Suffering

We have done the meditation on the close placement of mindfulness on the body and it might also be helpful to try the meditation of the close placement of mindfulness on the feelings in terms of the noble truth of the true origins of suffering. General View of Feelings as...

The coronavirus pandemic provides us with a unique opportunity to work together, using our compassion, intelligence and courage to win this battle and rebuild our global community.

Our lives are sometimes so busy with meetings, work, holidays and other distractions, that it’s easy to forget the Dharma among the highs and lows. Whatever the situation we find ourselves in, the lam-rim indicates four points that we can contemplate to ground ourselves, bring...

World peace begins with finding inner peace through warm-hearted relations with others.

People look to Buddhism to find methods for dealing with difficulties in their lives.

Renunciation is the determination to be free of our sufferings and their causes. When focused on others, with the determination that they be free, this is compassion.

The true suffering in life that we all face is that, with the types of limited bodies and minds that we have, we perpetuate our problems.

These teachings from “Advice of an Experienced Old Man” by Gungthang Rinpoche deal with the sufferings of old age and lay the ground for bodhichitta.

The all-pervasive suffering refers to the five tainted aggregates which are the basis for the experience of the suffering of suffering and the suffering of change.

Nurturing the basic human values, assisted with the use of intelligence, is the way to lead a meaningful life.