Wisdom and compassion are the cornerstones of Buddha’s teachings. Wisdom includes the teaching of emptiness. Compassion includes the teaching of interbeing or interdependence and altruism based on the insight of interbeing. What do we mean by emptiness? When you say that something is empty, you must ask, “Empty of what?” Take that mug on the […]
Where Happiness Comes From
There have been many articles about where happiness comes from on Meditation Practices over recent months. Happiness is something we seek and some of us are fortunate enough to find every now and then. Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh teaches that happiness can only be found in the present moment. One of the songs from […]
Disarming Laughter
The Dalai Lama visited the National Institute of Health (NIH) on March 7 to crowds of people from the NIH. Rich McManus writes that “…it was the Dalai Lama’s laughter—a sudden, prolonged, heartfelt and guttural chortle—that disarmed the room.” I am sure you are familiar with the Dalai Lama’s disarming laughter 🙂 ! McManus went […]
Dalai Lama Led The Opening Prayer For The Senate
On March 6, The Dalai Lama led the opening prayer for the Senate. This was the very first time he did that. He began with, Firstly, as usual, I am Buddhist monk – simple Buddhist monk. So I pray to Buddha and all other Gods. The first sentence I will read now in my broken […]
The Necessity of Love and Compassion
I was fortunate to be able to spend an afternoon with the Dalai Lama with my wife and two good friends on February 22 at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco. I was able to purchase ticket through the International Campaign for Tibet. The event was sponsored by The American Himalayan Foundation and The Blum […]
Have A Good Heart
These words of wisdom come from the Dalai Lama. They teach us that it is very crucial to have a good heart. It is essential to know that to be a happy person, a happy family, a happy society, it is very crucial to have a good heart, that is very crucial. World peace must […]
Dalai Lama’s New Year’s Message
His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s New Year’s Message for 2014 is poignant for our lives today. He says that whether we have a happy year or a miserable year depends on us. And then he laughs, as only the Dalai Lama can laugh! He called on people the world over to Make a determination to […]
The Ultimate State Of Human Existence
Vishen Lakhiani is the founder of Mindvalley, the fastest growing business in the advancement of humanity and personal development. In this video Vishen shares about flow, the ultimate state of human existence. The talk is titled, “Why happiness is the new productivity.” Vishen appeared at the Engage Today event in Calgary with Sir Richard Branson, […]
Search Inside Yourself
Search Inside Yourself is a popular course at Google and it is also a book describing the course. It was written by Google’s “Jolly Good Fellow,” Chad-Meng Tan, usually called Meng. Meng is associated with The Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) and The course and the book take the ideas of […]
The Dalai Lama Speaks On Unbiased Compassion
Here is another short video in which the Dalai Lama speaks on unbiased compassion. It is an excerpt of a longer conversation that the Dalai Lama had with Thai Buddhists at his residence in Dharamsala, India, on March 15th, 2011. The compassionate sense of concern for the well-being of one’s own friend – those people […]
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