Every being has the potential for perfection, just as every sesame seed is permeated with oil. Ignorance, in this context, means being unaware of that potential, like the beggar who is unaware of the treasure buried beneath his shack.

Actualizing

If you’re always looking for novelty, you’re often depriving yourself of the most essential truths. The antidote to suffering and to the belief in a self consists of going to the very source of your thoughts and recognizing the ultimate

During the recent earthquake which affected the city of Yushu (Kyerku in Tibetan) and the surrounding areas, the monks from our Shechen monastery, located under 150 km away, were among the first of many groups of Buddhist monks who joined

A well researched Greenpeace* investigation reveals that the group made up of the two Koch brothers, who together are worth 30 billion dollars, has spent 44 million dollars to finance disinformation campaigns on global warming and its causes.

The American

How should I lead my life? How should I live in society? What is knowable? These three questions have been puzzled over through the ages.  Ideally, our lives should lead us to a feeling of plenitude, so that we have