Schoolboys in a school built by Karuna-Shechen, Tibet…

A young schoolboy in a school built by Karuna-Shechen, Tibet…

A young schoolgirl in a school built by Karuna-Shechen, Tibet…

Eastern Tibet seen from the air

A monk under a canopy of prayer flags…

During a speech given at the United Nations some years ago, the respected meditation teacher S.N. Goenka, who passed away in 2013, declared ‟Religion is religion only when it unites; religion is no more religion when it divides.” He also …

A humble person has nothing to lose or to gain. If he is praised, he thinks it’s for what he has been able to accomplish, not for himself as an individual. If he is criticized, he thinks that bringing his …

Amdo (Eastern Tibet) landscapes from above…

A Tibetan monk

High pastures, Eastern Tibet…

Renowned psychologist and emotions specialist Paul Ekman opens his recent book Moving Toward Global Compassion* with these words :
« It would be a different world, a desirable world, if all of us felt global compassion : concerned about …

Humility is sometimes scorned, regarded as a weakness. The writer Ayn Rand proclaims, ‟Discard the protective rags of that vice which you called a virtue: humility.”* Pride, however, the narcissistic exaggeration of the self, closes the door to all personal …