Actually, from the standpoint of animals, humans are the most unconscionable terrorists in the world, who build thousands of concentration camps and kill innocent lives every day on a massive scale.
WORDS OF WISDOM
Larung Gar, the spiritual home of numerous people, is where I have lived for the past thirty years (1984-2014). The weather is very cold at Larung, but the mind feels warmer here than anywhere else because this is where my guru used to live.
What are the trendy colors for 2014/2015? Please don’t just follow blindly! All such colors exist only in your head. Your clothes, when put into the closet with its doors shut, don't have colors. Ha! Interesting, isn’t it?
Happy New Year! The Year of the Snake is ending, away with all the worries and displeasure of yesterday. The Year of the Horse is tiptoeing near, along with the hopes and quests of tomorrow. Overnight, gone is the Snake and in comes the Horse; in a flash of thought, gone is ignorance and in comes wisdom.
Today is the 10th anniversary of H. H. Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok’s parinirvana. My tribute to commemorate this special occasion is this: Without you, nothing about me here and now would exist. Without His Holiness, none of us here would be what we are today. To repay his ultimate kindness, we must do our very best to spread the Dharma and benefit all beings.
What people call the sunset is not really the sun setting, but the horizon rising; what people call death is actually not the end but the beginning of the next journey.
When the basic physical needs such as food and shelter are satisfied, we should immediately seek mental and spiritual belonging, the lack of which will otherwise intervene in our material life. With this intervention comes invidious comparisons, showoffs and discontent into our lives, whereupon the stress in our lives will progressively worsen until finally our minds completely collapse under the tremendous pressure of desire.
There was a fire at the Larung Five Science Buddhist Academy on the evening of January 9. The news spread far and wide and generated lots of discussions. The fact is that it was not as serious as some of the versions portrayed on the internet and there definitely were no casualties. Please do not worry, our fellow practitioners. The photo here was taken after the fire.
