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

Going against the flow can be a wonderful thing to do; as bodhisattvas also go against the flow in samsara.

We need to learn how to live, to acquire knowledge and skills, and to work, as well as how to die. This is because death is also a very important link in our lives.

An ascetic monk and a traveling monk are brothers of the same Sakya Clan.

When a person, in his or her value system, holds material things above all else, there is not much happiness to be found in this person’s life.

For the sake of sentient beings’ lives, the resources of our planet and personal health, please try to be vegetarian as best you can, so that we may have a better tomorrow.

~ Khenpo's blog published on 15 November 2015

Life transcends the flesh. The latter is limited, the former is immeasurable. Infinite life travels through the endless universe with bodies as its various means of transport.

Material things can fill our needs but not our desires, because there is a limit to what we need whereas desires are unlimited.

In the past few days, the hot topic on the internet here has been about “fake dharma king” or “fake tulku.” We have often advised everybody not to be fooled by such titles, but very few listened. Now the truth has revealed! Actually, in many cases, these titles are just descriptive designations. We should thank them for putting on a show this time for the world to see! But, seriously, we must distinguish between Tibetan Buddhism and hoaxes using Tibetan Buddhism as a cover.