The educational video linked below is a how to chant mantra for your benefit. It illustrates some ways to successfully use the prayer Om Mani Padme Hum has been popularized by the expansion of Tibetan Buddhism throughout Europe, the Americas and other parts of Asia since the invasion of Tibet by the Chinese in 1959. [...]

Our wonderful country the United States was founded on principles of religious tolerance. Tolerance, kindness and harmlessness are both spiritual and practical human virtues/values which are essential for us to thrive here in the US and on Earth. Without these important qualities we cannot communicate with the Divine, we cannot connect with the Angelic Kingdom, [...]

The Buddha, A Film by David Grubin will be airing on Public Television during the Christmas and holidays season 2010. Check your local PBS listing for times and dates. This documentary for PBS by award-winning filmmaker David Grubin and narrated by Richard Gere, tells the story of the Buddha’s life, a journey especially relevant to [...]

His Holiness the Dalai Lama has agreed to give rare teachings on Highest Yoga Tantra of Yamantaka in Los Angeles, California. The hosting center will be Gaden Shartse Thubten Dhargye Ling, a Los Angeles based Tibetan Buddhist meditation and educational organization. They will be hosting His Holiness the Dalai Lama on May 1, 2011. During [...]

If you wish to have the deepest kind of blessing possible, then make an effort to experience the Maitreya Project and their many philanthropic activities, click on the link above. If you wish to begin creating your own sacred space in your home, cabin, retreat center, Four Gates offers many wonderful items to build a [...]

Arizona Zone of Ahimsa, aka Zone of Peace Celebration 2010 Ahimsa is the Buddhist term for the doctrine of non-harming. Mahamta Gandhi made Ahimsa famous throughout the entire world by using it as the main philosophy behind his non-violent resistance for peaceful political change. This powerful peaceful strategy was also employed by Martin Luther King [...]

His Holiness the Dalai Lama to visit San Jose Oct. 2010 We are pleased to announce today — on His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 75th birthday — that tickets for His Holiness’ event on October 12, 2010 are about to go on sale. Pre-sale tickets will go on sale on the auspicious date of July [...]

His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give three-day teachings on “The Heart Sutra” & Gyalsey Thokme Sangpo’s “37 Practices of a Bodhisattva” two of Tibetan Buddhism’s most beloved teachings. This series was graciously granted because of the request of a group of Buddhist Pilgrims visiting His Holiness from Southeast Asia. The teachings will be given [...]

Would you like to join the movement for more humane treatment of chickens, hens and all animals? My guess is that you would. I think that many of you reading this will agree with me that the way we treat others is a reflection of our fundamental spiritual values toward all life. After reading these [...]

During the past 15 years His Holiness the Dalai Lama has been giving the Kalachakra Initiation all over the world to those who wish to partake in this sacred ceremony. The Kalachakra experience forms a fundamental element in his mission to create healing and well-being on our planet in this difficult time in human history. [...]