Author: TDB

Our perception of our reality is based on our beliefs. Our beliefs are the lens we see the world. When we wear an orange lens, everything would have a tint of orange. Whatever bit of orange that’s out there would become magnified. On the other hand, even if there’s no orange in some places, we would see orange in them, because that’s the base color of our lens.

We need to experience something directly in order to really learn what it’s about. This is wisdom, as opposed to knowledge much like you’d acquire in a class at school, a parrot-like type of learning that serves as a nice basis for establishing the necessary foundation for certain larger tasks, but which can serve little real use elsewhere particularly in advancing your well-being.

Compassion is one of the most revered qualities in Buddhism and great compassion is a sign of a highly realized human being.

Although Buddhism is most predominant in Asia, it is also now widely embraced in the US.

Vajrayana Buddhism practices are connected to specific lineages in Buddhism, through the teachings of lineage holders.