Pilgrimage to Leh Jokhang

Shewatsel, Leh, Ladakh, India – This morning, His Holiness the Dalai Lama drove from Shewatsel Phodrang into Leh city, where he made a pilgrim’s visit to the Jokhang, the principal temple there. He was welcomed by officials at the gate and by Lamas inside the temple.

He paid his respects before the sacred images, saluted the congregation and took his seat. “Having arrived in Ladakh,” His Holiness told the gathering, “today, I’ve come here to the Jokhang. We all rely on the following verse from ‘Entering the Bodhisattva Way:

As long as space endures, and as long as sentient beings remain, until then, may I too remain to help dispel the misery of the world.

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• Pilgrimage to Leh Jokhang