Shantideva – Verse 2

Here I shall say nothing that has not been said before,
And in the art of prosody I have no skill.
I therefore have no thought that this might be of benefit to others;
I wrote it only to habituate my mind.


Here I shall say nothing that has not been said before,
And in the art of prosody I have no skill.
I therefore have no thought that this might be of benefit to others;
I wrote it only to habituate my mind.

The Way of Compassion Dharma Center is happy to announce a series of Friday evening film nights hosted at the Third Street Center in Carbondale. Join us for an evening of community, friendship, and thought-provoking entertainment every Friday this summer. This Friday, June 30th, there will be a special screening of the new Dalai Lama…

“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…

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…
There will be live webcasts of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s three-day teaching on “Dharmachakra Parivaretan – Sutra on The Four Noble Truths” & “Sutra on Dependent Origination” in the mornings from Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 5-7, 2018 at the request of a group of Indians. His Holiness will speak in Tibetan with an…

Click on the player below to hear the mantra Medicine Buddha Sadhana with Guided Meditation by Venerable Thubten Chodron
