Over 10,000 attend His Holiness' talk in Barcelona   His Holiness the Dalai Lama inaugurated the new Tibet House Foundation building in Barcelona. He cut the ribbon and cast flower petals at entrance of the new building as large number of Tibetans and their supporters looked on/Phayul Barcelona, Spain, AP/Phayul: His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, opened a new Tibet House Foundation headquarters on Tuesday as part of a three-day visit to Spain. His Holiness cast flower petals and blessed every room in the building before meeting representatives of the Spain's Tibetan community and members of the foundation. His Holiness exchanged khatas - white silk scarves - with many of those who clamoured to see him on his first visit to Barcelona in 10 years. His Holiness thanked the foundation and the Tibetan community in Spain for sending money and medical supplies to refugee camps in India and Tibet. The foundation sends about $22 000 a year to help the residents of the camps, the foundation's leader, Thubten Wangchen, said.   His Holiness met with archbishop of Barcelona, Lluis Martinez Sistachs/Phayul Later His Holiness met with the archbishop of Barcelona, Lluis Martinez Sistachs, at the city's Episcopal Palace. The men discussed "matters relating to spiritualism and the need for interfaith dialogue, as well as collaboration between Catholics and Buddhists," Martinez Sistachs said. Earlier on, more than 10,000 people converged to listen to His Holiness the Dalai Lama's public talk on The Art of Happiness at Palau Sant Jordi, the Olympic stadium.   Photo Courtesy: Phayul His Holiness emphasized on promotion of inter-religious harmony saying that having close relation on the basis of mutual understanding and respect is highly necessary particularly at present time as sometimes more conflict and division among humanity happen due to different religious faiths which is very unfortunate, reports Phayul Online website. His Holiness thanked and appreciated the concern for Tibet, adding "Tibetans are going through a difficult period and reiterated his stand for meaningful autonomy within the Chinese constitution which is best guarantee for rich Tibetan culture and environment". His Holiness encouraged people to visit Tibet and see for themselves the condition there and compare it with what the Communist China propagates. His Holiness today will leave Barcelona for a 4-day visit to Lisbon, Portugal.

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