NEW YORK, April 4, 2006--His Holiness the Dalai Lama will visit Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Santiago (Chile), Lima, and Bogotá from April 26 to May 12 this year. 

He will be in Sao Paulo from April 26 to 29, during which he will give a teaching on "Seven Point Mind Training" to Buddhist community of Brazil at Zu Lai Temple.

Located in Cotia on the outskirts of Sao Paulo City, Zu Lai is the biggest Chinese Mahayana Buddhist Temple in Latin America.

His Holiness will also deliver lectures on "Wisdom and Compassion" and "Science and Spirituality" for the Fededral University of Sao Paulo's School of Medicine. 

Other programs on his Sao Paulo schedule include a public talk on "The Power of Compassion", to be given at the Ginasio Estadual Ibirapuera Convention Center and participation in an "Inter-religious Prayer for Peace" at Cathedral da Se in Central Sao Paulo.  For details, please visit the website: www.dalailama.org.br  or contact Association Palas Athena (Prof. Lia Diskin) at liapalasathena@uol.com.br  or call (55-11) 3266 6188

From April 30-May 2, His Holiness will be in Buenos Aires, where he will give a public talk on "Inner Peace, Outer Peace", and a teaching on "The Seven Point Mind Training" to the Buddhist community of Argentina.

He will also participate in a dialogue on "Health and Spirituality" and in an "Inter-religious Prayer for Peace" at La Rural Convention Center.  

In addition, he will address intellectuals and opinion makers at MALBA auditorium.  For details, please visit the website:  www.dalailama-argentina.com.ar  or contact Kagyu Tekchen Choling ((Mr. Horacio Araujo) in Buenos Aires at kagyuargentina@kagyuargentina.org  or call (54-11) 4543 4925 

His Holiness will then depart for Santiago, Chile, and spend four days (May 3 to 6) there.

He will participate in a full-day seminar on the "Exploration of Mind", co-hosted by the University of Chile and University of Valpraiso, give a public talk on "The Power of Compassion", and a teaching to the Buddhist community of Chile at Santiago Arena Convention Center in Parque O'Higgins.

He will also address intellectuals and opinion-makers at the University of Chile and receive an Honorary Doctorate Degree from the University of Santiago. 

Besides, he will also participate in the Inter-religious Prayer for Peace at the Catholic University.  For Details, please visit the website:  www.dalailama.cl  or contact Centro Budista Tibetano Choe Khor Ling at info@dalailama.cl  or call (56-2) 236 2433

From Santiago, His Holiness will depart for Lima, the capital of Peru, for a three-day program (May 7 to 9), that includes a public talk on "The Power of Tolerance" at the Catholic University of Peru, a visit to Cuzco, the mythical capital of the Inca Empire, where he will give a public talk on "Ancient Culture in Modern Society", and participation in the "Inter-religious Prayer for Peace".

Here also, he has been requested to address intellectuals and opinion-makers, and also give a teaching to the Buddhist community of Peru. For details, please visit the website:  www.dalailamaperu.org  or contact Peruvian Tibetan Cultural Association (Prof. Juan Jose Bustamante) at kunzan@hotmail.com

The last leg of his South American visit will take him to the Colombian capital of Bogota (May 10 and 12), where he is scheduled to give public talks on "Inner Peace, Outer Peace" at the Convention Center Coliseo Cubierto el Campin, "Wisdom and Compassion" at the Javeriana University, and a teaching to the Buddhist community of Colombia at the convention center Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada.

He will also address intellectuals and opinion makers of Colombia. For details, please visit the website: www.dalailamacolombia.com  or contact Fundacion FPMT-Colombia (Mr. Mauricio Rao and Mrs. Claudia Bonitto) at yamantaka@cable.net.co  and clobonitto@cable.net.co