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2334
The wisdom of the human race
Along the Atlantic coast, in southern Africa, the highest dunes in the world alter their shape with the changing shadows of morning and evening. (Sossusvlei, Namibia)
One must remember that non-visibility, non-tangibility and non- sensibility are not absolute proof of non-existence. (Amadou Hampate Ba)
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The wisdom of the human race
Along the Atlantic coast, in southern Africa, the highest dunes in the world alter their shape with the changing shadows of morning and evening. (Sossusvlei, Namibia)
One must remember that non-visibility, non-tangibility and non- sensibility are not absolute proof of non-existence. (Amadou Hampate Ba)
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2333
The wisdom of the human race
A young girl watches her goats from a centuries old Baobab tree (Boshiman, northern Namibia)
One cannot paint white on white or black on black. Everyone needs others to realise themselves.
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The wisdom of the human race
A young girl watches her goats from a centuries old Baobab tree (Boshiman, northern Namibia)
One cannot paint white on white or black on black. Everyone needs others to realise themselves.
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1873
The wisdom of the human race
Our consciousness is not actually yours or mine; it is the consciousness of man; evolved, grown, accumulated through many, many centuries...
When one realizes this our responsibility becomes extraordinarily important.
Krishnamurti
1873
The wisdom of the human race
Our consciousness is not actually yours or mine; it is the consciousness of man; evolved, grown, accumulated through many, many centuries...
When one realizes this our responsibility becomes extraordinarily important.
Krishnamurti
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2360
The wisdom of the human race
A young shepherdness is happy to be with her family who spends the whole summer in the mountain pasture. (Mountain pasture of Lhubu, Tibet)
Let us try to recognize the precious nature of each day. The 14th Dalai Lama
2360
The wisdom of the human race
A young shepherdness is happy to be with her family who spends the whole summer in the mountain pasture. (Mountain pasture of Lhubu, Tibet)
Let us try to recognize the precious nature of each day. The 14th Dalai Lama
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2344
The wisdom of the human race
A shepherd has a break and prepares tea in the shade of a cliff, in the Ennedi mountain range. (Northern Chad)
Man was first mineral, then vegetal, then animal.
This hybrid being reunites the three kingdoms.
The crowning glory is man.
He signifies unity. (Oral African tradition)
2344
The wisdom of the human race
A shepherd has a break and prepares tea in the shade of a cliff, in the Ennedi mountain range. (Northern Chad)
Man was first mineral, then vegetal, then animal.
This hybrid being reunites the three kingdoms.
The crowning glory is man.
He signifies unity. (Oral African tradition)
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2339
The wisdom of the human race
A festive meal for women from a Fulani nomadic tribe. (Sahel, northern Burkina Faso)
Eating together with hands in the same dish constitutes a feature of communication, a peace pact between individuals. (Raymond Johnson)
2339
The wisdom of the human race
A festive meal for women from a Fulani nomadic tribe. (Sahel, northern Burkina Faso)
Eating together with hands in the same dish constitutes a feature of communication, a peace pact between individuals. (Raymond Johnson)
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1828
The wisdom of the human race
Only the intelligence of love and compassion can solve all problems of life.
Krishnamurti
1828
The wisdom of the human race
Only the intelligence of love and compassion can solve all problems of life.
Krishnamurti
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2355
The wisdom of the human race
In order to trade a caravan reaches the remote villages at 4000 meters of altitude in the high valleys.
The concept of interdependence helps to widen our perspective. The 14th Dalai Lama.
2355
The wisdom of the human race
In order to trade a caravan reaches the remote villages at 4000 meters of altitude in the high valleys.
The concept of interdependence helps to widen our perspective. The 14th Dalai Lama.
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2358
The wisdom of the human race
At an altitude of 4000 meters, a footbridge made of cables and branches enables people to reach Phuktal monastery. (Zanskar Yalley, North India).
Every that happens only sings one song, it is the song of emptiness and fulfilment.
The world we experience is a world of actions and mind, light and darkness, a dance in which separation does not exist. Jack Kornfield
2358
The wisdom of the human race
At an altitude of 4000 meters, a footbridge made of cables and branches enables people to reach Phuktal monastery. (Zanskar Yalley, North India).
Every that happens only sings one song, it is the song of emptiness and fulfilment.
The world we experience is a world of actions and mind, light and darkness, a dance in which separation does not exist. Jack Kornfield
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2346
The wisdom of the human race
Karamata smears her hair and body with ochre coloured earth; this is the vanity of the women of the Himba tribe. (Northern Namibia)
I am but a link in the chain of men, which carries to my descendants the life that I have received from my parents and which does not belong to me.
(African oral tradition)
2346
The wisdom of the human race
Karamata smears her hair and body with ochre coloured earth; this is the vanity of the women of the Himba tribe. (Northern Namibia)
I am but a link in the chain of men, which carries to my descendants the life that I have received from my parents and which does not belong to me.
(African oral tradition)
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2340
The wisdom of the human race
We reach the village in a dugout canoe, along the Niger River. (Mali)
Man has a changing relationship with nature.
Nature thrives on us and we thrive on nature.
I eat nature to survive and nature eats me to survive.
Neither I nor nature ever dies. We just change position.
(African oral tradition)
2340
The wisdom of the human race
We reach the village in a dugout canoe, along the Niger River. (Mali)
Man has a changing relationship with nature.
Nature thrives on us and we thrive on nature.
I eat nature to survive and nature eats me to survive.
Neither I nor nature ever dies. We just change position.
(African oral tradition)
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2354
The wisdom of the human race
A young Tibetan girl prays for peace in the world as she attends a big gathering in the presence of the Dalai Lama (Bodhgaya, North India).
Love is the only answer to hate.
Dilgo Khyentsé Rinpoché
2354
The wisdom of the human race
A young Tibetan girl prays for peace in the world as she attends a big gathering in the presence of the Dalai Lama (Bodhgaya, North India).
Love is the only answer to hate.
Dilgo Khyentsé Rinpoché
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1875
The wisdom of the human race
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
Gandhi
1875
The wisdom of the human race
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
Gandhi
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1824
The wisdom of the human race
Non-violence is not a monastery virtue destined to provide inner peace and garanty individual salvation. But it is a neccessary code of conduct in order to live in society, since it ensures human dignity and respect and permits the advancement of the cause of peace, according to the most cherished wishes of humanity.
Gandhi
1824
The wisdom of the human race
Non-violence is not a monastery virtue destined to provide inner peace and garanty individual salvation. But it is a neccessary code of conduct in order to live in society, since it ensures human dignity and respect and permits the advancement of the cause of peace, according to the most cherished wishes of humanity.
Gandhi
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2363
The wisdom of the human race
Here, the women labour to collect the grains of millet. It is through these women that this oral tradition is transmitted. (Mali)
But what is culture after all but a series of acts of communication. (Barnabe Laye)
2363
The wisdom of the human race
Here, the women labour to collect the grains of millet. It is through these women that this oral tradition is transmitted. (Mali)
But what is culture after all but a series of acts of communication. (Barnabe Laye)
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2351
The wisdom of the human race
At an altitude of 3 500 meters in her winter room, a great grandmother tells a legend to the youngest one
We don’t think that we depend on each other: we all depend on each other for our daily needs and this is why we are indebted to all beings. Kalou Rinpotché
2351
The wisdom of the human race
At an altitude of 3 500 meters in her winter room, a great grandmother tells a legend to the youngest one
We don’t think that we depend on each other: we all depend on each other for our daily needs and this is why we are indebted to all beings. Kalou Rinpotché
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1872
The wisdom of the human race
Wherever there is a touch of color, a note of a song, grace in a form, this is a call to our love.
Rabindranath Tagore
1872
The wisdom of the human race
Wherever there is a touch of color, a note of a song, grace in a form, this is a call to our love.
Rabindranath Tagore
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1874
The wisdom of the human race
Expansion is life; contraction is death.
Love is live, hatred is death.
We began to die the day we began to contract, to hate others
and nothing can prevent our death,
until we come back to life, to expansion.
Svâmi Prajnânpad
1874
The wisdom of the human race
Expansion is life; contraction is death.
Love is live, hatred is death.
We began to die the day we began to contract, to hate others
and nothing can prevent our death,
until we come back to life, to expansion.
Svâmi Prajnânpad
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1826
The wisdom of the human race
A state of harmony with nature, with all beings of creation, itself leads to our harmony with umans. If we lose our relationship with nature, we lose inevitably our relationship with human.
Krishnamurti
1826
The wisdom of the human race
A state of harmony with nature, with all beings of creation, itself leads to our harmony with umans. If we lose our relationship with nature, we lose inevitably our relationship with human.
Krishnamurti
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1825
The wisdom of the human race
Man progresses, from epoch to epoch, toward the full realization of his soul,
of this soul that is greater than all the riches he can accumulate, than all the riches he can accumulate,
than all the actions he can accomplish and all the theories he can set forth,
this soul that continues onward, never ending in death or dissolution.
Rabinadranath Tagore
1825
The wisdom of the human race
Man progresses, from epoch to epoch, toward the full realization of his soul,
of this soul that is greater than all the riches he can accumulate, than all the riches he can accumulate,
than all the actions he can accomplish and all the theories he can set forth,
this soul that continues onward, never ending in death or dissolution.
Rabinadranath Tagore
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2335
The wisdom of the human race
A shepherd of Fulani ethnicity leads his cows to their enclosure at nightfall. (Central Mali)
In order to maintain in perfect harmony all the vital forces and intensities which constitute the world, man must organise his world and give status to all that exists. (Alassane Ndaw)
2335
The wisdom of the human race
A shepherd of Fulani ethnicity leads his cows to their enclosure at nightfall. (Central Mali)
In order to maintain in perfect harmony all the vital forces and intensities which constitute the world, man must organise his world and give status to all that exists. (Alassane Ndaw)
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2342
The wisdom of the human race
A young mother prepares the meal of millet in her earth kitchen where the sun filters through. (A village in the high plateaux, northern Ethiopia)
Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see. (Martin Luther King)
2342
The wisdom of the human race
A young mother prepares the meal of millet in her earth kitchen where the sun filters through. (A village in the high plateaux, northern Ethiopia)
Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see. (Martin Luther King)
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2338
The wisdom of the human race
A grandfather sits proudly with his grandson who he looks after while his parents are in the fields. (Dogon, central Mali)
For you, my dear child.
I can teach you all about AIDS, but I cannot protect you from HIV.
I can tell you things but I cannot be held responsible for them.
I can advise you but I cannot decide for you.
I can talk to you about drugs and alcohol but I cannot say no for you.
I can teach you about goodness but I cannot give you morality.
I can teach you respect but I cannot make you honourable.
I can transmit values but I cannot give you morality.
I can give you love but I cannot give you inner beauty.
I have given you life but I cannot live that life for you.
(A.A. Xoagub)
2338
The wisdom of the human race
A grandfather sits proudly with his grandson who he looks after while his parents are in the fields. (Dogon, central Mali)
For you, my dear child.
I can teach you all about AIDS, but I cannot protect you from HIV.
I can tell you things but I cannot be held responsible for them.
I can advise you but I cannot decide for you.
I can talk to you about drugs and alcohol but I cannot say no for you.
I can teach you about goodness but I cannot give you morality.
I can teach you respect but I cannot make you honourable.
I can transmit values but I cannot give you morality.
I can give you love but I cannot give you inner beauty.
I have given you life but I cannot live that life for you.
(A.A. Xoagub)
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2362
The wisdom of the human race
Human warmth allows openness.
You will discover that every humain being are like you. Elementarily. XIVth Dalai Lama
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The wisdom of the human race
Human warmth allows openness.
You will discover that every humain being are like you. Elementarily. XIVth Dalai Lama
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1870
The wisdom of the human race
Within, everything is connected.
This is because an action in one part produces a similar reaction elsewhere
and thus a response.
Svâmi Prajnânpad
1870
The wisdom of the human race
Within, everything is connected.
This is because an action in one part produces a similar reaction elsewhere
and thus a response.
Svâmi Prajnânpad
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2348
The wisdom of the human race
In her thatched hut, an old woman of the Himba tribe awaits her death. (Namibia)
The wise fade but never pass away. (DADIE Bernard B)
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The wisdom of the human race
In her thatched hut, an old woman of the Himba tribe awaits her death. (Namibia)
The wise fade but never pass away. (DADIE Bernard B)
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1827
The wisdom of the human race
Variety is the first principle of life.
What makes us formed beings?
Differentiation.
Perfect balance will be destruction.
Swami Vivekananda
1827
The wisdom of the human race
Variety is the first principle of life.
What makes us formed beings?
Differentiation.
Perfect balance will be destruction.
Swami Vivekananda
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2353
The wisdom of the human race
At an altitude of 5600 meters, a worker makes a short break as he builds by hand the highest roads in the world altiture(Himalayan valley of Ladakh, North India)
We can show understanding and compassion to a world that needs it.
2353
The wisdom of the human race
At an altitude of 5600 meters, a worker makes a short break as he builds by hand the highest roads in the world altiture(Himalayan valley of Ladakh, North India)
We can show understanding and compassion to a world that needs it.
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1862
The wisdom of the human race
Lobsang ventures on the ice of the frozen river which is the only way in winter to get to the high Himalayan valleys of Zanskar after twelve day walk. (North India).
Have the courage to throw yourself into life, take risks, weather blows, knowing before you begin that you will be exposed to a series of opposites: success and failure, happiness and happiness, praise and blame. Arnaud Desjardin
1862
The wisdom of the human race
Lobsang ventures on the ice of the frozen river which is the only way in winter to get to the high Himalayan valleys of Zanskar after twelve day walk. (North India).
Have the courage to throw yourself into life, take risks, weather blows, knowing before you begin that you will be exposed to a series of opposites: success and failure, happiness and happiness, praise and blame. Arnaud Desjardin
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1860
The wisdom of the human race
A young monk is learns prayers by heart at the monastic school (Bhutan).
The first thing upon which we should meditate is our precious and fleeting human life, hard to obtain, and easy to destroy; I will now give it meaning. Kalu Rinpoche
1860
The wisdom of the human race
A young monk is learns prayers by heart at the monastic school (Bhutan).
The first thing upon which we should meditate is our precious and fleeting human life, hard to obtain, and easy to destroy; I will now give it meaning. Kalu Rinpoche
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2357
The wisdom of the human race
At an altitude of 3500 meters, villagers dressed in their most beautiful clothes watch sacred dances performed by monks at Karcha monastery annual festival (Zanskar Valley, North India).
We will never obtain peace in the outer world if we don’t make peace with ourselves. He who is of serene nature, in peace with himself, will be open to others. This is the pillar of world peace. The 14th Dalai Lama.
2357
The wisdom of the human race
At an altitude of 3500 meters, villagers dressed in their most beautiful clothes watch sacred dances performed by monks at Karcha monastery annual festival (Zanskar Valley, North India).
We will never obtain peace in the outer world if we don’t make peace with ourselves. He who is of serene nature, in peace with himself, will be open to others. This is the pillar of world peace. The 14th Dalai Lama.
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1871
The wisdom of the human race
In the physical world there is an indestructible continuity of relations
between hot and cold, light and darkness, movement and repose,
as well as between the bass and treble notes of a piano.
This is because opposite do not bring confusion to the world; they bring harmony.
Rabindranath Tagore
1871
The wisdom of the human race
In the physical world there is an indestructible continuity of relations
between hot and cold, light and darkness, movement and repose,
as well as between the bass and treble notes of a piano.
This is because opposite do not bring confusion to the world; they bring harmony.
Rabindranath Tagore
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2341
The wisdom of the human race
In his church a priest reads the prayers as he waits for a group of pilgrims.
(Lac Tana, Ethiopia)
Man is born, grows up, evolves, and sees himself only in the boom of a whole that enriches him and which he must also enrich in return. Without this idea, this logic, he is not man.
(Seydou Badian Kouyate)
2341
The wisdom of the human race
In his church a priest reads the prayers as he waits for a group of pilgrims.
(Lac Tana, Ethiopia)
Man is born, grows up, evolves, and sees himself only in the boom of a whole that enriches him and which he must also enrich in return. Without this idea, this logic, he is not man.
(Seydou Badian Kouyate)
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2350
The wisdom of the human race
In the winter, villagers walk for twelve days along the frozen river to go back to their village. (Zanskar Yalley, North India).
Awareness of impermanence and appreciation of our human potential will give us a sense of urgency. - Dalai Lama.
2350
The wisdom of the human race
In the winter, villagers walk for twelve days along the frozen river to go back to their village. (Zanskar Yalley, North India).
Awareness of impermanence and appreciation of our human potential will give us a sense of urgency. - Dalai Lama.
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2361
The wisdom of the human race
A young monk who is late hurries to get to the chapel in order to attend a morning prayer. (Bhutan)
The best way to face difficulties in the society is to practise self-discipline. We must have self-control. It is very difficult to control external conditions. The 14th Dalai Lama.
2361
The wisdom of the human race
A young monk who is late hurries to get to the chapel in order to attend a morning prayer. (Bhutan)
The best way to face difficulties in the society is to practise self-discipline. We must have self-control. It is very difficult to control external conditions. The 14th Dalai Lama.
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2345
The wisdom of the human race
A hyena approaching the water’s edge frightens away the animals. (Etosha, Namibia)
It is the spirit of Nature, the spirit of the river, of the mountain and also of the animals, water, and the ancestors. This spirit is everywhere.
(African oral tradition)
2345
The wisdom of the human race
A hyena approaching the water’s edge frightens away the animals. (Etosha, Namibia)
It is the spirit of Nature, the spirit of the river, of the mountain and also of the animals, water, and the ancestors. This spirit is everywhere.
(African oral tradition)
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2343
The wisdom of the human race
A pilgrim prays in the rocky enclosure of a church in Lalibeli. (Ethiopia)
Conscience means responsibility.
It is the guide that governs the incandescent cradle of the human spirit.
(Joseph Ki-Zerbo)
2343
The wisdom of the human race
A pilgrim prays in the rocky enclosure of a church in Lalibeli. (Ethiopia)
Conscience means responsibility.
It is the guide that governs the incandescent cradle of the human spirit.
(Joseph Ki-Zerbo)
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2337
The wisdom of the human race
After school children from the coast of West Africa go to the beach to play. (Senegal)
They dance along to the sound of their internal melody as their bodies go deep into the world that surrounds them in search of a certain harmony which they remember. (Raymond Johnson)
2337
The wisdom of the human race
After school children from the coast of West Africa go to the beach to play. (Senegal)
They dance along to the sound of their internal melody as their bodies go deep into the world that surrounds them in search of a certain harmony which they remember. (Raymond Johnson)
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2347
The wisdom of the human race
Makarukasa, young mother of the Himba tribe has covered her hair and body with the ochre earth that she dries in the shadow of an Acacia tree (Namibia)
As mothers we understand the unexplainable. As mothers we lighten the darkness. As mothers we brood when lightning strikes the night, when thunder ravages the earth, when mud engulfs us. As mothers we love unreservedly. (Miriama Ba)
2347
The wisdom of the human race
Makarukasa, young mother of the Himba tribe has covered her hair and body with the ochre earth that she dries in the shadow of an Acacia tree (Namibia)
As mothers we understand the unexplainable. As mothers we lighten the darkness. As mothers we brood when lightning strikes the night, when thunder ravages the earth, when mud engulfs us. As mothers we love unreservedly. (Miriama Ba)
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1876
The wisdom of the human race
If a man reaches the heart of his own religion, he has reached the heart of the others too.
Gandhi
1876
The wisdom of the human race
If a man reaches the heart of his own religion, he has reached the heart of the others too.
Gandhi
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2349
The wisdom of the human race
Atop their houses, villagers sing as they call the wind to winnow the ears of barley in the autumn.
Mustang valley, Nepal.
There are certainly things in our lives which we can get rid of. Mathieu Ricard.
2349
The wisdom of the human race
Atop their houses, villagers sing as they call the wind to winnow the ears of barley in the autumn.
Mustang valley, Nepal.
There are certainly things in our lives which we can get rid of. Mathieu Ricard.
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2359
The wisdom of the human race
Infant cozily wrapped in a long haired goat pelt. On his fur cap is hung a badge, supposed to bear luck and protect the child, picrturing the chief of the community, Drukchen Rinpoche, Ladakh, Inde.
2359
The wisdom of the human race
Infant cozily wrapped in a long haired goat pelt. On his fur cap is hung a badge, supposed to bear luck and protect the child, picrturing the chief of the community, Drukchen Rinpoche, Ladakh, Inde.
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2356
The wisdom of the human race
A young woman offers a candle as she prays to the divinities of Jokhang Temple which is the most sacred temple in Tibet, (Lhasa, Tibet)
We can bring our spiritual practice into the streets, into our communities, when we see each realm as a temple, as a place to discover that which is sacred. Jack Kornfield
2356
The wisdom of the human race
A young woman offers a candle as she prays to the divinities of Jokhang Temple which is the most sacred temple in Tibet, (Lhasa, Tibet)
We can bring our spiritual practice into the streets, into our communities, when we see each realm as a temple, as a place to discover that which is sacred. Jack Kornfield