KHENPO'S BLOG AUTHOR: KHENPO TSULTRIM LODRO

I had discussion with a UVA professor who does research on meditation. American scientists have studied how meditation affects the brain and mental health, and then discovered that meditation can regulate brain functions, and alleviate mental suffering such as anxiety, depression and so forth.

~ Khenpo's blog published on 9 June 2015

I talked to the meditation instructors at Google when I visited there. For the mental health of its employees, the company encourages its staff to learn and practice meditation. Courses to promote mental health, mainly on mindfulness meditation are provided. Those who attend are even paid a bonus.

~ Khenpo's blog published on 11 June 2015

We are often fooled by our own minds because we don’t understand the axiom that the mind always changes.

I had exchanged ideas and experiences with a senior professor who has been working in the field of psychology for 40 years. Presently in the West, many professionals in this field are using Buddhist meditation and the concepts of loving-kindness and compassion to treat their patients, noting marked improvement.

~ Khenpo's blog published on 10 June 2015

“Life Before Life” is the first book on reincarnation by Dr. Jim Tucker of the University of Virginia. It’s definitely worth reading if you are interested in learning the truth about life.

If we don’t want to be a slave to our emotions but rather be the master of them, we must practice to develop meditative concentration as that is the only source from which we can draw enough strength to keep our emotions under control.

I lectured at Stanford University where there is a beautiful church and a spacious lawn.

I was invited to give lectures at Sydney University. Buddhism offers wisdom beyond religion; it’s suitable for all people and can benefit every sentient being.

Lives that experience emotions are deemed sentient beings; killing them constitutes the sin of taking lives because they can feel pain. Plants are not sentient beings as they don’t have emotions; plant-based eating does not result in the karma of taking lives because the plants don’t feel any pain. Unlike the definition of living beings given by people in general, plants are not beings according to the Buddhist definition. There is a difference in how such terminology is defined.

Khenpo's blog published on 29 June 2015