LamaJampaThaye's video: What do Buddhists mean by precious human birth

"Among all of those countless sentient beings - and they are truly countless - not many possess the appropriate conditions in which they can start to turn inwards and recognise the nature of their mind. In our particular part of the universe it seems that it's only those with human birth who can do that. For instance in comparison to animals, although endowed with sentience they don't have the capacity for free choice and self determination that we do." Lama Jampa Thaye is an extraordinary Buddhist master. He met his first spiritual teacher, Karma Thinley Rinpoche, at the age of 20 in 1973 and his other principal masters include H.H. Sakya Trizin and H.H. Karmapa (both the 16th and the 17th). As a result students of Lama Jampa Thaye are in the rare position to be able to receive teachings from both the Sakya and Karma Kagyu traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, which Lama Jampa delivers with exceptional clarity, down to earth humour, and compassion. For information of where and when Lama Jampa is next teaching see www.lamajampa.org or download Lama Jampa's app from iTunes: https://goo.gl/kS6Yjk or Google Play: https://goo.gl/cFfy1q