Shakyamuni Buddha's Words in Dharmapad

188. Driven only by fear, do men go for refuge to many places — to hills, woods, groves, trees and shrines.

189. Such, indeed, is no safe refuge; such is not the refuge supreme. Not by resorting to such a refuge is one released from all suffering.

190-191. He who has gone for refuge to the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha, penetrates with transcendental wisdom the Four Noble Truths — suffering, the cause of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the Noble Eightfold Path leading to the cessation of suffering. [16]

Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi visits One Bodhi Tree

One Bodhi Tree is proud to share that  The Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi ,  the Director of The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Buddhist Chaplain at MIT has kindly accepted One Bodhi Tree's invitation to teach The Bodhisattva's Way of Life (Bodhicharyavatara). Please attend his public talk and retreat. Please visit the Event's page for the details and to signup.

At the age of ten years, he entered a Buddhist monastery in Rajgir near ancient Nalanda University and was subsequently ordained by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who is his spiritual mentor. He received his spiritual training in India, Nepal, and Japan under the guidance of several eminent teachers.

Venerable Tenzin lectures internationally and is also President of The Prajnopaya Foundation, a worldwide humanitarian organization.