The Dalai Lama has accepted an invitation to return to Derry to celebrate the city’s status as the UK City of Culture for 2013.
The Tibetan Spiritual Leader will return to Ulster as guest of the Derry-based charity Children in Crossfire.
The Press Association reports that The Dalai Lama is patron of the charitable organisation.
His visit, during a planned tour of Northern Ireland, will coincide with a Culture of Compassion event at the Vital Venue in Ebrington.
Children in Crossfire promotes childhood care and development in some of the poorest countries in the world.
Director of Children in Crossfire Richard Moore said: “We are thrilled to welcome His Holiness back to Derry.
“He came to the city six years ago as part of our 10th anniversary celebrations and has been a dedicated patron of the charity since that time.
“We are delighted that people from across Northern Ireland and beyond will have an opportunity to see and hear him speak during this City of Culture year.
“We know that His Holiness is looking forward to returning to Northern Ireland and we hope to make this visit very special.”
The Dalai Lama will address the crowd at the event in April.
Moore added: “This event will be His Holiness’s only public speaking event during the visit.”
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.IrelandNorth | Feb 15, 2013, 01:38 PM EST
Is Tenzin Gyatsu, His Holiness (HH) the 14th Dalai Lama a Catholic Buddhist or a Protestant Buddhist? Is he a Tibetan republican or a Tibetan unionist? Answers on a postcard please to Premier Li Pen, Chinese Communist Party Chairman, Beijing, People's Republic of China, and win a trip for two to Lhasa, capitol of Tibet.
IrelandNorth | Feb 13, 2013, 01:30 PM EST
STEVENSTAR! TO USE A DUBLIN WORKING CLASS VERNACULAR APHORISM: "THAT WAS QUITE 'A WOBBLER [IE FIT/TEMPER TANTRUM ETC) YOU JUST THREW'!" I'M IRISH TOO. I LIVE IN EASTERN IRELAND. I DIDN'T CRITICISE THE BRITISH PROPER. I MERELY POSED AN OUTSTANDING GEPGRAPHICAL POLITICAL CONUNDRUM TO BE PONDERED COMPARATIVE TO THE CHINESE OCCUPATION OF TIBET, A CORRELATION YOU OBVIOUSLY MISSED. READ MY POSTS OVER THE LAST WHILE AND YOU'LL SEE JUST HOW REASONABLE I ACTUALLY AM.
STEVENSTAR | Feb 13, 2013, 05:09 AM EST
@@@@@@IrelandNorth | Feb 12, 2013, 01:55 PM EST NO MATE IT JUST MEANS THAT YOUR ANOTHER BUSY BODY AMERICAN STICKING YOUR NOSE IN WHERE ITS NOT WANTED... IM IRISH I LIVE IN SOUTHERN IREALAND AND HOW DARE YOU CRITISIZE MY NEIGHBORS THE UK WITH SILLY COMMENTS.... IT WOULD BE LIKE ME CRITISIZING YOUR NEIGHBORS THE CANADIANS .... ITS BEST PEOPLE LIKE YOU KEEP OUUT OF IRISH AFFAIRS ...!!!WE HAVE PEACE IN MY COUNTRY NOW ' GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT ' AND WE'RE HAPPY SO BUTT OUT !!!
jacersagain | Feb 12, 2013, 07:28 PM EST
I am delighted that Derry has been awarded the deserved privilege of being the UK’s Culture City for 2013 and hope everyone in the city, resident and visiting, maybe as part of ‘The Gathering’ in Ireland, will enjoy the occasion. But the Dalai Lama as a guest??? Ok, I know he’s great at diplomatic exultations of peace and all that - but does he know how much he is disliked around the world for the high, false life-style he has out of that diplomacy? The students of Belfast’s and Dublin’s Universities used to annually raucously “fight” the Battle of the Boyne from each other’s sides of the banks of the Boyne River every year by flinging flour bags at each other across the River Boyne before going off to the pubs to enjoy each other’s drinking and banter with ne’er a death between them. Forget the Battle of the Boyne… in honour of His Falseship’s visit, perhaps they will congregate again on the banks of the Foyle and jointly pelt the Dalai with bags of flour in a cultural Battle of the Foyle? And then take him for a beer in Derry’s bars. That’s culture that I’m sure the Dalai will enjoy and break his heart laughing over a Derry or Genius pint, even if one is poured over his head.
johnshiel | Feb 12, 2013, 06:54 PM EST
seems like derry really has it going on for this homecoming year... congrats for the success and best to all who visit and enjoy the fruits of their labors...
IrelandNorth | Feb 12, 2013, 01:55 PM EST
Does that mean that His Holiness (HH) The XIV Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatsu) is an Ulster unionist and loyalist, and a Protestant Buddhist? Does he agree with partition or the Chinese occupation of his country - Tibet? I appreciate he's a spiritual leader sans frontiers, but political injustices are unavoudable.