Quotation of the Month
"Tibet's Buddhist saint-poet-yogi Milarepa lifts his right hand to his ear in a gesture that has become his trademark. As though listening to the voice of inspiration, he sings the song of the Buddha Dharma, teaching his listeners through the poetic beauty of vernacular Tibetan. As a yogi, he sits on the skin of an antelope, w with its horned head in front. His pose is relaxed, with the right leg slightly raised. He is garbed in the white cotton cloth that he wore even during the bitter cold of the Himalayan winters.A meditation belt, used during long sessions of meditation to keep the body upright, is slung across his right shoulder. It may be that the small thin bowl held in the left hand is the famous nettle-shell bowl. During the early years of his contemplative practice, Milarepa survived by eating the nettles he found growing outside his cave. One day, when his clay cooking pot broke, it revealed the nettle shell that had formed from the dried nettle soup. It was later kept by his followers as a relic of his austerities."
(Extract from "Wisdom and Compassion - the Sacred Art of Tibet", Thames & Hudson)
"...When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall - think of it, always... Exploitation and domination of one nation over another can have no place in a world striving to put an end to all war..."
Mahatma Gandhi
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