His Holiness the Dalai Lama offers prayers for Taiwan disasters Sunday, 10 August 2014 09:27 The spiritual leader of Tibet His Holiness the Dalai Lama expressed condolences to the families of the victims of two recent disasters in Taiwan. I was heartbroken when I was informed of the Kaohsiung blasts and an earlier plane crash in Penghu. I have been to Taiwan and Kaohsiung and I remember the peoples kindness and piety, His Holiness the Dalai lama said in a letter written in Mandarin. I have never forgotten you in my heart and I will continue to pray for you, said the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, who started a spiritual retreat on July 25 and learned of the two incidents via his aides on Aug. 2. I have never forgotten you in my heart and I will continue to pray for you, said His Holiness who came to know of the disasters through his aides. His Holiness had entered into a spiritual retreat on July 25. Tsegyam Ngaba, secretary (Chinese language section) of His Holiness the Dalai Lamas office, told CNA Saturday that the letter had been delivered to the Tibet Religious Foundation of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Taipei on Friday afternoon. When His Holiness the Dalai Lama learned of the incidents, he became serious and solemn and clasped his hands in devout prayer, When the His Holiness learned of the incidents, he became serious and solemn and clasped his hands in devout prayer, the CNA quotes him as saying. His Holiness visited Taiwan in 2009 after Typhoon Morakot caused massive flooding and landslides that killed about 700 people. Forty-eight people were killed and 10 injured when Trans Asia Airways Flight 222 crashed near Magong Airport in Penghu on July 23, while 30 people were killed and 310 injured in a series of deadly gas explosions in Kaohsiung on July 31 and Aug. 1.
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