If you the owner of the dog, really showing not just food but real affection, then dog very much appreciate. Isn't it?

There should be pluralism - the concept of many religions, many truths. But we must also be careful not to become nihilistic.

Nothing comes into being without a cause and when all the conditions are created, there is nothing that can prevent the consequence.

There is a saying in Tibetan that "at the door of the miserable rich man sleeps the contented beggar". The point of this saying is not that poverty is a virtue, but that happiness does not come with wealth, but from setting limits to one's desires, and living within those limits with satisfaction.

Samsara - our conditioned existence in the perpetual cycle of habitual tendencies and nirvana - genuine freedom from such an existence- are nothing but different manifestations of a basic continuum. So this continuity of consciousness us always present. This is the meaning of tantra.

On those days when I can spend a few hours getting some understanding, I feel fulfilled. I feel as if I have made good use of my time.

We can only transform humanity and create a happier more compassionate world through education.