Last February, along with friends from our humanitarian association, Karuna-Shechen, I visited our friend Sanjit ‟Bunker” Roy at the Barefoot College he founded approximately 40 years ago. When he was 20 years old, Bunker, who was educated at one of the most prestigious colleges in India, was destined to have a successful career. His mother… Read more »

Now I have some heart-advice to give you: a sky needs a sun, a mother needs a child, and a bird needs two wings. Likewise, emptiness alone is not enough. You need to have great compassion for all beings who have not realized this emptiness ? enemies, friends, and strangers. You need to have compassion… Read more »

When we think of all the innumerable beings who have been wandering helplessly for so long in samsara, like blind people who have lost their way, we cannot but feel tremendous compassion for them. Compassion by itself, however, is not enough; they need actual help. But as long as our minds are still limited by… Read more »