On his last day in the States, His Holiness participated in two sessions at the Newark Peace Education Summit, made a keynote address and found agreement and support of the co-panellists on his call for incorporating teaching of secular ethics in the education system.
After such a hectic tour, in a statement released by Tenzin Taklha, joint secretary at the Dalai Lama's office he told reporters that "His Holiness Dalai Lama will not be present for Tuesday's match [IPL] as he has just arrived at Dharamshala following a fortnight-long hectic visit of the US and Japan" Taklha went on to say that "His Holiness is very tired, and he normally calls it a day by 3:30 PM."