Just Being

Nothing in the cry

of cicadas

suggests

they are about to die

- Basho

THE TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD 1

THE BASIS OF TRUE LIFE IS DEATH

The Buddhist Way

Reconciliation

is to understand both sides;

to go to one side and describe the suffering being endured by the other side,

and then go to the other side and describe the suffering being endured by the first side.

—Thich Nhat Hahn

The all-important thing is not killing or giving life, drinking or not drinking, living in the town or the country, being lucky or unlucky, winning or losing.

It is how we win, how we lose, how we live or die; finally, how we choose.

We walk, and our religion is shown (even to the dullest and most insensitive person), in how we walk. Living in this world means choosing, and the way we choose to walk is infallibly and perfectly expressed in the walk itself.

—R. H. Blyth

Prostration: an important Vajrayana Practice

Prostration must be done in a special way
watch this video to get an insight
into the Buddhist method of prostratioon