Again, compassion isn’t for others alone, it’s a matter of having compassion for one’s own wellbeing as well. We all have compassion, but it might be quite weak, and sometimes quite partial and discriminative.
Tibetan Buddhism
Emotion and Compassion (Part I) by Geshe Tashi Tsering
Now, it may seem as if emotions come up nonstop. In reality, however, that is not the case. No matter how strong anger may be, for example, it doesn’t last for a week, two weeks, three or four weeks. It doesn’t even last for twenty-four hours. In fact, anger comes and goes. So that point, in itself, proves that it is not continuously operating in our minds.
Accumulating Good Karma is Beautiful, by Geshe Gedun Tharchin
In Buddhism we are taught of the nonduality of samsara and nirvana. We do not need to be on a high level in order to understand this nonduality of samsara and nirvana; it is just a matter of being here, knowing how to integrate dharma with samsaric conditions.
No Regrets: Dalai Lama’s Advice for Living and Dying
‘Passing through life, progressing to old age and eventually death, it is not sufficient to just take care of the body. We need to take care of our emotions as well.’ The Dalai Lama. (Buddhist film 34 minutes)
Photographs Taken During a Journey Around Tibet in 1997 by Linda Griffiths
We received a warm welcome from the many Tibetans we met — a life-changing experience for me, a homecoming — the landscape, buildings and the people merging, and overnight stays with Tibetan families wherever possible.
First Teaching Buddha gave after Awakening, by Ringu Tulku Rinpoche
The Four Noble Truths were the first teaching Buddha gave after his awakening. They are the foundation of all Buddhist teachings. Short Buddhist video (about 12 minutes)
Piers Morgan meets his Holiness the Dalai Lama
In September 2016 Piers Morgan met his Holiness, the Dalai Lama — and the pair talked about everything, from Mr Trump, to IS, to love and marriage and even celebrity culture. Watch the full (40-minute, uncut), fascinating discussion.
Tibet and India: Buddhist Traditions and Transformations
As Buddhism spread out from north India, the place of its origin in the sixth century BC, the core ideas of this great religious tradition were often expressed through images. This Bulletin and the exhibition it accompanies, “Tibet and India: Buddhist Traditions and Transformations,” focus on Indian and Tibetan Buddhist art of the eleventh and twelfth centuries… (Free PDF download) Beautiful Buddhist works of art
Buddhism now 