Payal Seth Tenzin Dakpa
Payal Seth is an economist researcher at Tata-Cornell Institute, Cornell University, New York, USA. Tenzin Dakpa is a businessman in London, UK. He was formerly a Buddhist monk. You can read some of their previous features here>>
Active Compassion: the core of the teachings of the Dalai Lama and Buddhism
Buddhist Living, Dalai Lama
By Payal Seth and Tanzin Dakpa The Dalai Lama, while teaching in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, felt a sudden bout of severe pain in his abdomen. During the drive to the nearest hospital (two hours away), he saw ...
Compassion and Love: Buddha’s remedy for suffering for all sentient beings: unattached, unselfish Karuna and Metta
Buddhist Living
By Payal Seth and Tanzin Dakpa (Author bio and end of this feature.) We need love. Science has proven it. After birth, the mother’s physical touch is the key factor in developing the brain properly. Child neurologist and ...
Shantideva’s Practical Guide to Developing Compassion from Suffering — “The Way of the Bodhisattva”
Bodhisattvas, Buddhist Living, What the Teachers Say
By Payal Seth and Tanzin Dakpa (See bio below feature.) With reference to The Way to the Bodhisattva by Shantideva, His Holiness, The Dalai Lama once said “ If I have any understanding of compassion and the practice ...