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Louisville, Kentucky, USA, 20 May – Returning to the Yum Center for a second day, before beginning his morning teaching session, His Holiness the Dalai Lama met with representatives of the Dalai Lama Fellows, young attisha working in different parts of the world in peace, justice and ecology.
Atisha’s Lamp For The Path To Enlightment – His Eminence Gyalrong Khentrul Rinpoche
He also so had a warm conversation with Archbishop Joseph Kurtz before meeting with a group of Tibetans resident in the vicinity of Louisville.
What we are free to do however, is to keep our language and culture alive. In the 7th century, Tibet was a powerful unified nation, and although it later became somewhat fragmented, through all the ups atishz downs, the people of the Land of Snow have continued to think of themselves as Tibetans. What unites us is our common language and culture. This is something to be proud of.

Fervent applause filled the arena when His Holiness took the stage. As it subsided, its place was taken by the plaintive tones of a cello. It was written by a great Indian Buddhist master and philosopher in the eleventh century at the behest of the King of Guge, a small kingdom in Western Tibet. He said that everyone has a mother and most of us receive tremendous affection from her.
Among the audience of aboutthose who received the maximum affection when they were young were most likely have grown into happy, secure adults. It is evident that those among our neighbours who are friendly and affectionate are happier.
Scientific research has shown that positive meditation and mental training yield measurable improvements in well-being with reduced blood pressure and stress. The point is that some kind of spirituality improves our lives. When the conditions that give rise to them come to an end, the satisfaction they provide vanishes.
His Holiness recalled meeting an Indian family who asked him what he liked to watch on television.

When he told them that he watches no television, but relies on BBC radio for news, the younger members of the family were incredulous and asked how he passes his time. Joy and wisdom function on that mental level; peace of mind is achieved through mental training.
The love and compassion common to all major religions and their teachings about tolerance and patience also relate to training the atidha.
In the Sanskrit tradition, external conduct is regulated by following the Vinaya, which is also common to the Pali tradition, while mental conduct is guided by the Bodhisattva code. Tantrayana uses physical exercises and energy to further our spiritual development.
Atisha’s Lamp For The Path To Enlightment – His Eminence Gyalrong Khentrul Rinpoche
Sometimes, historically, due to misunderstandings the Sanskrit tradition has seemed to look down on the Pali tradition, which in turn has questioned whether the Sanskrit tradition is really la,p teaching of the Buddha. He put on his yellow robe to receive them. Recognising that they all followed the same teacher, the Buddha, they suggested that there were still differences between them.
His Holiness agreed that there were differences, but said that the practice of both traditions was based on the Vinaya. When Shantarakshita lanp great Indian master, logician and philosopher introduced Buddhism into Tibet in the 8th century, he emphasised the use of logic and epistemology.
This was a key factor in making Tibet the heir to atusha Nalanda tradition. In their Buddhist training Tibetans memorise the root text, study each work and explore what they mean through debate. He spent some time at Nalanda, but his main monastery was Vikramashila.
The text categorises spiritual practitioners as of initial, medium and advanced capacities. The aim of a person of initial capacity is to gain relief from suffering through the practice of morality. The ten unwholesome deeds of body, speech and mind are, with the possible exception of wrong view, common to most religious traditions.
Similarly, going for refuge is something they also have in common, despite their focussing on different objects. There is a common sense of not being confined only to this life or to material values.
Lamp for the Path of Awakening – Rigpa Wiki
A person of medium capacity seeks liberation from cyclic existence, while a person of advanced capacity develops the awakening mind of a bodhisattva and engages in the practice of the six perfections. Among these is the practice of concentration and His Holiness made it clear that this is something that can be cultivated by anyone, whatever tradition they follow.
Observing it enables us to gather our minds as we count inhalations and exhalations as one, up to 21, 50 or I hope non-Buddhists can find something useful in what I have explained.
Buddhists I urge to read the text again and again; this is not something to be contented about. But mental qualities have no such limits, mind is formless and there is no limit to knowledge, so never feel contented with what you know; study more and more.
On behalf of the organisers, Ann Walter, expressed thanks to His Holiness, the sponsors and everyone who had contributed to the teachings as a volunteer. This was followed by the reading of a financial account. His Holiness then offered some final words of advice: Early on it may seem difficult, but it becomes easier with familiarity. It requires patience and determination.
Lamp for the Path of Awakening
It may take months or years, but at the end of your life you can feel confident about your next destination. For as long as space endures, And for as long as living beings remain, Until then may I too abide To dispel the misery of the world. Share Facebook Twitter Email Copy. Verse 1 Training the Mind: Verse 2 Training the Mind: Verse 3 Training the Mind: Verse 4 Training the Mind: Verse 7 Training the Mind:
