In this volume, it brings together and present a selection from the speeches that have been delivered under the Padmapani Lecture series organized by Tibet House. The series commenced in 1989 with the Lecture that Prof. Krishna Satchidananda Murty delivered on the 'Philosophy of Universal Interpenetration'. In the last 13 years since the inception of the series, eminent scholars and practitioners have delivered informative, reflective and thought provoking lectures on various areas of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, ranging from the presentation and examination of philosophical perceptions, the dynamics of osmotic interaction between the perceptions of thinkers and practitioners in Tibetand India, the culture of debate and introspection, the artistic efflorescence that was witnessed in India and Tibet as a means of expressing the dominant streams of spiritual endeavor and insight, and windows from which common and different traditions viewed the self and selflessness or emptiness, to the contribution that buddha Dharma can make in seeking solutions for the problems that are haunting the human being and human society today.
