His Holiness the Dalai Lama – There is Joy in Emptiness

His Holiness, The 14th Dalai Lama spoke on “Engaging Wisdom and Compassion” on April 19-20, 2008 at Crisler Arena, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. The concept of Sunyata, Emptiness or Nothingness: The emptying of the mind and the attainment of an undifferentiated unity is a theme of the ‘Sunyata’ doctrine developed by Acharya Nagarjuna. ‘Sunyata’ …

Bharat Darshan – A tribute to Rajahmundry’s traditions of Performing Arts

Bharat Darshan – A tribute to Rajahmundry’s traditions of Performing Arts GOVERNMENT ARTS COLLEGE, RAJAHMUNDRY WHERE STUDENTS EXCEL IN PERFORMING ARTS The Traditions of Performing Arts in Rajahmundry Rajahmundry gets credit for being the home for great artists. The first drama in Telugu language was written by Kandukuri Veeresalingam, a native of Rajahmundry. During the few years I spent in …

Bharat Darshan – The West Meets the East – Meet the White American Brahmin

Olcott dedicated his energies to fraternal understanding and the search for truth. He referred to theosophists as “original searchers after spiritual knowledge”. In his farewell message he expressed the wish ” to impress on all men on earth that ‘there is no religion higher than Truth’ and that in the Brotherhood of Religions lies the peace and progress of humanity.” Indians fondly remember him as the White American Brahmin.

“There is Joy in Emptiness”

The Dalai Lama is believed to be a manifestation of Avalokiteshvara or Chenrezig, the Bodhisattva of Compassion and the patron saint of Tibet. Bodhisattvas are enlightened beings who have postponed their own nirvana and chosen to take rebirth in order to serve humanity. Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, was born in 1935 in a …

Kosovo’s independence – A threat to India

The United Nations Charter enshrines the inviolability of state sovereignty. Mr. Palmer argues that in recognizing Kosovo without a UN Security Council Resolution, the United States and its European allies have weakened two of the fundamental principles of international law: that states are free to determine their internal composition and that their territorial integrity must be respected. Security Council Resolution 1244 placed Kosovo under the UN administration and provided for Kosovo’s autonomy within Serbia. Now, the administrative authority is transferred from the UN sanctioned mission in Kosovo to an EU mission that has no legal mandate in the province. The main problem is that Kosovo’s independence undermines a system of international law. Kosovo’s independence sets the precedent for ethnic enclaves within other sovereign states. As per Mr. Palmer, the dangerous precedent it has created is: the carving off of a sovereign state’s territory in favor of an ethnic and religious minority threatening violence – a model to be replicated elsewhere.

“Man is condemned to be Free”- Is that so?

Nobel Laureate Jean Paul Sartre believes that “Man is condemned to be free.” Is that so???

Attain Enlightenment -Reason, Experience, and Intuition

Could science and the methods of rational and empirical inquiry help us in knowing the nature and the destiny of humanity? Could we extend scientific methods into every field of inquiry? Could we find truth and reality as an external experience or is it visualized entirely in the realm of intuition and conscience?

His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s visit to Ann Arbor, Michigan

Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama visited Ann Arbor,Michigan on April 19 & 20, 2008.

Spielberg’s Boycott brings hope for Tibet

Film Director Steven Spielberg chose to boycott the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. People need to come together to end the illegal occupation of Tibet.