‘Wholesome thoughts and emotions create a calm mind. A calm and peaceful mind brings benefit to yourself and all sentient beings.’
The Venerable Panchen Ötrul Rinpoche.
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Jampa Ling Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Centre will be […]
‘We are totally dependent on others. Without others we cannot survive. In order to attain Buddhahood, we rely on sentient beings. Even to develop compassion we need sentient beings with which to […]
‘Old habits are hard to change. But if you are willing to change them, and really wish to do so, then you will be able to do it. That is the power […]
‘The Buddha said, “I will show you my experience of how to be free from suffering and achieve happiness. It is up to you to practise my teachings or not.”‘
The Venerable Panchen […]
”Karma’ simply means ‘action’. The Buddha said that what we think, say and do all come from our minds first. Making a positive, wholesome motivation before all our actions will transform our […]
‘Dharma teachings are for putting into practice. Not doing so is like going to the doctor, getting a diagnosis and the proper medicine and then not taking the medicine. We need to […]
‘Going for refuge doesn’t mean praying to the Buddha saying, ‘Oh, help me, help me, help me’. It’s not like this. Going for refuge means you really understand and trust the Buddha’s […]
Celebrating Saga Dawa (Vesak) the Buddha’s birthday, enlightenment and entry to Nirvana.
Venerable Rinpoche and everyone here are praying for everyone’s safety and health during these difficult and uncertain times.
‘Dharma teachings are instructions from the Buddha on how to realise directly for ourselves his experience of enlightenment. Having only knowledge of the teachings is not sufficient. We need to put them […]
