The word empathy means an affective resonance with someone else. If you are moved by the suffering of someone, even though you make a clear distinction between yourself and that person, you suffer because she suffers. You may also feel …

At the end of last week, Plaidoyer pour l’altruisme (The Case for Altruism), a 920 page-book on which I have been intensely working for 5 years, came out in French (the English publication is scheduled for January 2015).

Cooperation, …

Representation of the epic story of King Guesar from Ling, Shechen monastery, Eastern Tibet, June 2013…

In 2005 we visited a remote area of Eastern Tibet, checking on the progress of our Karuna-Shechen projects there and looking for new ways in which to help.

While visiting one of our small clinics, I happened to enter …

Representation of the epic story of King Guesar from Ling, Shechen monastery, Eastern Tibet, June 2013

Representation (2) of the epic story of King Guesar from Ling, Shechen monastery, Eastern Tibet, June 2013

Sacred dances festival, Eastern Tibet, June 2013

People under the rain watching a sacred dances festival, Eastern Tibet, June 2013

Since 2012, the Mind and Life Institute has created a European branch, based in Zurich. An advisory committee that includes scientists, contemplatives, philosophers and advisors, has met on several occasions in Paris and Berlin. Among the various initiatives that have …

Traditional dances in a nomad community, Eastern Tibet, June 2013

Young girls who participated in traditional dances, Eastern Tibet, June 2013

A caravan of riders, Eastern Tibet, June 2013

Fields of Noble Rhubarb (Rheum Nobile); its yellow leaves create a greenhouse effect that warms the planet here at an altitude of 4300 metres, all the while blocking ultra-violet rays? Tromta region, …