I was thinking, while watching the video, "Here are the seeds of greatness". Most of the people i know who have had the problems he has had wound up filled with anger at the world. This guy is different.

If they ever decide to elect the Dalai Lamas, he'll get a vote from me!

I was thinking, while watching the video, "Here are the seeds of greatness". Most of the people i know who have had the problems he has had wound up filled with anger at the world. This guy is different.

If they ever decide to elect the Dalai Lamas, he'll get a vote from me!

Agreed. Even Milarepa killed his relatives.

Equanimity is the ground. Love is the moisture. Compassion is the seed. Bodhicitta is the result.

"All memories and thoughtsThe family of a Northland woman whose early vote won't be counted following her death are calling for a change to electoral law.

Mehara Tamaki, 19, died suddenly last week, but her relatives say her vote should still be valid.

She was known for her passion for politics, and was excited to finally be old enough to cast a vote.

The 19-year-old was at the polling booth the day early voting opened last Monday.

But her vote is now invalid, because she died suddenly in her sleep that same night.

"She'd made a goal to be able to eventually go out and vote and she achieved that vote on Monday 11 September and that goal was sadly stripped from her," family friend Makoare Hoterene says.

The electoral act states if a person votes but