So you stay cool and be happy. | Sangha Association

15 January 2017, the last day of the Kalachakra initiation in Bodhgaya.

His Holiness The Dalai Lama: “Some astrologers have said that I live up to 113 years. I can’t tell if these comments are correct, however, I predict I will live up to 100 years. So you stay cool and be happy.”

Shila Samyukta Sutra

“Just as without eyes one cannot see forms, Without morality, one cannot see the Dharma. Legless, how can one follow a path? Just so, without morality one won’t reach liberation. Just like an excellent vase, a vessel of gems, morality is the base on which qualities grow. Just as a broken vase is no good for gems, with morality rent, all qualities fall away. In royalty there is no joy. There is not an essence in foam there is no permanence in enjoyments. Enjoyments are like a rushing stream. A mansion is as is a boat. A visible form is like a flower. Life is similar to a bubble.” Read more...