Dalai Lama to speak in California this April

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet will speak on the subject "Peace of Mind for Troubled Times" at the Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, CA, on Saturday, April 21st, 2012. The event is sponsored by Gaden Shartse Thubten Dhargye Ling in Long Beach. Tickets are now available through Ticketmaster or at the Long Beach Convention Center Box Office, 300 Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA, (562) 436-3661. For information about event sponsorship and general donation opportunities, email hhdl2012<at>gstdl.org. In addition, the official Facebook page for the event is here.

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(黃慧音) Imee Ooi - Repentance (Kinh Sám Hối) 忏悔文

Website: www.facebook.com rapidshare.com "All the wrong doings I've done in the past are caused by greed, rage and lack of wisdom. For all the consequences due to my actions, words and thoughts, I repent fully today." Repentance originates from Ksama in Sanskrit, and the Repentance Verses are chants used to confess one's errors and ask for tolerance and forgiveness. All the wrong-doings are the results of the greedy heart, the anguish heart, and the foolish and unreasonable heart, and they are caused by the actions of the body, the spoken words and the mind. If one could realize the origin of their sins and genuinely reflect within the self, through repentance, the sins could be purified. When Buddhist practitioners are engaged in introspection or when monks have broken the monastic codes, they would make public vows in front of the Buddha, the Goddess of Mercy - Guanyin, the elders or the general public, and promise that they would never make the same mistakes again; in order to clear their sins, the would sing the Repentance Verses. The Repent Method is an important method of cultivation in Buddhism. Repentance lessens the effects of our negative karma. The Buddha advises people to repent for all their unwholesome actions, speech and thoughts.

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