Today is occasion to celebrate and rejoice in my life. I don’t have words to describe what I feel for you. Your present’s is the best thing that ever happened in my life. Happy Birthday dear son! I་take occasion to wish and pray for the Buddhas’ of all the time (དུས་གསུམ་གྱི་སངྱས་དང་བྱང་ཆུབ་དཔའ) to blessed Ozer to achieve what your ‘Apa’ could not do in this life. May you fulfill every wishes…
Shall we sit and dream, or shall we work hard and reap the benefits?
I wonder time and again are we doing enough work. Are we listening enough to pick up what is told to do. Are we doing task according to what we are dreaming and aspiring to carry out now and in the future. This opinion has offered me constantly in awaking mood. On reflecting myself, in days gone by I grieve a lot for wasting 50% of life and strength that…
The Trends towards scientific history
Q. Outline the trends towards scientific history in modern times The most significant trend in the historical writing of the modern times was the development of scientific history. With the growth of rationalism, theological conception lost its ground, sources came in for a critical study and nature of interpretation received due consideration. Presentation and style too assumed importance. Contributions made by more of writers and thinkers worked towards consolidating the…
Scientific Trends in Western Historical Writings
Q. Find out various schools and approaches in western scientific historiography? The philosophers of the Enlightenment treated the past as barbarian and ignore it as such. Also they considered human nature as uniform and static. These attitudes need to be changed so that further progress in historical writing could be attained. Romantic idealism, utilitarianism, materialistic interpretation and positivism contributed to changes in these approaches to the study of history. They…
Cartesianism School
The work and writings of three eminent thinkers, Rene Descartes, Sir Isaac Newton and John Locke initiated the Intellectual Revolution in Europe. The achievements in philosophy àn science in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, together with the new attitudes resulting therefrom, constitute what is commonly known as the Intellectual Revolution. Cartesianism, anti-Cartesianism and Enlightenment formed the different facets of this revolution. The impact of the Intellectual Revolution upon historical writings…
Modern Historiography: Renaissance and Reformation School
By the fifteen century Europe began to experience changes of a great magnitude. This three great institutions of the west-Holy Roman Empire, the Papacy and feudalism-drift towards decay. The eastern Roman Empire collapsed and Constantinople fell to the Turks. The classical scholars fled to the western countries, taught the literature of ancient Greece and Rome in their new homelands and created a new interest in classical learning. The result was…
Trust lost is Hurricane
Trust is an imaginary boundary that brings people together. Trust lost has a tremendous effect on one’s personality. I wonder how far we can trust each other. Sometimes, person so close to our heart seems to be harmful than being a good supporter. It is a human tend to show trustworthy at initial. That is why in the process of conversation we share our common perspectives, ideas, views, emotions, feelings…
My Tribute to Savior
In land of the Thunder Dragon Where the flow of the Buddha Dharma is continued To the secluded and deprived people like us God gifted us a King Extraordinary He provides us with everything we need Thus, he is truly the people’s king Within a brief reign of the His Majesty Love and compassion pervaded Well-known for GNH and distinct from the rest nations Through the idiosyncrasy of culture and…
What is the most easy and most difficult thing in life?
If anybody is asked, ‘What is the most easy and most difficult thing in life?’ What could be our answer? Many would remain silent. We will start gusting within self. The time will prolong and no answer would come to us. Dr. APJ Kalam, former president of India, was asked by a student, Sir, what is the most easy and most difficult thing in life?’, he replied, “Mistake”. He said…
Ogyen Choling Zangdopelri: Bardo Gewog
Description Ogyen Choling Lhakhang is located in Ogyen Choling village, which is approximately 80 kM drive from Zhemgang, and a thirty-minute walk from Khomshar primary school. The temple is approximately 3km away from Bardo gewog centre and it provides a nice vantage point for Khomshar Village. The temple is situated at an altitude of 1410 metres above sea level. History The name ‘Ogyen Choling’ is derived from the many sacred…