Teachings Offer Solace

While the Tibetan Buddhist teachings direct from Tibetan Buddhist monks and teachers, while exotic, answer questions and address sufferings that all of us as humans know.

One of the most powerful teachings is this practice.

When you are suffering, suffering strongly almost unbearingly, establish the intention that your suffering help relieve the suffering of all those who are suffering in the same way. If you are heartbroken, imagine the prayer of asking that your suffering relieve the suffering of all those who are heartbroken around the world. 

Strangely, paradoxically, instead of it increasing your suffering, the connection with the common suffering of humanity, offers a relief. 

In very ordinary American homes, in the 21st century, learnings from long ago, preserved in sacred lineages, are shared, handed on, spreading hope.