It doesn’t interest me if there is one God
or many gods.
I want to know if you belong or feel
abandoned,
if you can know despair or see it in others.
I want to know
if you are prepared to live in the world
with its harsh need
to change you. If you can look back
with firm eyes,
saying this is where I stand. I want to know
if you know
how to melt into that fierce heat of living,
falling toward
the center of your longing. I want to know
if you are willing
to live, day by day, with the consequence of love
and the bitter
unwanted passion of your sure defeat.
I have heard, in that fierce embrace,
even the gods speak of God.
– David Whyte
An Invitation to Contemplate
What is the ultimate and beautiful question you are asking yourself? What is your inner voice telling you when no one is listening? How do you respond to the world's need to change you? Do you sense the gravity field that is pulling you to where you belong? Do you marvel the unutterable mystery of existence?
UPCOMING EVENTS
HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA
August 12, 2020
9 am to 10 am (Indian Standard Time)
His Holiness will engage in a dialogue on Conflict, COVID and Compassion with Nancy Lindborg, CEO of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), and their Generation Change Fellows
No registration required. Please save the link where you can remember it.
The sessions are based on the book, A Truthful Heart by Jeffrey Hopkins, former translator for His Holiness the Dalai Lama. This is an invitation to deepen our understanding of Equality and Compassion.
Kabir Ji was born to an English mother and an Indian father and raised in both Delhi and London, attending Oxford University. He has a degree in Modern History.
He met his main teachers Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche in 1979 and has been living and working in FPMT Centres almost ever since, including helping to establish Root Institute and serving as its Director for many years, before being ordained as a monk in 2002. He is currently the Spiritual Programme Coordinator at Tushita Delhi.
Cultivating Wisdom & Compassion
Guided Meditation led by Venerable Aileen | Saturdays at 10:00 am IST|
No registration required. Please save the link where you can remember it.
Venerable Aileen has been following Tibetan Buddhist practice since she first visited India in 1994 on her way from Ireland to Australia, where she currently resides. She became a nun 15 years ago, and served as Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo's assistant for eight years, while living at her Nunnery in India.
Prior to coming to India, Aileen was one of the core team responsible for bringing His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Australia, traveling with His Holiness across Australia for three of his visits there. She served as a Chaplain within the prison system for many years and comes from a background of social work. She likes leading meditation sessions because it gives her a chance to meditate.
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Other Online Offerings—
Kabir Ji is also teaching on Tuesdays & Thursdays from 6:30 pm – 7.45 pm, Wednesdays at 6:00 pm and on Sundays at 11:00 am. Write to us for access details.
Our friend from Chile, Gonzalo Brito who is clinical psychologist specialising in compassion snd mindfulness cultivation, has been holding conversations with experts around Reimagining Being Human. This week, his guest is the renowned Buddhist author and academic, Robert Thurman. Thursday, August 6 at 9:30 pm IST
To sign-up: https://form.jotform.com/seidosan/robert-thurman
