Karma isn't fate. Nor is it a punishment imposed on us by some external agent. We create our own karma. Karma is the result of the choices that we make every moment of every day. — Tulku Thondup Copy Share Image
“Dodrupchen writes: Whenever problems come to us from beings or inanimate objects, if our mind gets used to perceiving only the suffering or the negative aspects of them, then even from a small negative incident great mental pain will ensue. For it is the nature of indulgence in any concept, whether suffering or happiness, that the experience of this happiness… — Tulku Thondup Copy Share
“Buddhism is centered on the principle of two truths, the absolute truth and the relative truth. The absolute is that the true nature of… — Tulku Thondup Copy Share Image
“It can be so empowering for us to understand, even on a conceptual level, that we are enlightened in our true nature.” — Tulku Thondup Copy Share Image
“One sign of the strength of the connection between mind and body is the finding, in an analysis of more than one hundred studies… — Tulku Thondup Copy Share Image
“Always we should appreciate what we are able to do, and not feel bad about what we haven’t done.” — Tulku Thondup Copy Share Image
“Appreciation and contentment, the ability to rejoice in all things large and small, is a major training of Buddhism. The Dharmapada says: Good health… — Tulku Thondup Copy Share Image
“As by churning the milk, its essence-butter appears immaculately, By purifying mental afflictions, the “ultimate sphere” manifests immaculately. As a lamp in a vase… — Tulku Thondup Copy Share Image
When we cross the gates of death, our karma is all we take with us. Everything else that we enjoyed in this life we… — TULKU THONDUP Copy Share Image
The gross elements are earth, water, air and fire, with the fifth being space. Each particle of the body is made up of these… — Tulku Thondup Copy Share Image
“Even if you have a lot of work to do, if you think of it as wonderful, and if you feel it as wonderful,… — Tulku Thondup Copy Share Image
“If you can solve your problem, Then what is the need of worrying? If you cannot solve it, Then what is the use of… — Tulku Thondup Copy Share Image
