General Spiritual Director
Delighting in Buddha’s Presence
Nov 21, 2024
Spring Festival 2019
Day 4
Spiritual Friends
“Whatever happens today,
I'm going to be victorious over my delusions...”
Festival life
There's something quite different about the friends you make at Festivals - spiritual friends.
Everyone at a Festival shares a common vision and intention, and that's what binds us together.
We listen together, meditate together, discuss together and work together. But most of all we laugh together.
You meet all kinds of people at a Festival, from many different countries and cultures, and yet there are no barriers to communication, least of all language!
My First Festival
"Its a wonderful experience. Like a pure land.
I've experienced so much kindness.
There are no barriers between people.
Everyone is a friend. You can be alone
to meditate or sit next to a random person
and have a conversation."
Kamila Gajewska | Rome, Italy
Everyone is friendly and everyone is your friend. And that's what's different about spiritual friends. The friendships are not based on discrimination - preferring one person over another - but on good hearts. Kindness, respect and shared joy in Dharma are the stuff these friendships are made of. And you know they will last a lifetime, even if you live continents apart.
Hundreds of people with good hearts cherishing each other, without a frowning face to be seen or an angry word to be heard. Where else can we find such friendship?
These International Festivals truly are the embryos of world peace. Thank you Venerable Geshe-la for creating them.
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