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Jangchubsem Thought of Awakening

November 26th, 2018

Jangchubsem (བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་) or Bodhicitta in Sanskrit is the thought of enlightenment or awakening. It is a desire to take all sentient beings, leaving no one behind, to the ultimate state of happiness, which is Buddhahood. Bodhicitta is considered as the essence of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Just as taking refuge is said to differentiate Buddhists from non-Buddhists, […]

Respect and trust are the best means to protect a relationship

November 23rd, 2018

I’m a 24 year old woman, who is planning to get...

Our endeavours are no more secure than sand castles on a beach

November 16th, 2018

I am a 26 year old girl, who lives alone....

Zhanag Black Hat Dance

November 12th, 2018

The Zhanag (ཞྭ་ནག་) or Black Hat dance is one of the...

Contemplating the Four Noble Truths

November 2nd, 2018

Lam, I’ll be travelling to Bodh Gaya and Sarnath in November,...

Discipline – an antidote to sadness

October 26th, 2018

I am a guy in my mid-twenties. I have a close...

Trhuebab

October 22nd, 2018

The Trhuebab (ཁྲུས་བབ་) festival is an important cultural event in Bhutan,...

Tshechu – Planting the seeds of enlightenment

September 14th, 2018

Lam, it will soon be the time of Thimphu Tshechu. I...

Kunzang Khorlo Graph

September 3rd, 2018

Kunzang Khorlo (ཀུན་བཟང་འཁོར་ལོ་), which literally means the Wheel of Complete Good,...

Gawa – Appreciative Joy

August 13th, 2018

Gawa (དགའ་བ་) or appreciative joy is the third of the four...

Children need parents, not dollars

May 4th, 2018

I am a 30 year mother with two children (one 8...

Respect conventional truth, but don’t be bound by it

March 2nd, 2018

Lam, a friend gave me a wooden statue of the Buddha...

Prayer Rosary

February 26th, 2018

Rosaries for prayers are a very common item of religious artefacts...

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