Life finishes quickly, like autumn clouds or lightning in the sky

Anger, attachment and ignorance are the cause of all our suffering

The spiritual teacher must have correct understanding of the graduated path to enlightenment

Happiness comes from bodhicitta, which is received by depending on the kindness of sentient beings

A journey across South-east Asia in 1972 led Dr Nick Ribush to Kopan Monastery, Nepal.

The mandala offering is a powerful method to collect merit and purify miserliness.

All our past, present and future happiness is due to the kindness of the mosquito

Saving the lives of others brings peace in this world and creates incredible merit

A teaching by abbot Achos Rinpoche, with a commentary by Lama Zopa Rinpoche.

The karmic results of nonvirtuous actions are experienced in this life or in future lives, unless we purify the negative karma.