Vajra Guru World Peace Ceremony will be celebrated from 17th April to 6th May 2012, in the region Goli (Solukhumbu), in the Himalayas of Nepal at a height of 3,100 metres. The purpose of this event is to recite 11,000,000 times the Vajra Guru Mantra for the benefit of all beings. More than 500 lamas from all Tibetan lineages will attend and also His Eminence Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche has already confirmed his attendance to guide the puja.

Bhiksuni Thich Nu Chan Due (Anabel Laity)

The Sangha of the Buddha's disciples was the fourfold sangha. It consisted of monks, nuns, laymen and laywomen. The Buddha gave Dharma talks to help his disciples who lived in the family setting. If we consider the Noble Eightfold Path we can see that the Buddha's teachings can be applied to lay as well as monastic life.

(THE LOCUST POSE)

Gratia L. Meyer

The goal of a family is to help each member change and grow together. The responsibility of each family member is to help all members diminish their suffering and increase their happiness. T ultimate destination of each individual is being in the moment, which constantly changing and impermanent, by being aware that one already there.

Dharmacharya Shantum Seth

On the evening of my marriage, my mother in law told me and my wife... In a marriage, there are grounds for divorce, every day. The practice is to focus on the grounds for marriage. "

It reminded me of my teacher, the Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh's advice to focus on what is healing and healthy; and in that way, get the nourishment and strength to accept and transform one's difficulties and suffering. He was echoing the first teachings of the Buddha given in the Deer Park at Sarnath, India.

Bhikkhuni Dr. Thich Nir Hue Lien

Normally, getting married and building a family is everyone's responsibility of individual and society. This is also a way of maintaining the world and its developing. The happiness of a married couple is one of the reasons of developing civilizing life. (Life is an interesting phenomenon - http://vib.net.ru)

Talks of Ven. Pemasiri Thera with his student David Young about practical aspects of Buddha Dhamma at the Sumathipàla Na Himi Dhama Center in Kanduboda (Sri Lanka).

Dr. Manpreet Singh

A happy marriage is the foundation of a stable family. As the culture of divorce spreads throughout the world, some sociologists even suggest that the end of family is only a question of time. The individualism and consumerism of the West is growing and taking its toll in the Asian countries which historically have enjoyed a strong family and community system. The institution of marriage, consequently family, is threatened by prevailing wider acceptance of divorce — the cause of broken individuals, families, children and immense suffering.

In this asana, the body, lying flat on the abdomen, is made to assume, by raising the head and the trunk, a pose which resembles an irritated cobra (Bhujanga). The main importance of this pose lies in the curving of the spine backwards. To maintain the activity of youth even at an advanced age, the spine must be kept supple and elastic. As age advances the muscles of the back get stiffened and lose their elasticity.