Dharma Wheel

If you read more from the link in the OP - it is clear that His Holiness was speaking about major world religions and paths that lead away from negative deeds caused by ignorance. I maintain that every major religion of the world - Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Juda...

"We should have total confidence in our own spiritual path along with perfect respect toward other truths" His Holiness the Dalai Lama "While pointing out the fundamental similarities between world religions, I do not advocate one particular religion at the expense of all others, nor ...

Hi SonamZangpo,

Hi everyone, Although I didn't post that much some might remember me from e-sangha where my nick was Tara_10. I am glad to have found this new forum and I am looking foward to interesting and inspiring threads. As I learned a lot about buddhism in general, practices etc. on e-sangha I wondered whet...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyXFyXK0Cj4 Today, together with a growing appreciation of the importance of human rights there is a greater awareness worldwide of the need for the protection not only of the environment, but also of animals and their rights. Where there is a mind, there are feelings...

I think His Holiness pulls it all together beautifully in His The Middle Way teachings - and also here from the chapter - Emptiness and Existence - from The Way to a Meaningful Life: To generate the type of love and compassion that motivates you to seek buddhahood, not for yourself but for the sake ...

" Different schools describe the qualities of the Buddha in different ways. We must use what is useful for us. :thumbsup: There is a difference between being omniscient and omnipotent. With Omniscience, which is a quality a Buddha has, a Buddha can perceive everything that exists in the univers...

Excerpts from two interviews with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. From March 1998 Shambhala Sun - During the meeting the Dalai Lama confirmed for us another sexual proscription according to Buddhist tradition: heterosexuals are prohibited from having sex more than five consecutive times with a partner....

"It is helpful to remember that many highly realized beings such as Atisha, Tsong Khapa, and so forth, followed many teachers and respected all of them equally. It is not a matter of having just one guru in the same way that one has only one boyfriend at a time! In addition, meditation facilita...

Time is so short, precious time slips away so very quickly, I wouldn't spend too much of it worrying about his views. As His Holiness the Dalai Lama says - "The essential purpose of the Buddhas giving teachings is to eliminate both mistaken states of mind and the experience of suffering. This i...

For those who might be interested, there is a nice scroll down link to a chapter all about The Buddha, from the book - Buddhism for Beginners, by Venerable Thubten Chodron, from Sravasti Abbey - here:

THE BUDDHA

Threads like this bring to mind how His Holiness the Dalai Lama always stresses the importance of study, study study! One of my favourite quotes: "May we always generate conviction and enthusiasm in Buddha's doctrine through understanding what it is" ( sorry forgot the source :emb: ) It is...

Thanks for sharing your experiences, mudra.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama addresses this issue with His usual wisdom, humour and compassion, in this Q & A session given during the recent wonderful Heart Sutra teachings.

Heaven In Exile The struggle for Freedom continues. A 2010 film is winning awards and takes a gripping look at the life of Tibetan refugees in India. Spending time in monasteries and refugee centers, ‘Heaven In Exile’ looks at the issue of the Tibetan Exodus, fifty years after the fall of Tibet. Wh...

http://www.buddhanet.net/images/b_ink1.jpg Lama Thubten Yeshe said, " Imperfect superstition brings forth all the wrong delusional fantasy view, and is the obstacle to discovering perfect wisdom. Ignorance makes transmigrating beings afflicted because it obscures seeing the right view. 'Imperf...

May Bill and Suz be well.

"The publication of a volume of essays on Buddhism and science presupposes that these two fields are commensurable and that the interface between Buddhist theories and practices and scientific theories and modes of inquiry can somehow be fruitful. But serious objections to this presupposition c...