Shantideva – Verse 5

Just as on a dark night black with clouds,
The sudden lightning glares and all is clearly shown,
Likewise rarely, through the Buddhas’ power,
Virtuous thoughts rise, brief and transient, in the world.


Just as on a dark night black with clouds,
The sudden lightning glares and all is clearly shown,
Likewise rarely, through the Buddhas’ power,
Virtuous thoughts rise, brief and transient, in the world.

Mingyur Rinpoche speaks about what the mind is. What a lovely sense of humor and lightness about our minds!

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A wonderful and concise talk by Alan Wallace on Dzogchen.

Bridging Buddhism and Science Sat, Dec 17 at 6:00pm – Tue, Dec 20 at 12:00am MST Science & Technology The Emory-Tibet Symposium: Bridging Buddhism and Science for Mutual Enrichment His Holiness the Dalai Lama will join scientists and scholars for a 3 day discussion from Drepung Monastery in Mundgod, Karnataka, India on December 18-20, 2016….