Not every kind of pressure can turn into a driving force. An appropriate amount of pressure can be motivating, but pressure that is too intense has the power to hurt, not to motivate. For the sake of one’s own health, one needs to learn how to release pressure, and the best way to do that is through meditation practice.
~ Khenpo's blog published on 23 March 2014
As natural disasters, like earthquakes and tsunamis, as well as mental illness, related with suicide and madness, have both been unceasingly on the rise in recent years, people increasingly sense how fragile life is and more people are beginning to focus on the issues of life and death, something we all must face sooner or later. To most people, death is a very heavy subject as it brings to mind huge fear and catastrophe. There is no point in trying to escape it, either. But understanding the truth of death can help us not only eliminate the fear toward death but also possibly find the catalyst to ultimately free us from it.
~ Khenpo's blog published on 07 May 2014
Death is an important issue for everyone since it is the reality that has to face but is reluctant to do so. To ordinary people, death represents a dark unknown filled with despair, mystery, pain and sorrow.
~ Khenpo's blog published on 20 May 2014
Om Mani Padme Hum!
Blood and tears, may these never happen again!
Peace to all!
We wish to extend our gratitude to all mothers and always keep in mind their great kindness.
Life and death are important to everyone because they are our destiny. No one can deny or run away from the cycle of birth, aging, sickness and death, or the agony and pain that are an integral part of real life. We can only muster the courage to face all these. But how should we face death? Most people are completely at a loss for an answer to this. However, if the whole dying process can be transformed into a very happy and meaningful journey of liberation, then there is no need to see death as an enemy and feel anxious and frightened about its coming.
~ Khenpo's blog published on 26 May 2014
Whether or not we are happy is not based on our standard of living but our attitude toward life.
My topic at the seminar held by the School of Culture and Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford was “The Relationship between Tibetan Medicine and Tibetan Buddhism.”
~ Khenpo's blog published on 31 May 2014
