
Khandu added, “In a world often driven by division, moments like this remind us: peace isn’t just a dream, it’s a practice. And compassion isn’t weakness, it’s strength.”
He expressed gratitude for the rare spiritual experience and paid heartfelt tribute to the Dalai Lama, calling him “Avalokiteshvara in human form, beacon of universal compassion”.
Khandu was also granted a private audience with the Dalai Lama at Karsha Photang, the leader’s official residence in Zanskar.
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“A morning audience at Karsha Photang, his official residence at Zanskar, was not just a meeting, but a moment of deep stillness and awakening,” he stated.
