Prologue: In the Valley of the Shadow I have been affected most profoundly by several things of late. First of all was being present to observe the moment of release from my own bondage to fear, when I was told the endometrial biopsy and pap had both come back negative. Clean, clear — the joy [...]

Because when His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama speaks — the world listens.* Facebook | Dalai Lama: An Ethical Approach to Environmental Protection. + — always excepting China, which has been tone deaf even in the best of times, and the USA, which either listens or doesn’t, depending on whether it’s an election year.

Today’s thought from AmidaBuddha.org is worthy of further contemplation: It is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions. – T.H. Huxley

According to Australia’s ABC NewsOnline, [tag]His Holiness[/tag] the [tag]Dalai Lama[/tag] of [tag]Tibet[/tag] intends to semi-retire in the next few years, surrendering his political leadership to unnamed successors (“the elected leadership”) while retaining [tag]spiritual[/tag] leadership over [tag]Tibetan Buddhism[/tag]. Being recognized as the reincarnation of the previous Dalai Lama (and in turn, the reincarnated [tag]Buddha[/tag] of [tag]Compassion[/tag]) [...]

From The International Herald Tribune: KATMANDU, [tag]Nepal[/tag]: Paintings of [tag]Buddha[/tag] dating back at least to the 12th century have been discovered in a cave in Nepal’s remote north-central region by a team of international researchers after being tipped by a local sheep herder. A mural with 55 panels depicting the story of Buddha’s [tag]life[/tag] was [...]