Refuge and Talking with the Dalai Lama
Enjoy this full-length movie on taking “Refuge” in Buddhism, as well as a talk with His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Aaron Graves
UCLA 41, Nebraska 21
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — UCLA’s emotional week ended with the Bruins making the biggest comeback by a visitor to Lincoln in nearly a century. Brett Hundley threw three touchdown passes while No. 16 UCLA wiped out an 18-point deficit to defeat No. 23 Nebraska 41-21 and stun into silence a record crowd of 91,471 on …
Nebraska 56, Southern Miss 13
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Score one for the Nebraska defense. Actually, score two. Stanley Jean-Baptiste and Ciante Evans returned first-quarter interceptions for touchdowns and the No. 22 Cornhuskers rebounded from a lackluster performance in their opener to make quick work of Southern Mississippi in a 56-13 win Saturday night. With No. 18 UCLA visiting next …
Training the Mind Is Like Taming a Wild Animal
People come to practice at the monastery in order to attain peace. But for many, the result of the practice is often the opposite and rather disappointing, because all they experience are restlessness, discomfort and a drifting mind. If there is no understanding, we will get confused and despair, Wondering why we are there. Training …
Nebraska 37, Wyoming 34
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska piled up more than 500 yards of offense and won its nation-leading 28th straight opener. You wouldn’t have known it from the atmosphere inside the 18th-ranked Cornhuskers’ locker room minutes after their 37-34 victory over Wyoming on Saturday night. “I feel like we lost the game,” receiver Kenny Bell said. …
Misfortunes
It is wrong to think that misfortunes come from the east or from the west; they originate within one’s own mind. Therefore, it is foolish to guard against misfortunes from the external world and leave the inner mind uncontrolled.
Feel Small Yet?
Despite hundreds of years of research, most of the universe is still unknown to us. Not much is known about its history and about what is happening outside our Solar System. Here is a series of photographs showing the scale of cosmic objects.
Old Age
Vainly I sought the builder of my house Through countless lives. I could not find him… How hard it is to tread life after life! But now I see you, O builder! And never again shall I build my house. I have snapped the rafters, Split the ridgepole And beaten out desire. Now my mind …
The Moon in the Sky
You stop to point at the moon in the sky, but the finger’s blind unless the moon is shining. One moon, one careless finger pointing — are these two things or one? The question is a pointer guiding a novice from ignorance thick as fog. Look deeper. The mystery calls and calls: No moon, no …
Buddhism for Man in Society
This religion can be practiced either in society or in seclusion. There are some who believe that Buddhism is so lofty and sublime a system that it cannot be practised by ordinary men and women in the workday world. These same people think that one has to retire to a monastery or to some quiet …