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Buddhist leader of Tibet, Dalai Lama coming closer to Krishna consciousness

23-3-17.   It is a great step forward to animal welfare and world peace at large that h ighly esteemed Buddhist head of abbot, the Dalai Lama of Tibet is coming closer to  Krishna consciousness . Dalai Lama with Indradymna Maharaj in Vrindavan His Holiness Dalai Lama presiding over the Tibetan government in exile in India visiting Vrindavan yesterday may not be a new anecdote but his hankering for the association of the pure devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krishna and offer obeisance is remarkably a spiritual advancement that would go further from the Buddhist understanding of salvation as ‘ending up in zero or emptiness,  sunyata’  to the attainment of servitorship of the Lord Krishna personally, which is indeed more valuably pursued than the pursuit of the liberation,  mukti . According to the Vedic view point Buddhism is not a religion, in the sense that the Vedas guides its staunch followers attain its Supreme profounder, the ...

Advertising 'Happiness' did not yeild anything in Bhutan

Where the word ‘Happiness’ is much outspoken and advertised, there in Bhutan, World Happiness Report 2017 reflect no happiness.   21 March 17. Nederland. Summing the key factors to happiness, this year’s World Happiness Report disclosed that; people in those countries who could trust their governments and business establishments and find themselves free to make decisions for their life without any anxiety, and could say that they are having good social support are the happiest people in the world. Map showing forced migration of Bhutanese refugees from the camps in Nepal. Foto UNHCR Emphasizing the importance of such social foundations of happiness a group of independent experts dedicated on the auspices of the UN’s Sustainable Development Solutions Network surveyed people in 156 countries and found Norway the happiest country in the World. 30 th March each year is observed as the International Day of Happiness proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in June 2012. ...