Shakyamuni Buddha – Human Values Institute

Happy Saga Dawa!

We are still in the precious month Shakyamuni Buddha was born and enlightened, Saga Dawa. So, continue to be good and avoid harm, even to yourself. Our mind is most precious. How can we develop […]

The most impotant day of the Buddhist year

Today is the most important day of the Buddhist year. Shakyamuni Buddha was born, enlightened, and passed into parinirvana. The results of all of our actions are exponentially multiplied today, so be good! Recite Shakyamuni […]

Happy Chotrul Duchen

Happy Chotrul Duchen, the day Shakyamuni Buddha miraculously demonstrated his teachings to preserve them for us. This is one of the four most important days in the Buddhist calendar. Please be extra careful today not […]

Profound, free of conceptual elaboration, uncompounded, luminous, and peaceful

Study, meditation, and practice are important, but we must put this in action. Engaged Buddhism is the most important. The Buddha after 35 years of “showing” (according to Mahayana tradition Shakyamuni Buddha was already enlightened […]

Today is Lhabab Duchen

Today is Lhabab Duchen. We celebrate Shakyamuni Buddha’s coming back to earth to teach us. He spent several months in the Heaven of 33 Celestial Realm teaching his mother and other Arya Bodhisattvas (highly realized […]