by Chade-Meng Tan | Mar 17, 2009
I just figured out something about Bodhisattvas. You see, a Bodhisattva is an Enlightened Being who, out of great compassion for all, decides to forgo Final Enlightenment by turning back from it just before reaching it, in order to return to Samsara (the realm of...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Mar 15, 2009
The Dalai Lama said, “If I had not been a monk, I would have become an engineer.” (Source) Which was very interesting to me because, if I had not been an engineer, I might have become a monk. You think I’m kidding.
by Chade-Meng Tan | Mar 14, 2009
In August 2007, I told Lama Surya Das that I had a three-step plan towards world peace (see previous post, “Three Easy Steps to World Peace”). Lama replied in jest, “Three steps is too many, try doing it in one step”. And I said, “Sure....
by Chade-Meng Tan | Mar 1, 2009
Sometimes, strange things happen to innocent people. Especially when that innocent person is me. One beautiful summer day in 2003, I was taking an afternoon walk in the grounds surrounding the Google campus, just minding my own business. And then something strange...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Feb 28, 2009
Are we divinely created? Or are we descended from monkeys? I recently heard that the Dalai Lama has a very cool answer. According to Tibetan legend, once upon a time, an ogress fell in love with a meditating monkey god and asked him to marry her. Eventually, after...
