XPost: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy   
   From: julianlzb87@gmail.com   
      
   On 07/06/2020 20:02, liaM wrote:   
   > On 6/7/2020 4:50 PM, Julian wrote:   
   >> On 07/06/2020 02:45, liaM wrote:   
   >>> The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has set an   
   >>> annual program for next 20 years on Friday saying that he will live   
   >>> at least till then. During the live streaming his teaching on   
   >>> cultivating the awakening mind on Friday, His Holiness directed the   
   >>> Tibetan Buddhist learning centres to plan this as an annual ritual   
   >>> for next 20 years.   
   >>>   
   >>> During the introductory remarks from His Holiness the Dalai Lama, he   
   >>> explained that he felt it could be beneficial if we carried out the   
   >>> ceremony of Cultivating the Awakening Mind on this auspicious day in   
   >>> memory of Gautam Buddha’s grace. His Holiness further advised the   
   >>> Tibetan Buddhist learning centres including the three main centres of   
   >>> Drepung, Gaden and Sera to hold this ceremony every year. He added   
   >>> that he will also be present for the annual program at least for next   
   >>> twenty years or so.   
   >>>   
   >>> While beginning his teaching, His Holiness explained that that   
   >>> developing compassion is the best way to follow the Buddha and repay   
   >>> his kindness to us. And along with compassion it’s important to   
   >>> cultivate an understanding of emptiness. He further explained that   
   >>> they all cultivate bodhichitta together in the spirit that all are same.   
   >>>   
   >>> “Imagine Buddha Shakyamuni in front of you in person. Around him are   
   >>> other great upholders of the doctrine such as Nagarjuna and the   
   >>> Seventeen Masters of Nalanda. We still have their books, which we can   
   >>> read, and gain experience of what they wrote. Our principal offering   
   >>> to them is to read their works, analyse what they mean and integrate   
   >>> that understanding within ourselves. Also present in front of you   
   >>> imagine Avalokiteshvara, Manjushri and Arya Tara, embodiments of   
   >>> compassion, wisdom and enlightened activity respectively, along with   
   >>> Maitreya and Kshitigarbha.”, His Holiness the Dalai Lama taught on   
   >>> the live streaming attended by thousands of devotees from across the   
   >>> world.   
   >>   
   >> I don't need to imagine. I have a picture.   
   >>   
   >> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/SGI   
   Gohonzon.jpg/808px-SGI_Gohonzon.jpg   
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   >   
   > Thanks again !   
      
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDSPwexlyTo   
      
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