The media seems to play on the fascination that we seem to have with violent, malicious, and perverse actions. A criminal who commits a horrible crime will be discussed much more than a volunteer who helps the elderly. Perhaps this …
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A Visit to Barefoot College – 2
It is 7pm in February 2013. In a little village in Rajasthan, we enter a small room in a house just bordering the village pond. The room is lit by two storm lamps, recharged during the day by solar panels. …
A Visit to the Barefoot College in India — 1
Last February, along with friends from our humanitarian association, Karuna-Shechen, I visited our friend Sanjit ‟Bunker” Roy at the Barefoot College he founded approximately 40 years ago.
When he was 20 years old, Bunker, who was educated at one of …
Read moreTeachings on compassion, par Shabkar Tsok Druk Rangdrol (1781-1851)
Now I have some heart-advice to give you: a sky needs a sun, a mother needs a child, and a bird needs two wings. Likewise, emptiness alone is not enough. You need to have great compassion for all beings who …
Read moreTeachings on compassion by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910-1991)
When we think of all the innumerable beings who have been wandering helplessly for so long in samsara, like blind people who have lost their way, we cannot but feel tremendous compassion for them.
Compassion by itself, however, is not …
Read moreWise optimism
When hearing a door creak, the optimist thinks it’s opening and the pessimist thinks it’s closing.
For an optimist, it makes no sense to lose hope. We can always do better, limit the damage, find an alternative solution, rebuild what
Why Photography?
For the last forty years, I have been taking photographs of my spiritual teachers and the world around them in the Himalayas. My main aspiration in doing so was to share the incredible beauty, strength and depth that I have
Where can I learn to meditate ?
There are many centers, Buddhist and non-Buddhist, throughout the world where meditation is taught. It is not up to me to recommend one organization rather than another. Nevertheless, I can testify to the authenticity of a teaching center in France
What photo equipment do you use?
For many years I used Nikon FM2 cameras, with fixed focus lenses, adjusting the settings manually. However, four years ago I started making use of the wonderful possibilities of high range digital cameras such as the Canon Ds Mark III,
What does reality mean?
In Buddhism the word reality connotes the true nature of things, unmodified by mental constructs superimposed upon them.
Fabricated concepts open up a gap between our perception and reality, and create a never-ending conflict with the world. ‟We read the