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“You are as the yellow leaf.
The messengers of death are at hand.
You are to travel far away.
What will you take with you?
You are the lamp
To lighten the way.
Then hurry, hurry.
When your light shines
Without impurity or desire…
Screening of “Seven Years in Tibet”
The Sri Lanka Tibet Brotherhood Society and Youth Celebrity Forum jointly hosted the inaugural screening of the Himalayan Buddhist Film Festival with a showcase of the acclaimed movie "Seven Years in Tibet" at Liberty Scope Cinema in…
Piyavadana
“What we are today comes
from our thoughts of yesterday,
and present thoughts build
our life of tomorrow: our life is the
creation of our own mind”
― The Buddha
Piyavadana
“Therefore, be ye lamps unto yourselves,
be a refuge to yourselves.
Hold fast to Truth as a lamp;
hold fast to the truth as a refuge.
Look not for a refuge in anyone beside yourselves.
And those, who shall be a lamp unto…
Piyavadana
“Live in joy, in love,
even among those who hate.
Live in joy, in health,
even among the afflicted.
Live in joy, in peace,
even among the troubled.
Look within, be still.
Free from fear and attachment,
know the sweet joy of…
Piyavadana
“Those who consider the inessential to be essential.
And see the essential as inessential.
Don't reach the essential,
Living in the field of the wrong intention.”
― The Buddha, The Dhammapada
Piyavadana
“In this world,
Hate never yet dispelled hate.
Only love dispels hate.
This is the law.
Ancient and inexhaustible
You, too, shall pass away.
Knowing this, how can you quarrel.”
― The Buddha-
Piyavadana
“Generosity brings happiness at every stage of its expression.
We experience joy in forming the intention to be generous.
We experience joy in the actual act of giving something.
And we experience joy in remembering the fact that…
Piyavadana
“Do not overlook tiny good actions, thinking they are of no benefit; even tiny drops of water in the end will fill a huge vessel.
Do not overlook negative actions merely because they are small; however small a spark may be, it can burn…