I came here with my master twenty years ago, now I am here on my own. And what will it be twenty years from now?

This is a Tibetan Buddhist retreat center in Australia – very quiet and with an open view, a great place for mind training. In the neighborhood, there is a wild kangaroo family. How wonderful that people and animals share the same space peacefully and happily!

A neuroscientist and I discussed the relation between the brain and consciousness. His view is that, based on the current research, the brain alone cannot explain the nature of consciousness for two reasons: first, so far the brain has proven too complex to understand it fully, and second, it has been found that in reality there are some mental phenomena that cannot have been produced by the brain.

Different race, different belief, but same smile! I must learn to love all beings.

Here, one sees, hears, smells and feels the ocean, but one cannot find the existence of mind. Mind dissolves into this pure blue space, into infinite freedom and peace… This perhaps is where we ultimately abide.

~ Khenpo's blog published on 29 April 2016

At Caltech, visited the residence where Einstein taught at the California Polytechnic University. He believes that religion needs science and that science needs religion. He once said: "Science without religion is lame, and religion without science is blind." 

This is the campus of the Australian National University. It’s a joy to study in such an environment. But whether it’s a joy or not depends on how the students here feel about it. In this regard, having a healthy mind is hugely important. Do pay more attention to your mental health.

Second time to the Harvard University, a dialogue on brain and meditation took place between me and some neuroscientists. In my speech, I expressed my view on the findings of neuroscience from a Buddhist point of view. Scientists discover that mind can reshape the brain. Although this is very close to the Buddhist view, the current findings in science are analogous to seeing the water moves when a fish swimming near the surface of the water, but not the fish itself, that is, only seeing some traces of the movement of consciousness.

~ Khenpo's blog published on 29 May 2016

Hawaii -- the blue dream.