A message sent by Ugyen Padme Jungey on 10th day of 6th month in Tiger year from south western-land of demons to Tibet

Picked up hot off the campus

The demand for B.Tech. Graduates far outstripped the supply. Barely a month after their graduation, the future of almost 90 percent of the B.Tech. civil engineering graduates from the College of Science and Technology (CST) is secured, with about seven companies visiting the college for campus recruitment.

The State Trading Corporation of Bhutan ltd, Bank of Bhutan, Bhutan Power Corporation, Bhutan Insurance ltd, Construction Development Corporation ltd, Punatshangchu and Mangdechu Hydropower Projects together offered about 50 job vacancies, with most of them aiming at civil engineers.

Forty-three BTech civil students have graduated from CST last month. Except for about seven of them, who chose to sit for the civil service examinations, the rest sat for the on-the-spot interviews, where most of them have already received their job confirmation.

Punatshangchu II had the highest number of vacancies, with 25 slots for civil engineers, where 29 students sat for the interview; followed by Mangdechu project, which required 15 engineers, but only 11 sat for the interview.

The CST director, Nidup Dorji, said the demand far exceeded the supply of students. “Over the past few years, we’ve been trying our best to enroll more students in civil due to the huge demand,” he said. “But getting faculty for civil is the biggest bottleneck the college faces.”

Pha Ma

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རང་གཟུགས་ཕ་མ་ཕ་འགྱུར་ཝ་ཕ་མའི་བཀའ་དྲིན་མི་ཤེས་ ཟེར་བའི་དྲོས་ཟུམ་སྦེ་རང་གི་ཕམ་ཚུ་དཀའ་སྡུག་ག་དེམ་ཅི་མྱོངམ་ཨིན་ན་ རང་ཕ་མ་འབདཝ་ད་ལས་རྒྱལ་མེ་ཤེསཔ་ཨིན།སྤྱིར་བཏང་ང་བཅས་ཚུ་ག་ར་འཇིག་རྟེན་འདི་ནང་ལུ་ མའི་ལུས་ལས་ཕྱེད་དེ་མིའི་ལུས་རྟེན་འཐོབ་ཐོབ་འབད་ནི་དེ་གི་ ཕམ་གྱི་བུ་ཞི་ལུ་རྩེ་བ་དང་བྱམས་སྐྱོང་ག་དེ་ཅི་ཡོདཔ་ཨིན་ན་ ག་ར་གི་མཁན་དང་མཁན་ཞིན་པ་ཨིན།དེ་འབདཝ་ད་ང་བཅས་ག་ར་ མ་རིག་མུན་པ་ཤུགས་ཆེ་བའི་སྐབས་ རང་གི་སེམས་འདི་རང་གི་དྲན་ཤེས་ཀྱི་བདའ་མ་ཟུན་པ་ བྱ་ཝ་ག་ཅི་ཟུམ་ཡ་ འབད་སྲིད་པས།

ཆུང་ཚེ་བསྐང་ཐངས་དྲང་ སྦོམ་མྀ་གྲལ་བཙུགས་ ཟས་ཀྱིས་ཕུད་བྱིན་ ཡོདཔ་རང་ལས་བཏོན་ མེདཔ་རོགས་ལས་འཚོལ་དེ་ ང་བཅས་ཚུ་ ཚཝ་མེ་ལུ་མ་བཏང་ གྱངམ་ཆུ་ལུ་མ་སྐྱལ་བར་ དམྱལ་བར་དང་དུ་བླང་ དཀའ་ཝ་ཁྱད་དུ་སྲིད་དི་ རང་གི་བུ་ཞི་འདི་མྀའི་སྦུག་ལུ་ལྕོགས་གྲུབ་ཅན་གཅིག་ལུབཟོ་ནི་གི་དཔའ་བཅམ་ཨིན།

ཨིན་རུང་གོང་ལུ་ཞུ་ཝ་ཏ་བུ་ ང་བཅས་ཚུ་བསམ་བློ་ཆུང་བའི་བཏབ་ཀྱི་ཁོང་ཕམ་ཚུ་གི་ ག་སླབ་ག་ཟེར་ལུ་མ་ཉན་པ་ ཁོང་གི་ཐུགས་དོན་དང་རྒྱབ་འགལ་སྦེ་འགྱོ་སྲིད་པས། རྒྱུ་མཚན་དེའི་འཕྱིར་ ང་བཅས་ཚུ་གི་ཁོང་ཕམ་ཚུ་གི་རེ་ཝ་ལས་ལྷག་ཏེ་འབད་མ་ཚུགས་པའི་འོག་ལས་ ཁོང་ཕམ་ཚུ་བློ་ཕམ་མ་བཅུག་པ་བཞག་དགོཔ་པའི་ཁར་ ཁོང་གི་རང་ལུ་སྤྱོད་པ་རྩུབ་དྲགས་དང་ གཏམ་ཚིག་མ་ཧནམ་ག་དེ་སྦེ་སླབ་དེ་འབད་རུང་ དེ་ཚུ་ནམ་མཇུག་ལུ་རང་ལུ་ཕན་ཐབས་དང་འབྲས་བུ་ལེགས་ཤོམ་ཅིག་བྱུང་ཚུ་པའི་རེ་བ་བསྐྱེད་དེ་ སླབ་མ་ཏོགས་སེམས་ཀྱི་ཧིང་ལས་ར་མ་དགའཝ་དང་མ་གཅེསཔ་མེདཔ་ཨིནམ་དེ་མཁན་དགོཔ་ཤིན་ཏུ་ཁག་ཆེ།

New Hostel for CST

The newly built student hostel in  College of Science and Technology, Royal University of Bhutan. It has 96 spacious rooms with basic amenities and can accommodate 192 students.

Staircase

Amazing Shot

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Dear Friends

Somewhere between the procrastination... and the homework... and the incessant forwards... and the friendships... and the calls to each other complaining about crushes... Somewhere between the phone calls to old friends... And the "I miss yours, the "I love yours, and the "What are we doing tonight?"s...And somewhere between all of the changing and growing... Somewhere between the classes... And the skipping classes... And the studying for tests... And the pretending to study for tests... And the downright NOT studying for tests... I forgot... I forgot what high school is all about. I forgot what it meant to cry... I forgot that pretending to be happy doesn't make you happy... And that pretending to be smart doesn't make you smart... I forgot that you can't just forget the past in fear of the future... I forgot that you can't control falling in love... And that you can't make yourself fall in love... I learned that I can love... I learned that it's okay to mess up... And it's okay to ask for help... And it's okay to feel like crap... I learned it's okay to complain and whine to all your friends for a whole day... I learned that sometimes the things you want most you just can't have. I learned that the greatest thing about high school isn't the parties or the drinking or the hook-ups... It's the friendships, which means taking chances... I learned that sometimes the things we want to forget are the things which we most need to talk about... I learned that letters from friends are the most important things... And that sending cards to your friends makes you feel better. But, basically, I just learned that my friends... Both old and new... Are the most important people to me in the world. AND... without them, I wouldn't be who I am today. So this is a thank you to all of my friends... For always being there. And even if we're not on good terms or we have lost touch... I still care for you... Always and forever love all you guys.........
This post has been sent to me by one of my friend. 

Radio and Tape Recorder License in Bhutan

For many years, Bhutan did not have modern telecommunications. The first radio broadcasts was commenced in November 1973, when the National Youth Association of Bhutan (NYAB) began radio transmissions of news and music for a half-hour each Sunday, under the name "Radio NYAB. The transmitter was first rented from a local telegraph office in Thimphu. The government took over Radio NYAB in 1979 and renamed it the Bhutan Broadcasting Service in 1986, with expansions in radio scheduling as well as construction of a modern broadcast facility occurring in 1991.Shortwave radio reached all of Bhutan in 1991. In June 2000, FM stations opened in the south and west of the country, expanding to central Bhutan in January 2001. By the end of 2005, FM radio service reached the entire country.

No matter when and how it started but Bhutanese people should have a proper License issued by Royal Government of Bhutan to own Radio and Tape Recorder during those days. I don’t know when and why the law was implemented but the license owned by my grandfather dates back to 1982. The yellow coloured license booklet consists of five pages in English and seven pages in dzongkha.

The page no. 1 has

Registration number……………………….

Mr…………………………………is licensed to maintain and use at his premises…………………..a radio(broadcast receiving) set/(magnetic) tape recorder with the following particulars for the year 31^st December, 19……for which a sum of Rs……………..has been paid on………………

Make   …………………..

Model  …………………..

Number of wave/bands/tracks……………….

Chassis number………………..

Any other revelant particulars……………

Date………………..(seal)                   (signature)

                                                Sub-Div. Officer/Dzongda

Page 2

License transferred in the name

Of…………………………………………….residing at…………………….

License valid up to 31^st December 19……

                                                             (signature)

Date…………………..                        Sub-Div. Officer/Dzongda.

Page 3 has the rules.

Note

The following rules shall govern the issue of license for the maintenance of radio(broadcast receiving) set or a (magnetic) tape recorder.

1.    No radio set or tape recorder shall be maintained and used in Bhutan except on the basis of valid license issued by civil authorities in the form annexed.

2.    The license shall be valid for the calendar year of issue only and is renewable every year on the payment of the prescribed fee.

3.    The annual fee shall be as follows:

a)    For each tape recorder

(for domestic use only)…………..Rs 10/-

b)    For each radio set

(for domestic use only)………….Rs 10/-

c)    For each tape recorder or radio set used in shops, restaurants and similar places of trade or business with a view to attract or entertain customer……………Rs 25/-

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4.    No license fee need to be paid in respect of radio sets or tape recorder used in public places like Community Centres, Schools and Hospitals where they are exclusively used for the benefit of the public only.

5.     No trader or Shopkeeper in Bhutan shall sell a radio set or tape recorder unless he also takes out a license therefore in the name of the purchaser and hand over the license along with a radio or tape recorder sold.

6.     On the first occasion when the license is taken out, the full fee referred to the para 3 above is payable only when the need to obtain the license arises before the end of June, other wise only half the prescribed fee shall be payable for that year.

7.     If a person holds a Government of India, he need not obtain a Bhutan radio license for the calendar year for which the India license is current.

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8.     The annual renewal of an existing license should be done before the end of January each year falling which a late fee of 50 paise for every month’s  delay or part  thereof subject to a maximum of Rs. 5/- will be recoverable.

9.    When a radio or tape recorder is sold, gifted or otherwise transferred to another person, the license standing in the name of the first person can duly transferred in the name of the second person on an application made in that behalf. The transferred license will however be valid only for the remaining period of the calendar year and will have to be renewed at the beginning of the next calendar year in the ordinary course.

10.  The person in possession of radio or tape recorder, in respect of which there is no valid license, is punishable with a fine of Rs. 10/-.

11.  Provided that both the late fee referred to in this para 7 above and the penalty referred to in this para will not be simultaneously recoverable in respect of the same radio set or tape recorder.

Bhutan Observes International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

Bhutan Observes International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Her Majesty the Queen Ashi Sangay Choden Wangchuck, the Resident Coordinator of the UN systems in Bhutan, health secretary, Education secretary, Dasho Dzongda, Gups and officials of Paro Dzongkhag , people of Tsento Geog, teachers and students of Drukgyel High School gathered today in Paro, Drukgyel High School to observe the day.

The day was adopted without vote by the United Nation  General Assembly On December 17, 1999. This date came from the brutal  assassination in 1960 of the three Mirabal sisters, political activists in the Dominican Republic, on orders of Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo. 

Observing the theme of the day, “Commit, Act and Demand: We can stop violence against women”, Her Majesty the Queen Mother Ashi Sangay Choden Wangchuck said at least one out of every three women suffer some form of mental, physical or sexual abuse. This global scenario Her Majesty said is alarming and gives added reason to use the occasion to remind oneself of the renewed commitments to the cause of women in Bhutan.',

The Resident Coordinator of the UN systems in Bhutan, Claire Van der Vaeren said violence against women and girls cut across all boundaries of age, race, culture, wealth and geography. She added, globally up to six out of every 10 women experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime.

Dzongkhag dancers and students of Drugyal High School presented various cultural programme. RENEW (Respect, Educate, Nurture and Empower Women) members from Paro Dzongkhag also demonstrated short skits and programmes on gender related issues.

Later Her Majesty the Queen Mother  interacted with the people and students of Drukgyal High School and spoke on the need to stop violence against women. The day ended with Tokha. 

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 Ugyen Wangchuk Academy, Paro, Sa tsham Chorten

Happy Teacher's Day

In some countries, Teachers' Days are intended to be special days for the appreciation of teacher. It is a celebration to honor the teachers for their special contribution in a particular field area or the community in general. In some countries, World Teacher’s Day is celebrated by organizing conferences focused on the importance of teachers and learning.

Bhutan celebrated Teacher's Day coinciding with the birth anniversary of our late King, Druk Gyelpo Jigme Dorji Wangchuk-The Father of Modern Bhutan. Upon succeeding his father, Druk Gyelpo Jigme Wangchuk, on 27 October 1952, Druk Gyelpo Jigme Dorji Wangchuck brought lot of political and economic changes into the Kingdom of Bhutan. So it is a day for the entire Bhutanese citizen to commemorate our late Druk Gyelpo and also to express our appreciation to our teachers.

To mark the day we the students of CST expressed our gratitude and appreciation to our lectures. We started with the national anthem followed by few speeches in the morning and ended with tea session and lunch in the student mess. In the evening the students performed varieties of cultural show and ended the day blithely.

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Lhabab Duechen(Descending day of Lord Buddha)

Lhabab Duechen or Descending Day of Lord Buddha is observed nationwide today. Being a devotee of Buddha I also got up at 5am and went to offer prayers and butter lamp at Kharbandi Goenpa, Phuntsholing which is the only monastry near our campus. Hope every Bhutanese did the same.

This beautiful monastery situated in a garden of topographical plants and flowers at an altitude of 400m/1300ft above the town, was founded in 1967 by our late Royal Grandmother, Ashi Phuntsho Choedron. The monastery contains paintings depicting scenes from the life of Buddha and the statues of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel and Guru Rinpoche. From the monastery there is a splendid view of Phuntsholing and the plains of West Bengal with their tea gardens beyond.

November 9 coincides with the 22nd day of the ninth month of the Bhutanese calender and is observed nationwide as the Lhabab Duechen or Descending Day of Lord Buddha. It has been declared a national holiday by the government.

Lhabab Duechen is generally seen by the Bhutanese to a be very religious day for dedicating oneself towards virtuous deeds. The benefits are multifold for every good deed on this day. Almost all Bhutanese find a way to break away from normal life and dedicate themselves towards the spiritual on Lhabab Duechen. Monastries, dzongs and dratshangs around the country are flooded with devotees. 

The descending day of Lord Buddha is a celebration of his return to earth from heaven.History says that Lord Buddha was born in Lumbini, Nepal, and his mother expired after seven days. Therefore six years after attaining enlightenment at the age of 41, he ascended to heaven on the 15th day of the sixth month of the lunar calender to preach to his mother.When he was preaching his mother along with gods and goddesses in heaven, two male and female devotees, two ordained nuns and monks and king Zug Chen Nyingpo on the earth were worried because they did not know where Buddha was. Then, Buddha’s disciple, the clairvoyant Sharibu, had a vision of the lord to be in heaven.Following the request of all the devotees, another disciple of Lord Buddha, Mao gyel ge bu, who was known to possess miraculous powers, ascended to heaven on the 15th day of the ninth month of the lunar calender and requested Buddha to return to earth.

On the 22nd day of the ninth month 

Lord Buddha descended to earth

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Coronation Day

On the 7th of November 2008 at the Changlimethang Ground in Thimphu, His Majesty the King Jigme Khesar Namgyel wangchuk said, “It was with immense gratitude and humility that at this young age, I assume the sacred duty to serve a special people and country. Throughout my reign, I will never rule you as a king. I will protect you as a parent, care for you as a brother and serve you as son. I shall give you everything and keep nothing. I shall live such a life as a good human being that you may find it worthy to serve as an example for your children. I have no personal goals other than to fulfill your hopes and aspirations. I shall always serve you day and night in the spirit of kindness, justice and equality.”.

Born on the 21^st of the second month in 1980 corresponding to iron Monkey year of the Bhutanese lunar calendar, the 5^th Dragon King of Bhutan is the eldest son of the king Jigme Singye Wangchuk and Her Majesty the Queen, Ashi Tshering Yangden Wangchuk.

On 17^th of December,2005, His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuk, the 4^th Druk Gyelpo shocked the nation by his extra ordinary decision to step down from throne. He also announced that the heir to throne His Royal Highness Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk, the Choetse Poenlop will be crowned as the 5^th  Druk Gyelpo in 2008. His Majesty explained that as it was necessary experience as possible, the responsibilities of the throne would be delighted to the Choetse Poenlop before long.

This was followed by royal Kasho(decree) issued on December 9 2006; announcing the ascension of HRH Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk to the throne as the 5^th Drukgyelpo. His Majesty made his first public appearance on 17^th December 2006 during the national day celebration in Thimphu.

The grand coronation celebrations were held on November 6,7and 8, 2008.

His majesty the Druk Gyelpo won the Raven Crown and formally assumed the embodiment supreme protector.

In Buddhist history, the king was called the protector of the people, the great elected one. The upholder of the law. In cotemporary Bhutan His majesty is the protector of Nation’s Security, the guardian of the constitution and inspiration of the GNH.

On November 1^st His Majesty received the Sacred Dhar of the empowerment from the Machhen of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel in the inner Sanctum of the Punakha Dzong. The nation celebrated the enthronement in Thimphu.

On November 6, the eight day of the nine month of the earth male rat year, the people had the opportunity to offer the Tashi Khadar to the 5^th Druk Gyelpo.

It was the moment that carried the weight of the Bhutanese history.

It was during this day that the 4^th Druk Gyelpo His Majesty the king Jigme Singye Wangchuk and HRH Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk bowed to each other, their Royal Scarves lowered in the traditional gesture of respect.

The father had achieved his destiny. The son was beginning his.There were some emotions that can’t be expressed in words, not even with tears. But His Majesty the King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk conveyed the profound appreciation of the Bhutanese people to his father. Our King with grace and conviction took sacred pledge before he himself addressed the nation.

In His Majesty’s own words, it was pledge on behalf of all the Bhutanese people to safeguard the Kingdom for future generation. We are committed to the creation of a just and impassionate society based on the vision of Gross National Happiness.

We consider ourselves fortunate to be Bhutanese because of the quality of the nation that we inherited from our fore fathers. When His Majesty the king stood on the Royal Podium before the entire nation and bowed to his father, it symbolized the sacred responsibility of every Bhutanese man, women and children ensuring that future generations of Bhutanese people will also feel fortunate to be a Bhutanese.

His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuk unfurled a vision, His Majesty Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk is making his vision a reality and we will be a part of this extraordinary experience.

Challenge Your Life

Life is a series of collision. But if we believe we can, we probably can and if we believe we won't, then we won't. Progress always involves risks. Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet. When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long upon the closed door that we do not see the one that has opened for us.

Life is not easy for any of us. But we must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must work hard and have to be determined. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained. Above all, challenge ourself. We may well surprise ourselves at what strengths we have, what we can accomplish. If we have built castles in the air, our work need not be lost if we put the foundations under them. Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. And do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress.

To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking. Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize that they were the big things.

 

Attitude

The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude to me is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. It will make or break a company….a home. The remarkable thing is, we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past. We cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is plan on the one thing we have, and that’s our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you. We are in charge of our attitudes.

IMPERMANENCE

Thich Nhat Hanh is an expatriate Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk. A teacher, author, and peace activist, Nhat Hanh was born in central Vietnam on October 11, 1926. He joined a Zen monastery at the age of 16, studied Buddhism as a novice, and was fully ordained as a monk in 1949. The title Thích is used by all Vietnamese monks and nuns, meaning that they are part of the Shakya (Shakyamuni Buddha) clan. He coined the term Engaged Buddhism in his book Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire. This is what he says about the "impermanence" and mindfullness. Enjoy reading and know about impermanence.

LONG LIVE IMPERMANENCE!!!

The Buddha taught that everything is impermanent- flowers, tables, mountains, political regimes, bodies, feelings, perceptions, mental formations, and consciousness. We cannot find anything that is permanent. Flowers decompose, but knowing this does not prevent us from loving flowers. In fact, we are able to love them more because we know how to treasure them while they are still alive. If we learn to look at a flower in a way that impermanence is revealed to us, when it dies, we will not suffer. Impermanence is more than an idea. It is a practice to help us touch reality.

When we study impermanence, we have to ask, “Is there anything in this teaching that has to do with my daily life, my daily difficulties, my suffering?” If we see impermanence as merely a philosophy, it is not the Buddha’s teaching. Every time we look or listen, the object of our perception can reveal to us the nature of impermanence. We have to nourish our insight into impermanence all day long.

When we look deeply into impermanence, we see that things change because causes and conditions change. When we look deeply into non-self, we see that the existence of every single thing is possible only because of the existence of everything else. We see everything else is the cause and condition for its existence. We see that everything else is in it.

From the point of view of time, we say “impermanence”, and from the point of view of space, we say “non-self”. Things cannot remain themselves for two consecutive moments, therefore, there is nothing that can be called a permanent “self”. Before you entered this room, you were different physically and mentally. Looking deeply at impermanence, you see non-self. Looking deeply at non-self, you see impermanence. We can say, “I can accept impermanence, but nonself is too difficult”. They are the same.

Understanding impermanence can give us confidence, peace, and joy. Impermanence does not necessarily lead us to suffering. Without impermanence, life could not be. Without impermanence, your daughter could not grow into a beautiful young lady. Without impermanence, oppressive political regimes would never change. We think impermanence makes us suffer. The Buddha gave the example of a dog that was hit by a stone and got angry at the stone. It is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not.

We need to learn to appreciate the value of impermanence. If we are in good health and are aware of impermanence, we will take good care of ourselves. When we know that the person we love is impermanent, we will cherish our beloved all the more. Impermanence teaches us to respect and value every moment and all the precious things around us and inside of us. When we practice mindfulness of impermanence, we become fresher and more loving.

Looking deeply can become a way of life. We can practice conscious breathing to help us be in touch with things and to look deeply at their impermanent nature. This practice will keep us from complaining that everything is impermanent and therefore not worth living for. Impermanence is what makes transformation possible. We should learn to say, “Long live impermanence”. Thanks to impermanence, we can change sufferings into joy.

If we practice the art of mindful living, when things change, we won’t have any regrets. We can smile, because we have done our best to enjoy every moment of our life and to make others happy. When you get into an argument with someone you love, please close your eyes and visualize yourselves three hundred years from now. When you open your eyes, you will only want to take each other in your arms and acknowledge how precious each of you is. The teaching of impermanence helps us appreciate fully what is there, without attachment or forgetfulness.

We have to nourish our insight into impermanence every day. If we do, we will live more deeply, suffer less, and enjoy life more. Living deeply, we will touch the foundation of reality, nirvana, the world of no-birth and no-death. Touching impermanence deeply, we touch the world beyond permanence and impermanence. We touch the ground of being and see that which we have called being and non-being are just notions. Nothing is ever lost. Nothing is ever gained.