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\"Avalokistesvara\"<\/a><\/h3>\n

Photo of Avalokiteshvara in Singapore by Yeshe<\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n

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At this year’s summer camp in Portugal, Rinpoche, amongst other topics, talked about the power of compassion. So here is a story to share with you.<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

Since 2007 I have been teaching \u201a Being happy, how do I do that<\/em>?\u00a0at a night school in Aix-la-Chappel (Aachen, Germany). Based on an inspiration by Ian Morris from Wellington College, Berkshire; I created my own one year-course to support my adult students who haven\u2019t yet finished their school career for many different reasons. I had seen how much some of them suffered and how this prevented them from learning and living a normal, let alone happy life and I wanted to help them. So to one group each\u00a0year I presented ideas, methods and tips on what to do to live a happier life and care more about their well-being. It was just one course on\u00a0offer the students could choose from.<\/span><\/h3>\n

A few months ago in this year\u2019s group I had a young macho Chechen guy from a family of soldiers. He participated in the lessons, but made it very clear that in his eyes this was girlish and unmasculine. He was glad when I allowed him to lie down during the start of each lesson, when the students sat in what I called\u201a attentive resting.\u00a0<\/em>(i.e. meditation, calling it by a different name made it easier for the Muslim students to participate). After those five to ten minutes, every lesson continued with a round of statements on what had happened or been managed by them that had made the students happy, feel strong or successful during the past week.<\/h3>\n

A very serene Turkish woman for the first time said, she couldn’t add anything positive this week as her uncle had just died in the mine disaster at Soma.<\/h3>\n

At that moment the Chechen turned to look at her and his face was full of the deepest compassion and I could see how he was able to let got of his armor of masculinity and I saw a pleasant young and soft face.<\/h3>\n

Compassion had given him a chance to be open and caring! He will make his way, I hope and wish from the depth of my heart<\/h3>\n

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\"AK<\/a><\/p>\n

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Anne Katrin Voss is a teacher at ARS Abendrealschule Aachen.<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n

She has been a\u00a0\u00a0Buddhist\u00a0since 2001. \u00a0Her main teacher is Ringu Tulku Rinpoche<\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n

Anne is teaching\u00a0<\/em>Being happy \u2013 how do I do that? at a night-school in Aachen, Germany. She has published a teacher’s manual on a complete 5 day course at AOL publishers (in German). Anne is currently working on a second teacher’s manual. \u00a0Recently, she is being invited more and more by universities to teach students.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n

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