法王今日一整天會見藏人的活動：上午開示煩惱的對治，下午訪問教傳利生遍在佛學中心(Kagyu Droden Kunchab)和美國喜馬拉雅基金會(American Himalayan Foundation)，晚間法王應北加州藏人協會(the Tibetan Association of Northern California)之邀，橫越海灣抵達列治文市(Richmond)，為鄰近地區超過1,300名的藏人發表演說。

演說的地點在海邊的一座倉庫，此情此景，不禁令人想起1974年第十六世法王噶瑪巴在舊金山的第一次重要傳法。當時數千位民眾湧入梅森堡(Fort Mason)港灣的一所飛機維修廠，而這個地方正好與法王今晚的演說隔海相望。

然而，這次法王開示的對象，是來自北加州與其他地區的1300多位藏人，他們無論老少全都穿著西藏傳統的服裝。面對這群流亡在外的藏人，法王的發言肺腑由衷。法王說明，像這樣會見藏人同胞的機會對他有多麼重要，並且思索如何因應流亡藏人所共同面臨的挑戰：

After delivering a public teaching in the morning and visiting the Kagyu Droden Kunchab center and American Himalayans Foundation in the afternoon, His Holiness the Karmapa continued devoting time to connecting with Tibetans. At the invitation of the Tibetan Association of Northern California, in the evening His Holiness the Karmapa proceeded across the bay to Richmond to deliver an address to over 1,300 Tibetans from around the region.

The event took place in a warehouse space on the waterfront. The setting was reminiscent of His Holiness the 16th Karmapa’s first major Dharma activity in San Francisco in 1974. At that time, thousands of people had crowded into a harborside hangar in Fort Mason, right across the water from where the 17th Karmapa addressed the Tibetan community.

This time, the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa spoke to a gathering of over 1,300 Tibetans, who had assembled from all across northern California and beyond.