One of the Four Immeasurable Qualities is ‘Compassion‘. In the Tibetan language, it is ‘Nying jé‘. Nying jé is the practice and aspiration that all beings be free from suffering and the causes of suffering. Training the mind to feel an authentic quality of compassion towards all beings, one sets the intention that all actions arising from one’s body, speech and mind will help to alleviate the suffering of all beings that one encounters either directly or indirectly.
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The Four Immeasurable Qualities: Compassion
Dispelling the Darkness
The Yungdrung Bön Monastery of Triten Norbutse near Kathmandu, Nepal draped in light
Preserving a Culture: Making Tibetan Boots
Traditional hand-made Tibetan style boots
Traditional boots and clothing are made for special occasions and festivals
Men wearing traditional dress including Tibetan style boots
A Household in Kham, Tibet
Photo by Marieke ten Wolde
This is a view into a traditional Tibetan household in Kham, Tibet. This photo was taken by the photographer, Marieke ten Wolde, who documents her travels throughout Tibet with her camera and on her blog. You can see an example of her work in her new book about changes and modern Tibet, Freeing the Fish.
http://marieketenwolde.wordpress.com/2013/05/28/freeing-the-fish-the-book/
Directly Manifesting Compassion
The children of Shurishing Yungdrung Kundrakling Monastery receive the donation of sports shoes from a kind sponsor
In South Sikkim, there is a Yungdrung Bön monastery with over 30 children. Many of them are completely dependent upon the monastery to take care of their every need. The abbot of this monastery is Khenpo Yongten Gyatso.
The children of Shurishing Yungdrung Kundrakling Monastery in South Sikkim
If you would like to know more about these children, the monastery, or how you can become a sponsor, please follow the link below.
http://www.rosaworldwide.ch/en/projects/sikkim-project.html
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