In an accessible, humorous and lively manner he offers precious insights into the universal human values of forgiveness and tolerance…
Dalai Lama
Is there any possibility of developing more compassion? By the Dalai Lama
Suppose a person stays in an empty, remote place—just a person alone—very healthy, highly educated, very wise, and physically very strong. As that person lives alone, there’s no possibility of his becoming wealthy or famous; there’s no possibility of his producing good food or building good shelter; he cannot become a hero. All benefits of this worldly life are entirely dependent upon other factors, mainly on other human beings…
Samdhong Rinpoche talks about Tibetan Buddhism and meditation.
Samdhong Rinpoche was born in Kham, in eastern Tibet, a region known for its warrior tradition. He fled Lhasa in 1959, just after the Dalai Lama…
No Beginning, no End, by Dalai Lama
If we were to maintain that there must be a beginning at some point somewhere to consciousness, a big question mark would arise for us — how did that first moment of consciousness come about? …
Luminosity of the Mind, by HH Dalai Lama
In relation to the nature of mind, what is luminosity? In this respect it might be interesting to reflect on a passage which one finds in certain texts which says that ‘between the arisal of different instances of conceptual thought, the clear light nature of mind arises uninterruptedly’…
Dalai Lama bio
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is both the head of state and the spiritual leader of Tibet. He was born on 6 July 1935…
April 1990 Buddhism Now
Buddhism Now archives. We are posting the covers of old paper versions of Buddhism Now including selected articles.