A New India/Nepal Emergency Programme in this Covid-19 Crisis. Support Them, Make a Donation!

The people of India and Nepal are currently going through an extremely trying time. The health, economic and social crises caused by the Covid-19 pandemic are …

This blog post is largely based on the article by Damian Carrington, the Editor-in-Chief of The Guardian’s Environment column, published on 12 June 2019.

Meat of animal origin: a product which is contrary to the respect of animals and disastrous …

In this current era, we are confronted with many challenges. One of our main problems consists of reconciling the demands of the economy, the search for happiness, and respect for the environment. These imperatives correspond to three-time scales— short, middle, …

Very often, our mind is carried away by a multitude of thought sequences where ruminations of the past are mixed with projections into the future. We are distracted, scattered, confused and, as a result, disconnected from the most immediate and …

[…] if one were to summarize the Buddha’s teaching in one word, we would have to say that it is universal interdependence, of which nonviolence is a natural consequence. Since we are all dependent on each other and all other …

To feel responsible for our loved ones is commendable, but we have the ability to open our mind and accept the responsibility for infinite beings. Why limit our deep sense of tenderness to a few people, when we can extend …

Dear friends,

I wanted to send you my heartiest thoughts and humble prayers in these challenging times. I know that many of you are confused and afraid in the face of the epidemic that is affecting so many people around …

Drouk-kar Tsho, our little “Karuna Girl,” turns 20 this year. I first met her in 2005 when she was five years old, while I was visiting a clinic our organization Karuna-Shechen supports in Eastern Tibet. I walked into a dark …

The blog below is an excerpt from Matthieu Ricard’s book Altruism. If you wish to know more about it, please follow the following link: https://www.matthieuricard.org/en/books

In her book entitled The Heart of Altruism, Kristen Monroe, professor of political science …

The blog below is an excerpt from Matthieu Ricard’s book Altruism. If you wish  to know more about it, please follow the following link: https://www.matthieuricard.org/en/books

Among the eight types of empathy listed by Daniel Batson, only empathic concern was …