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.

The Way Of Compassion Dharma Center was honored to host Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi this past Saturday, June 10th. Over seventy people gathered at the Third Street Center in Carbondale for two teaching sessions on Bodhicitta, also known as Great Compassion. Venerable Tenzin based the talk on the text, Vast As The Heavens, Deep As The…

A one minute video of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama sharing his dream.

Thubten Jinpa, translator of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, speaks at google about a fearless heart and the natural and powerful benefits of compassion.

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.

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