Heartfelt Thanks for an Amazing Membership Party ! 🎉

Dear Members and Volunteers,

We would like to take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and every one of you for your enthusiastic support! Your participation and energy were key to making the event such a success and bringing it to life.

We also want to extend our deep appreciation for His Holiness's presence. Your attendance added a special and meaningful touch to the event. Thanks to the energy and excitement you all brought, the evening was filled with great conversations, laughter, and unforgettable moments.

It was wonderful to see so many familiar faces, and equally exciting to welcome new members into our community. Together, we created many special memories during this unforgettable gathering. The senior students from Martsang Lam Rim shared Dharma stories that they had heard from His Holiness during the Martsang Lam Rim class. We would like to share one of these stories here as follows:

Dharma stories

There once was a meditator, who meditated for 12 years hoping to see Maitreya but had no success. Disappointedly he came out of meditation and saw a dog lying down with many maggots embedded in his skin. In order to save the maggotsand dog he licked the maggots out with his tongue. At this point Maitreya revealed himself to the meditator, this gave him joy but was followed by a little anger. It was then he asked Maitreya “why it had taken so long”, to which Maitreya replied, “I was here all the time, it was only your afflictions that prevented you seeing me”.

Question: Who was the meditator?

Answer: Asanga

Question: Which of the two wings had been missing in Asanga’s spiritual practice?

Answer: Method-compassion the reflection on Bodhicitta. He had been practicing Wisdom ‘emptiness’ meditation, but had neglected to reflect at the start on Bodhicitta. It was his act of compassion that changed the outcome.