Śāntideva, states:
Whatever suffering is in the world
comes from seeking your own happiness,
while whatever happiness is in the world
comes from the wish for the happiness of others.
What need is there to say more?
The childish pursue their own interests,
while the buddhas act for the welfare of others:
observe the difference between the two.
~ A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life 8:129–30, 28b3.
"The seeds of #buddhanature teachings are sprinkled throughout the sutras and tantras of the #Buddhist canon. A core group of scripture that initially taught buddha-nature known as the tathāgatagarbha sūtras date between the second and fourth centuries."
https://buddhanature.tsadra.org/index.php/Primary_Sources#The_Texts
"Chinese authorities consider it illegal for #Tibetans inside #Tibet to contact people outside the region and engage with the exiled Tibetan community or the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, who China considers a “separatist.”"
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/arrest-02052024155945.html
Listen to Matthieu Ricard’s Meditative Story Fri Feb 02 2024 13:49:22 (8 hours) https://beherenownetwork.com/bhnn-guest-podcast-ep-159-matthieu-ricards-meditative-story-hosted-by-rohan-gunatillake/
12th #Asian #Buddhist Conference for Peace Declares His Holiness the Dalai Lama “Universal Supreme Leader of the Buddhist World”
"No government nor any individual has the right to interfere in this matter. This religious activity has to be conducted as per the responsibilities that His Holiness the Dalai Lama enshrines and entrusts"
H.H The Dalai Lama Chanting Green Tara Mantra (Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha) སྒྲོལ་མ་ཉེར་གཅིག་གི་རྩ་ངགས
Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche explains #mantra as #Dharma:
“Secret mantra is not only to guard your mind; it has many functions and benefits. Even the three-syllable mantra, OM AH HUM, or just one syllable has all these powers. For instance, the six-syllable mantra OM MANI PADME HUM, contains the whole path, the whole Dharma. There is not a single Dharma that is not contained in that mantra. MANI is method and PADME is wisdom."
First Post
