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Biggest Buddhist Statue in Nepal consecrated


Kathmandu, Nepal -- The making of a statue of Amitaba Buddha (tib: Woepakme), flanked on both sides by a statue of Avalokiteshvara (Chenresig) and a statue of Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche), has been completed and was consecrated today by Lama Sherab... ...>

Where exactly is our buddha nature?


Where exactly is our Buddha nature? It is in the skylike nature of our mind. Utterly open, free and limitless, it is fundamentally so simple and so natural that it can never be complicated, corrupted, or stained, so pure that... ...>

We can actually use our lives to prepare for death


According to the wisdom of Buddha, we can actually use our lives to prepare for death. We do not have to wait for the painful death of someone close to us or the shock of terminal illness to force us... ...>

Vision of death and dying


It is crucial now that an enlightened vision of death and dying should be introduced throughout the world at all levels of education. Children should not be "protected" from death, but introduced, while young, to the true nature of death... ...>

Have a spacious, open, and compassionate attitude toward your thoughts and emotions


Just as the ocean has waves, and the sun has rays, so the mind’s own radiance is its thoughts and emotions. The ocean has waves, yet the ocean is not particularly disturbed by them. The waves are the very nature... ...>

Compassion without attachment is possible.


Compassion without attachment is possible. Therefore, we need to clarify the distinctions between compassion and attachment. True compassion is not just an emotional response but a firm commitment founded on reason. Because of this firm foundation, a truly compassionate attitude... ...>

Where does our real future lie?


Despite all our chatter about being practical, to be practical in the West means to be ignorantly, and often selfishly, short-sighted. Our myopic focus on this life, and this life only, is the great deception, the source of the modern... ...>

A powerful way to evoke compassion


One powerful way to evoke compassion is to think of others as exactly the same as you. "After all," the Dalai Lama explains, "all human beings are the same - made of human flesh, bones, and blood. We all want... ...>

When in life you do not show…


Loss and bereavement can remind you sharply of what can happen when in life you do not show your love and appreciation, or ask for forgiveness, and so make you far more sensitive to your loved ones. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross said:... ...>

Alice Walker in Shambhala Magazine


Last night I was reading an interview with Alice Walker in Shambhala Magazine which reminded me about something I actually contemplated while back. She talks about how people complain about paying high taxes in US and many other countries around... ...>

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