Air pollution has been a big environmental issue in Beijing and other cities in the northern region in China. In addition to smog and dust, sandstorms that sweep across the northern region of China every spring from March to May are also one of the main contributors to the bad air quality. The dust...

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Thump! That sickening sound can only mean another bird has flown into one of your windows. Birds cannot see glass, especially if it is reflecting the nearby habitat or sky. These reflections do not register as such to a bird. This is why millions of birds die or are injured each year in collisions...

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Understanding your dog’s behaviour is very important. Anyone who’s ever spent time with their dog knows that, just like people, dogs have personalities that are unique to them, and they experience many feelings in exactly the same way as humans and all other mammals. While dogs don’t experience higher emotions such as shame, spite...

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  Why Bigfoot? Since young, I have been fascinated by Bigfoot. I would read and watch everything related to Bigfoot as a child. Though my schedule is a little busier nowadays, I still try to keep up with the latest news and read about this favourite topic of mine whenever I can. Bigfoots, also...

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Mati (马蹄) Temple, also known as Horse Hoof Temple, is located deep in the heart of Gansu (甘肃) province in northwestern China. It is a magnificent Buddhist temple complex consisting of a large group of caves, divided into seven smaller groups, that stretches up to 30 kilometres (18.64 miles) long. Mati Temple was first built in the Jin (晋) Dynasty, with the first cave dug about 1,600 years ago by a man named Guo and his disciples. It was originally a school and later it was converted to a temple when the Buddha statues were made. The unique name...

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Most people in the city are living in apartments with small balconies or houses without a backyard. Some don’t even have a balcony and the space is very limited. Without a backyard, can we still grow vegetables? With container gardening, the answer is yes. It is actually more fun, more practical and easier to...

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  What Is Minimalism? In the world we are living in now, we are conditioned to believe the acquisition of wealth and possessions is the objective of our lives. When we turn on the TV and radio, log on to the internet, or read magazines and the newspaper, advertisements that encourage spending and buying...

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Chakrasamvara is the principal deity of the most important Sanskrit Tantra text of the Anuttarayoga Wisdom (mother) classification of the Vajrayana Buddhist Tradition. Chakrasamvara can also be included amongst the most popular deities in Tibetan Tantric Buddhism. His purpose and function in the Buddhist Vajrayana religious system is as a model for meditation practice...

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Have you heard of the zero waste movement before? What does it mean? Does it mean we don’t produce any rubbish or waste? Is that even possible? Contrary to what it may sound like, zero waste is not about not producing waste; rather, it is about reducing our consumption. Whenever possible, we should recycle...

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  Thaton as a destination Coming from the south you know when you have arrived in Thaton as the hill line ahead curves around to the right marking the top end of Thailand and creating a natural barrier with Burma beyond. Thaton straddles the Kok River which rises in Burma and spills into the...

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“I suppose now what I’m interested in is Nirvana, the Buddhist heaven. I don’t know much about it, or really understand it enough to explain it. George knows more. Studying religion has made me try to improve relationships, not to be unpleasant. It’s not a conscious move to change my personality. Perhaps it is....

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’65. Okay, so ’72, I would be seven years old, eight is ’73, nine is ’74, 10 is ’75, 11 is ’76, 12 is ’77, 13 is ’78, 14 is ’79. Yeah, 14, 15. About 19… Okay, back around 1979, 1979, 1980, around that time I was around 13 or 14 years old. I...

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我很高兴跟大家分享这则关于文冬素食新去处的好消息——我们自家的野人咖啡厅开张了！

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Rei Kawakubo. Just the name inspires shivers of excitement and pangs of anticipation in the world of fashion. Kawakubo made a name for herself in the emergent Japanese fashion scene of the late ’60s and early ’70s. Her overt reliance on black fabric and asymmetry, disdain for hiding seams and penchant for unfinished edges...

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For thousands of years, since the inception of Buddhism, adherents having been creating images of the enlightened beings. Within Buddhist scriptures, it is said that even just seeing the form of a Buddha plants the seeds of enlightenment in one’s mindstream. Each part of the body of a fully enlightened being corresponds to spiritual...

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（译文请往下阅读） Brief Introduction About Manjushri Manjushri, whose name means ‘Gentle Glory’ or ‘Sweet Splendor’ in Sanskrit; ‘Wen Shu Shi Li’ (文殊师利）in Chinese; ‘Monju Bosatsu’ in Japanese; ‘Moosoo Posal’ in Korean; ‘Jampel-yang’ in Tibetan) is one of the most important Bodhisattvas in the Mahayana and Vajrayana traditions. Manjushri is also known as ‘Manjugosha’ (the Gentle-Voiced One); ‘manju’ refers to how the continuum of his life has been rendered ‘gentle’ by his grasp of transcendental wisdom, and ‘gosha’ refers to his perfect ability to commu...

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  It says in the 50 Verses of Guru Devotion that Vajradhara has stated very clearly for any of our practices to bear fruit or to fruition, we must rely on our teacher or, in Sanskrit, our Guru. Our teacher, being our Guru, introduces us to the basic teachings and foundations of Dharma which...

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I met Kyabje Zong Rinpoche at 18 I was 18 years old when this was taken back in 1983 in Los Angeles, California. Here I am in this photo with my most precious root guru, His Holiness Kyabje Zong Rinpoche. He has profoundly changed my life for the better forever. Not a day goes...

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About four years ago, Joel Brown, the founder of Addicted2Success.com, an Australian entrepreneur, speaker and author visited Kechara Forest Retreat in Bentong, Malaysia. He was very much inspired by H.E. Tsem Rinpoche’s life story and Rinpoche’s creative and unconventional method of presenting ancient Buddhist philosophies in ways relevant to the 21st century’s global conscious...

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Finally, a courageous Tibetan lama takes on an extremely difficult subject matter that has damaged the integrity of Tibetan Buddhism worldwide and injects wisdom and logic into this thorny topic. At stake is the fragile harmony of the embattled Tibetan people and the wholeness of Tibetan Buddhists in both the East and the West....

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