Just 122 km north of the picturesque Manali tourist resort, a serpentine road meandering its way through the gargantuan hills takes you to a haven of green fields and willow trees.

The Shoton Festival, which ended Monday in Lhasa, capital of Tibet, featured multiple displays of Tibetan culture, including opera performances and exhibitions of painted scrolls and Tibetan calligraphy.

To make the best use of our human potential, we need not only a practical aim in life, but a life plan for achieving that aim. The preceding two sections of this essay show the groundwork for developing a proper sense of values, the values essential for gaining happiness, success, and security within the mundane life and for progressing towards the ultimate goal of the Buddhist path, Nibbana.

As an alternative religion, Norwegians seeking spiritual development differing from that offered by the prevailing Protestant faiths first brought Buddhism to Norway in the early 1970s by. A Zen school was started in 1972 near Frogner Park at the periphery of the downtown area of Oslo. The first society offering study and practice of Tibetan Buddhism was founded in 1975. Thereafter Norwegian adherents of other Buddhist creeds started circles for them.

Are you always rushing from one place to the next? Do you often eat without really tasting the food? If you do, then listen up: part of your brain may be in overdrive, acting as though you're being chased by a predator. Not only is it not doing you any good, it's also making you function inefficiently.

The mercy of the West has been social revolution. The mercy of the East has been individual insight into the basic self/void. We need both. - Gary Snyder

Pune, Maharashtra, India, 27 July 2013 (TNN) - Hundreds of Buddhists made a beeline for the Ganesh Kala Krida Rangmanch on Friday to catch a glimpse of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, who is on a three-day visit to the city.

In today's busy world, not every worshipper has the time to make the age-old pilgrimage to Mount Hieizan, the historic seat of the Tendai Buddhist sect.

Buddhism has many unique assets as a religious tradition. It has been received well in many Western countries. It places humankind at the center of its attention. It does not require you to believe in a god. It requires you to be rational and to use reason to make decisions. Also, Buddhism includes meditation, a practical method of self-development. As Venerable Tenzin Palmo explains: “You can experience for yourself, it is not based on faith, it’s based on very pragmatic basis which if you are willing to really use these tools, and you will see through yourself how very true this is.” Thus, meditation is not considered to be necessarily religious in Western countries.