Eva Libre's Blog (243)

I have no name,

I am as the fresh breeze of the mountains.

I have no shelter;

I am as the wandering waters.

I have no sanctuary, like the dark gods;

Nor am I in the shadow of deep temples.

I have no sacred books;

Nor am I well-seasoned in tradition.

I am not in the incense

Mounting on the high altars,…

Image : Andy Warhol, Hermann Hesse

"I am only a ferryman, and it is my task to take people across this river. I have taken thousands of people across and to all of them my river has been nothing but a hindrance on their journey. They have travelled for money and business, to weddings and on…

It is so tender here where you are now… unlike how you thought it would be. Feel it all. Stay embodied to the longing, to the emptiness, and to the rawness as it makes its way into your awareness. Everything is valid here. Nothing need be discarded or set aside. There are no obstacles in this environment. No matter where you look, there is only…

"Do you know what it means to come into contact with death, to die without argument? Because death, when it comes, does not argue with you. To meet it, you have to die every day to everything: to your agony, to your loneliness, to the relationship you cling to; you have to die to your thought, to die to your habit, to die to your wife so that you can look at…

I live far off in the wild

Where moss and woods are thick and plants perfumed.

I can see mountains rain or shine

And never hear market noise.

I light a few leaves in my stove to heat tea.

To patch my robe I cut off a cloud.

Lifetimes seldom fill a hundred years.

Why suffer for profit and fame?



- Shih-wu…

"Home"

no one leaves home unless

home is the mouth of a shark

you only run for the border

when you see the whole city running as well

your neighbors running faster than you

breath bloody in their throats

the boy you went to school with

who kissed…

"The understanding that everything anyone does is a result of karma -- of causes and effects -- has helped to keep me from labeling people as good or bad. Circumstances or behavior can change, of course, but at any given time no one can be other than the sum of all his or her contingent causes. A student in a class discussion about this topic once said, 'When…

Life scars us. It is inevitable. We learn to live with those scars, or they kill us long before we actually die. Small scars, large, scars as long and deep as the ocean—they define us; they become a part of our life map. A friend of mine recently lost a child and asked what she should do now that it was gone. I said it seems to me that the best thing to do is…

Live webcast of long life prayer and celebrations in Honor of the Dalai Lama's 80th Birthday at main temple, Tsuglag Khang, Dharamsala on June 21, 2015

For as long as humanity has existed, there has been a constant necessity for a higher purpose. Ancient civilizations realized the relatively unknown forces of nature to be “divine” and “powerful,” and so they were revered with constant admiration and fear. Thousands of years ago, spirituality was everything humans had. It was the basis for entire…

The 34th Kalachakra initiations at Bodh Gaya in India by His Holiness the Dalai Lama from 14 -25 January 2016 will be mainly organised by The Department of Religion and Culture of the Central Tibetan Administration.

The programme schedule of the 34th Kalachakra initiation by His Holiness the Dalai Lama from January 14 to 25, 2016 at Bodh Gaya, India.Any changes in the schedule or the timing will be…

'Even in prison, one can be free' – Kayla Mueller's letter to her family

The family of the American aid worker who died while being held by Isis has released a letter written by the 26-year-old while in captivity

Family of Isis hostage Kayla Mueller confirms US aid worker has been killed…

By: Arun Gandhi

SAURABH DAS / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Prime Minister Modi — who since assuming office has both been accorded a warm welcome by President Obama and played host to him in India — was long banned from…

Before the Europeans came to America, it is estimated that anywhere from 1.2 million to 12 million Native Americans inhabited the land. The population of the Native Americans was reduced to 250,000, due to mass murder, genocide, imported diseases, slavery and suicide. There is no question about it, these people suffered a great tragedy. One could argue that…

The Dalai Lama: "Whether the institution of the Dalai Lama should continue or not is up to the Tibetan People"

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has said he realises that he may be the last to hold the title.

But he told the BBC it would be better that the centuries-old tradition…

Today on July 6th, millions around the world are celebrating the 79th birthday of one of the most recognizable icons of peace, hope and compassion: His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.

As a young leader in exile, His Holiness the Dalai Lama began a tireless journey to lead his people in their freedom struggle. In the past fifty years he has created a thriving exile community, built international support for Tibet, and inspired an entire generation of people of…

Maya Angelou’s 1993 inaugural poem and remarks

12 January 2009

Albert Einstein was more than just a scientist.

Here are 25 amazing life lessons coming from the man himself!

1. Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

2. Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.

3.  Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.

4. If…

Warriors of the Rainbow

There would come a time

when the Earth would be ravaged of it’s resources, the sea blackened, the streams poisoned, the deer dropping dead in their…

Guten Morgen! Am 4. März 1975 wurde Charles "Charlie" Chaplin von Queen Elizabeth II. zum Ritter geschlagen. Der britische Komiker gilt bis heute als einer der einflussreichsten Komiker des letzten Jahrhunderts.



Wir beginnen den Tag mit einer weniger humorvollen, aber dafür umso eindrucksvolleren Szene von ihm: Der Schlussrede aus dem Film "Der große Diktator".…