Near the end of his life, when Ngulchu Thogme first showed signs of sickness, he said that no treatment was likely to help, but to calm everyone he took some medicine nonetheless, and let prayers and ceremonies be performed on

Recently, an AFP correspondent who kindly interviewed me in Dolpo in Nepal, recalled the story about how my humble self am the ‟happiest person in the world”. Of course, I told him that this did not really make any

When Gyalse Thogme was about thirty, a sick beggar used to stay outside near his door. His body was completely infested with lice. Thogme used to give him whatever food and drink he had, bringing it to him discreetly at

Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan recommends the reading of Ayn Rand’s writings to all his collaborators. Does the United States of America truly want to have a leader whose ideal is to promote selfishness in society? I am convinced that

From a series of private interviews with Matthieu Ricard conducted by Vadivu Govind in Singapore in September 2012, during which she assumed the role of a wealthy leader and posed some thoughts such a leader may have to Matthieu.

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Another time, when Ngulchu Thogme was about twenty, all the monks of É were leaving for Chöbar when Thogme saw a crippled woman weeping by the main door of the monastery.

He asked her what was wrong. She explained that

From a series of private interviews with Matthieu Ricard conducted by Vadivu Govind in Singapore in September 2012, during which she assumed the role of a wealthy leader and posed some thoughts such a leader may have to Matthieu.

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Once, when Ngulchu Thogme was sixteen, someone who had been giving him some material help asked him to leave for Sakya on an important task and to return the next day.

Halfway to Sakya, in a desert plain, the young

The great sage Gyalse Ngulchu Thogme was born in 1295 a few miles to the southwest of Sakya monastery, in Tsang, Central Tibet. As soon as he learnt to speak, it became evident how full of compassion he was. One

From a series of private interviews with Matthieu Ricard conducted by Vadivu Govind in Singapore in September 2012, during which she assumed the role of a wealthy leader and posed some thoughts such a leader may have to Matthieu.

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