Compassion, the wellspring of happiness

Compassion, the wellspring of happiness

When asked to write this, I pondered: what value are words about compassion? Especially as everywhere you look in life, actual kindness shows its wonderful face. Like the sun breaking through a cloudy sky, its presence is pervasive and irrepressible. You see it in a...

Never say never! 

by Tim McKibben  On page 746 of the Path to Enlightenment in Tibetan Buddhism, Geshe Acharya Thubten Loden explains that the laziness of inadequacy is believing that you are not capable of attaining enlightenment.   Despite our prayers to attain...

What is bodhicitta?

What is this extraordinary concept of bodhichitta? It is variously translated as the mind of enlightenment, the spirit of enlightenment and the awakening mind. Maitreya explained bodhichitta in his Ornament for Clear Realisation “bodhichitta means: for the sake of...