His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama speaks on Materialism
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Shantideva cites three benefits of pain. First, it is valuable because through sorrow, pride is driven out. No matter how arrogant and condescending we’ve been, great suffering can humble us. The pain of a serious illness or loss of a loved one can be transformative, softening us and making us less self-centered. The second benefit…

The Way of Compassion Dharma Center introduces our new online community. We have created an online network where we can all connect and share in the path to full awakening on a daily basis. We are sharing resources, event announcements, archived teachings, live broadcast links, quotes, posts, and much more. When you join you can…

“True compassion brings with it the dispelling of internal tensions, a state of calmness and serenity.” – 14th Dalai Lama Join us for day of meditation and Dharma practice focused on cultivating compassion for ourselves and others. Bodhicitta (Great Compassion) is foundational to Mahayana Buddhist teachings. Though these teachings are Buddhist, they contain universal truths and…

Four Establishments of Mindfulness from Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Thubten Chodron (The four establishments of mindfulness focus on the body, feelings, mind, and phenomena (dhamma, dharma). To “establish mindfulness” means to place our mindfulness on an object comprehended by wisdom. ) Mindfulness of Feelings Through mindfulness of…


Samsara is not the planet, the planet is perfectly in sync, it’s the minds of the beings that inhabit the planet that makes it samsara or nirvana. When you enter nirvana you don’t suddenly disappear you’re still living on the same planet but the planet itself has transformed because the mind has transformed. It all…