These sound tracks bring us to a totally different world even we are right smack in the concrete city center. It is amazing how the sound of nature can bring so much serenity and inner peace when we listen to it. It just prove that we actually are more at peace when we are back to the arms of nature.

There was a US research center that actually sells these CDs on line and claims that after listeneing to any of these sounds of nature consistently for about an hour a day for say 3 months, the person will develope much awareness and inner reflection and realisation will come through. For example, a person who has anger management problem will find it easier to control his temper.

Well, for me, when I listen to it, I am in a different world totally….a beautiful world that only imagination can reach.

Thank you Rinpoche!

1) When you are comfortable with yourself and you can be by yourself, that is when you know you are ready for a real relationship. It’s not about the other person, it’s about how you have accepted yourself first.

2) Sometimes deep seeded insecurities manifest in us not being able to keep a relationship and we keep changing them. We should work on ourselves instead of finding more partners to hurt.

I feel these 2 major points encompass all the others and when we are REALLY ready after dealing with our deep seeded insecurities, comfortable and accepting ourselves then only we take the next step. Appreciate Your enlightening insights and You care for us with others. Will put in effort working on these as the essence of Dharma is compassion towards others and not hurting or harming them would be the first priority. Thus, working on oneself first is the key to happiness. Tashi delek

1) how forthcoming Ngari Rinpoche is. I have seen him in a couple of other videos (most recently a documentary about the Dalai Lama’s life) and he seems very easy-going and open-minded

2) it’s interesting to see how different cultures view oracles. Western culture, as a result of Christianity, has marginalised the practice whereas Eastern cultures still practice it. But what many people who scoff at the practice today fail to remember is, there was once a similar tradition in the West.

It’s not a competition but I’d much more readily accept a practice that has taken place and been tested for over 400 years, than try to discount it using a practice (e.g. Western psychology) that’s much more undeveloped.

3) why are people always trying to explain things away? For me, the results prove something is beneficial, and therefore they matter more than the how’s. I really liked what Lama Yeshe’s student said about leaving stuff if you can’t handle it for now, and revisiting it later. It seems to me a much more practical approach to practice, than just discarding teachings / concepts because they don’t fit in with MY false expectations of Buddhism.

4) if a spirit can take possession of a person, then a Buddha can definitely enter an oracle

‘In all relationships, honesty is most important. If you are honest, your relationship will grow stronger and better with time’