Voluntary Work
A volunteer at an FPMT center wrote saying that he felt he was valued as a worker rather than as a Dharma brother. He felt that there was a lack of support for the volunteers in general.
A volunteer at an FPMT center wrote saying that he felt he was valued as a worker rather than as a Dharma brother. He felt that there was a lack of support for the volunteers in general.
There is a need for organizations in order to be able to help others, to be able to help more sentient beings. As an individual we can't do much. We need to be organized.
The resident teacher is a very learned geshe, and among the most experienced in astrology of all the monks from the three great monasteries in south India.
When your luck/controlling power is down, then obstacles come (you are blamed for things even if you haven't done them). To make life easy, it is very important to have pujas for protection performed. Otherwise, problems come one after another.
May the supreme thought of the fully awakened mind be achieved in oneself and family members, and in the hearts of numberless human beings, animals, pretas, narak, asura and sura beings.
A Buddhist school is very necessary, with Buddhist education, but open to anybody. Please start with this project in Bodhgaya. One should do this work where there are the most problems, where there is lots of violence.
To educate children is extremely important. There are two places where children should be educated: one is at school, and the other is at home, by the parents.
You should think of getting an education, going to school, to be able to benefit all living beings.
The school should have very clear objectives.
The idea for Universal Education was founded by my master Lama Yeshe, together with Connie, a nun. Connie is a teacher and enjoys working with children.