For Sentient Beings — Tara Moti Melwani
For Sentient Beings
Meditation · Secular ethics · Singapore

Tara Moti Melwani

I am a direct student of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and the late Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche.

The Dalai Lama meeting Tara outdoors

Photo credit: Grateful thanks to OHHDL in Upper Dharamsala, McLeod Ganj, India

Dharamsala · April 2023

A direct student of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama made Tara Melwani his direct student in April 2023 in Dharamsala, making it known publicly to the YPO Singapore organising committee.

Not one to say much, Tara was shocked to know that she had been his direct student for many lifetimes. His Holiness made his blessings known for her to be a Tara.

His Holiness has instructed her to teach and guide those interested in secular ethics and Buddhist meditation in the Indo-Tibetan tradition.

The Dalai Lama greeting the client outdoors

Photo credit: Grateful thanks to OHHDL in Upper Dharamsala, McLeod Ganj, India

A guiding principle

His Holiness the Dalai Lama

“Never give up on your ethics.”

— His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Where she teaches

Practice, shared.

Her work in meditation and secular ethics is shared with communities and leaders.

The client among a group at a teaching event
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1880 Singapore

In 2020 Tara served as meditation resident at 1880 Singapore, leading Buddhist-inspired secular meditation for its members.

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Temasek Club

She has taught meditation to directors and senior leaders at Temasek, as part of its commitment to learning and well-being within the organisation.

Plant Good Seeds botanical seed packets

Plant Good Karmic Seeds.

Plant good karmic seeds, always even when no one is watching. ~ Tara Melwani

In the press

In the press.

Tara Melwani’s work and public service have been featured in the press.

Newspaper press feature about the client
In the press

Tara Melwani, a direct disciple of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, has organised His Holiness’s public talks for thousands of people in Bangalore and in Mumbai on numerous occasions.

Tara assumed the leadership of organising people from Southeast Asia to Dharamsala to attend the inaugural teachings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 2007 for the region together with His Holiness’s Southeast Asian co-ordinator, Mr Jinpa Pari Gyatso.

The Dalai Lama embracing Tara

Photo credit: Grateful thanks to OHHDL in Upper Dharamsala, McLeod Ganj, India

Universal Ethics

A World Needs More Kindness

The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers and lovers of all kinds.

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

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