Teachings on facing illness by Garchen Rinpoche

在素樸的舞台中式法座前，矽谷國際會議中心舞台的前排方桌上，長長安放著數百張新舊、尺寸各異的照片。

照片主角有男有女、有白髮爺爺奶奶、也有裹在柔軟襁褓中的嬰兒，以及更多張大晶亮黑眼的各色小狗、貓咪、鸚鵡、白文鳥、天竺鼠等，也有許多顯現歲月痕跡的黑白照，透露著所有眾生都嚮往著追求快樂、遠離痛苦的共同願望。

在大眾唱誦中文南無觀世音菩薩咒聲中，仁波切神采奕奕地、準點來到現場，一路緩步微笑著、經過特別為重病輪椅者隔出的寬敞走道，及座位區合掌期待的陪同家屬們，向會場從七點陸續入座的四百多位病者、家屬及會眾揮手道早安。

面對舞台下張張期盼的面孔，仁波切誠懇而精確的，循循教導病患與家屬們，從「消業」及「累積福德」的角度，重新看待自己的疾病，不僅找出眼前導致痛苦的根本原因，也為今後的快樂找出方法：

仁波切開示說：

今天要和諸位談一下「病苦」這件事情，具足善巧方便的佛陀教導了我們，如何能夠承辦快樂、並且遠離痛苦的方式，我們必須要知道的是，要將苦一一消除是做不到的，除非從苦的根源去解決他，否則不可能消除得掉所有的苦。

■知道痛苦成因，才能消除痛苦

因此應該要知道什麼事情會造成苦?痛苦的成因就是煩惱，唯有消除煩惱，我們才可以生生世世不需要再受苦。

而今生所受的苦，包括疾病在內，都與往昔過去生所造的業有關，要認識到這一點，為了來世不再受苦，就必須滅除煩惱，這是我們應當建立的觀念。

由於我們過去不能正確認識「煩惱是造成痛苦及疾病的主因」，因此過去生已經造業，今天之所以會受很多苦，是過去業果報所致的。

那麼何種煩惱為因，造成今生的痛苦呢？其實包括我們內心當中的嗔心、貪欲、吝嗇心與嫉妒心。

■抓到原因後，轉煩惱為道用

我們在這些煩惱驅動下，過去生可能曾經殺害他人性命、搶奪他人錢財、對他人造成許多傷害，都令我們與其他生命結下冤債，我們在這些方面造下惡業，因此今生會受到痛苦與疾病的果報。

我們必須要正視這些問題，是由於煩惱所造成，才能將痛苦轉化為自己繼續往前發展動力，也就是「痛苦轉為道用」。

疾病是痛苦的一種，但我們要先認識到，疾病的來源，與過去煩惱有關，與過去所造的業、所造成冤債都有關。

然後可以去瞭解，現在所受的苦，其實是在淨化過去造的業，是對自己有利的，就像是生病透過動手術來康復，但手術仍有代價，例如可能過程中很不舒服，但最終手術對於治癒疾病，是有幫助的。

■痛苦是在消化往昔業障

或你在接受醫療過程中，必須以付出金錢做為代價，但最終都對自己有益處，因此即使暫時付出代價，但最終還是對自己有利，因此還是值得去做。我們現在在受苦，是因為過去煩惱所造的錯誤及惡業，這點是我們必須瞭解的道理。

就像是世間有一句話這樣說，欲知過去因，今生受者是，想要知道過去生生世世很多生我們做過什麼事情，而導致了今生的快樂與痛苦，其實就看今生感受的果報就可以。

例如過去造過善業，因此產生快樂的循環，不善業導致煩惱的循環，這些都與我們心中是否有愚痴、煩惱有關，因為心中不斷起煩惱，或起慈悲心，因此會產生循環的效果。造善業會有快樂結果，心中有煩惱而不斷循環，就產生痛苦結果。

■一切與慈悲相關之事，就是快樂之因

所謂「善惡業」的判斷標準何在呢？一切與慈悲相關的事，不論從世間角度或宗教角度來說，都可以算是善的，涉及嗔恨、嫉妒、吝嗇心等想法，不論從世間或從宗教角度，都是會導致痛苦的。

因此我們首先要認識此點，舉例而言，如果我們對他人總是懷反感、總是有嗔心，最終會導致自己痛苦，先將事情的前因後果，仔細思考一遍，對於現在感受痛苦程度，一定能夠減輕一半。

也不要一直去想著「我在受苦」，不要覺得只有自己在受苦，在此世界上，凡是做為人，做為有身體的生命，因為身體一定會壞，因此一定受到痛苦，不是只有自己會感覺痛苦，從業力因果角度思考，我們的痛苦就會減輕一些。

■心朝外看，不要一直看著自己的病

因此面對痛苦的第一件事情，給大家的建議是，要去思維痛苦的前因後果，第二個建議是「心不要一直放在『我生病』這件事情上」，一直在想「我現在生病，處於不好狀況，」這樣也會減少疾病的耐受力。

取而代之的可做之事，如果有信仰的話，可以看阿彌陀佛法相，佛像畫像都好，總之要向外看，不要一直往內想，不要一直想著「我在生病」。

向外看，如果有信心的話，也可以看著前面天空虛空，不論你信仰為何，可以去觀想信仰的佛菩薩、觀音、度母、阿彌陀佛都好，同時也可以播放咒語、觀音名號等等，讓咒語的力量轉化心中的念頭，讓心不要一直停在疾病這件事情上，日久可能真正可以化解疾病，甚至可能因此康復。

有些人在諸佛菩薩大悲加持下，也有可能從嚴重疾病康復的。當然康復與否，也是與過去業有關，過去可能受皈依戒或戒律誓言，但並未善加持守、戒律衰損，因此受到苦難，在這樣前因下，導致後來疾病不容易康復，這種事情也是有的。

■不要把康復當成唯一期待

至於有些人生病後必定會去尋求醫療、乃至於具辦法事、修法等，在治療過程中，不要只想「這是為了健康」，也不是說這樣做就一定會康復，不要只是把康復當成唯一期待。

應當認識到，世界上沒有人最終長生不老，所有人都難免一死。

死亡是身體，並不是心靈，關於這一點，也請務必認識。今天我生病了，需要透過醫療和法事來改善，今天能痊癒，是和我自己往昔善業、諸佛菩薩大悲加持、皈依戒律加持等有關，若不能痊癒，還是和我過去業力有關，必須要有這樣的認識。

■我一定會死，死後我想去哪裡？

假使我今天疾病無法改變，即使不能痊癒，也必須為往後做考量，要去思維「如果今天我真的必須面對死亡時，我寄託的對象為何？阿彌陀佛、西方極樂世界就應該是追隨嚮往之地」。

譬如你可以多去觀想西方極樂世界，去憶念西方極樂世界的功德、阿彌陀佛的功德，常常發願、唸誦《極樂世界發願文》善加發願往生西方極樂世界等，如果今天疾病確實難以挽回，就可以去思維：「到底往生好呢？或這樣繼續這樣拖著好？」如果確定往生好，就應當去發願往生西方極樂世界，為了能夠投生西方極樂世界，現在就要好好為此做發願。

■疾病淨化了我的業力，又讓我布施

「如果現在疾病無法痊癒，是和我的過去業力有關，現在透過感受業報來清淨過去業力，是對我非常有幫助的」，要這樣思維。

有些人會問說，「那我這些花費醫療的金錢，是不是就白費了？」絕對不會白費，這些醫療還是必要的。除了對你自己的醫療幫助外，這些醫藥費也可以成為對醫療院所與人員的布施，因為在龐大醫護機構中，需要很多醫療人員，也需要金錢支助，才能作更多幫助病患之事。

因此你付出的醫療費是不會空耗的。

■人身的一次頭痛，都能消化三惡道的三百年惡業

除此之外，你接受病苦的現狀，對於疾病有幫助，對於清除過去罪業也都有幫助。就像是過去成就者祖師說，說我們身而為人時，那怕是一次頭痛，（淨罪的）都能淨除過去業障，消業力量都超過在三惡道中，受苦三百年。

因此人道過程中，罹患疾病的消業力量極大，這點我們也必須有此認識。

此外做為佛教信仰者，假使今天由於疾病而無法進食，就可以藉此機會受八關齋戒而不吃，以守戒律也有戒律功德，若今日無法講話，也可受禁語戒律，就有戒律功德，這都是苦行的一部份，可以藉由你現有疾病狀況而去受戒。

例如禁食八關齋戒，過程中需要禁語禁食，藉此疾病機會來此受戒行動，這樣的八關齋戒可以針對受病苦者來受，對於病苦者是非常有利益的。就像是宗派祖師吉天頌恭，也曾罹患難以治癒的重疾，他的病非常嚴重，人變得非常憔悴，他沒有執著著「我一定要康復」，僅是非常努力修持。

■利用病狀，來趁機積聚福德

我們要借此機會來領受八關齋戒，多去看佛像、多使用轉經輪，可以配戴我們結緣的見解脫手環，聽聞解脫的咒語可常常聽，觸解脫的咒語配戴著，如果有朝一日真的面臨死亡，一起火化時，除亡者外，可以幫助到其他很多眾生。

重點是面對疾病時，不要忌諱「死亡」，要去正視死亡這件事情，不要一直想說「我一定要康復，我絕對不能死！」因為為什麼我們會感受到害怕？害怕的主因是自我，「我」一定要擺脫疾病，「我」一定要康復，非常強調「我」必須要康復，另一方面就會想到，假使「我」不康復怎麼辦？這些焦慮、恐懼都來自於「我」。

■不要一直想著「我」，想想諸佛

世界上只要自我觀念非常強的話，就擺脫不了恐懼心，因為心中一直想著「我如何如何」時，就一定會強化恐懼感，因此與其一直想「我如何」，不如轉個念，去想觀音、度母、諸佛菩薩，當你的心一直在想諸佛菩薩時，對自我的觀注會減少，恐懼心也會隨之減少。

因此，除了正視死亡之外，也不要想著「我一定要康復」。

■貪瞋癡是得病原因

過去祖師也都說過，如果真正懂得佛法的話，即使受苦最終也會帶來快樂，所謂「懂得正法」就是曉得痛苦成因，如同之前所說，我們受苦原因為何？來自於自己內心貪瞋癡三毒，煩惱來自於過去業與煩惱，因為自我太強，因此產生貪欲、嗔恨與愚痴心。

貪欲會造成體內氣方面運行不順，嗔心會造成肝膽功能相關的疾病，愚痴會造成內分泌疾病，因此貪瞋癡造成體內各種疾病，是病苦的主要來源。

為何會有貪瞋癡？主要原因是我們不瞭解取捨的智慧，不曉得正確取捨的道理，因此產生煩惱而造業，因為造業而感受痛苦果實成熟，最根本問題還是在貪瞋癡三毒當中，因此要認識到，我們要擺脫的，實際上是自己內心貪瞋癡三毒。

能建立起此觀念，就具足智慧，曉得應當擺脫的就是三毒煩惱，然後採取具體方法，就是去多發慈悲心、以慈悲心來看待自己所受之苦、自己的疾病。

■「比起來，得病是挺好的」

常常這樣想，有天會覺得，「比起來，有疾病也是挺好的」。當然去面對疾病和痛苦，這並不是一件簡單、輕鬆的事情，是蠻需要磨練的。

但你可以盡量讓自己的心不要一直往內縮，盡量往外看，去憶念佛菩薩形像、去憶念例如阿彌陀佛、觀音、度母形像，不要一直想自己的狀況、疾病，如此一來，多去憶念、去看佛菩薩身像，你的心會比較容易放鬆。這對於病患而言，是非常重要的一件事情。

■《極樂世界發願文》也很有幫助

另外剛剛提到要多念《極樂世界發願文》，多去發願、多播放佛陀話語、咒語錄音，多聽，對於自己都是有幫助的，對於啟發自己的慈悲心與菩提心，都非常有效。

而且，當你內心當中，能對因果業力道理有更深的理解及接受時，你的狀況也會越來越好。以上這些道理，對病患都非常重要。

如果現在沒有生病的人，也不要認為「我身體健康，這些事情與我無關」，並不是這樣。更應當曉得，煩惱會帶來痛苦，現在還沒有感受痛苦，是因為還未成熟而已。

最終我們都有煩惱，跟隨煩惱產生的痛苦，是一定會發生的。認識這點是非常重要的。

■煩惱破壞身體平衡，就會不健康

此外，要如何「理解煩惱與身體狀況息息相關」？如同剛剛所說，貪瞋癡會造成身體疾病，因為他們會促使身體中的地、水、火、風、空的運作不協調，因此造成疾病。

譬如我們體內有很多寄生蟲與細菌，細菌又分好菌或壞菌，壞菌數量增加時就會危害到身體，破壞自然平衡，就會因此導致疾病。
壞菌如何增多？當我們嗔心煩惱強時，就會滋養壞菌，讓壞菌勝過好菌。當心中有慈心悲心，好菌就會得到滋養，不會被壞菌壓制。

因此身體狀況與我們內心平衡息息相關，若內心有對眾生的強大關懷、慈心，心中總是寧靜、安樂、祥和，身體也會容易處在均衡狀態，因為地水火風空都處於平衡狀態。

如果心中總是忿忿不平，充滿對他人的敵意、反感，會造成內心衝突，影響五大元素運做而失去平衡，身體就會出現狀況。

■五種煩惱，本質是五方佛

因此應當曉得，外在世界與內在五大種，以及內心的貪、瞋、癡、傲慢、嫉妒等煩惱，都是彼此密切相關的，彼此都有關連，心的本性是五種本來智慧，若處於不成熟狀態，就是五毒煩惱。若是成熟清淨本質，就是伍方佛。

地水火風空的五種種姓，就是伍方佛佛母。這些都是清淨佛菩薩境界，與現狀的差別只是清淨與否、是否成熟而已，要有這樣觀念。

若具備這樣觀念的話，看待自己疾病，自己與外在身心關係時，就會更加清楚。若內心成熟時，煩惱就是本來智慧，若不成熟時，我們就是擁有煩惱。

■我的五蘊若成熟，就是能救助眾生的本尊佛菩薩

就如同至尊馬爾巴大師曾說過，我的五蘊身在不成熟情況下，就是一切痛苦來源，若能夠成熟，就是救助眾生的本尊佛菩薩。

要這樣思考的話，就知道知道我的疾病從何而來？是與我的煩惱息息相關，自然感受到疾病痛苦，根本原因是來自於內心煩惱，因此這是為什麼我們要努力轉變煩惱，努力去培養慈悲心、去思維因果業力道理，原因在此。

■照護病患有非常大功德利益

再來就是照顧病患的照顧者，應當不要一直想著「我好辛苦、好累！」應當去想，這是一個很好累積福德的機會，因為不管你今天照護的是病患或長者，能夠累積的功德利益，都是非常廣大、不可思議的。

■照顧一個病人，功德勝過照顧比一萬個健康人

比起去照顧一萬個健康的人，去照顧一個病者或需要幫助的病患，後者的福德利益會更大。

我們在成佛前，都需要福德，因此有機會去需要幫助年長者、病患，對於照護者來說，多去想「這是對我來說，去培養廣大福德的大好機會！」，而不要一直去想「這樣好辛苦」。

仁波切接著率領噶爾寺僧團，特別修持催破金剛陀羅尼及藥師佛儀軌，為此做發願。在磅礡威力的祈請加持後，由噶爾寺僧眾先持仁波切及僧團加持過的寶瓶水，揮灑為全場會眾做灑淨加持，接著仁波切先步下舞台，口持藥師佛咒語，逐一為舞台前的病眾加持。

■「希望大家好好加油」

仁波切在開始逐一為病者加持前，先拿聖油點了一下隨身跟隨的直播鏡頭，希望遠距的觀看者能同受加持。

看到眼前等待著的輪椅重症患者，仁波切箭步往前，先摸摸病患的頭做鼓勵，再為病患鼻子和額頭，塗抹上噶爾寺聞名的文成公主轉經輪加持油，

接著由噶爾寺僧團依序致贈法照、見解脫手環及極樂淨土祈請文，仁波切為下一位病患加持前，也不忘轉頭比讚，為重症患者及照護者加油。

在為難以行動的輪椅區病患加持完後，仁波切回到舞台前，仍然滿臉笑容地筆直站著，為排隊上台的百位病患們，以噶爾寺轉經輪聖油加持，

同時仁波切也仔細的端視眼前一台台手機，用食指點油，一一為相簿內的各種老少生亡眾生，點額頭一一做加持，同時也為背負眾多親友期待的到場者，拍拍背給予鼓勵。

幾位病患和陪同家屬，在仁波切滿懷笑容、滿手禮物與加持品地、熱情靠近時，忍不住放聲大哭，像是長期累積的疑問、不甘、疼痛與疲憊，都在仁波切的關懷與慈愛中，得以暫時放下與歇息。

下週此時，仁波切已經在飛機上了，在這台灣最後一個行程的最後一場公開會見上，仁波切站著超過兩小時，不忘為各種上台的會眾，提供「聞聲救苦、有求必應」的鼓勵，

不論上台會眾說手腕、頭、脖子、背、腰椎、喉嚨、眼睛哪邊痛，仁波切都像是一個看到遠方兒孫、關懷滿溢的老奶奶一般，細細呵護，並為疼痛處細細上油加持。

■共修觀音心咒，共同為病者祈福

會場內，台下大家同心持頌南無觀世音菩薩，以共修之力，共同祈願患者都早日脫離病苦，台上仁波切則滿臉笑容，忙著一一為信眾的小小寵物的骨灰罐，罐上照片的小狗額頭點上加持油，

或為幾張晚送來的手機照片一一加持，或與緩步上台的老爺爺，以額頭頂禮，在同體大悲，同心為患者加油的療癒氣氛中，結束對患者及照護者的加持。

散場時，會眾們先恭送仁波切及僧團離場，接著讓出走廊，讓老病者先離席，之後大家陸續到會場外八張大長桌上，領回自己的親友照片，希望在這樣一場加持後，照片上的每一張燦爛笑容，會在現實生活中，同樣溫暖健康地、持續延續下去。

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Garchen Rinpoche - Beloved Bodhisattva yeye!

I realised that all these great Bodhisattva readily happily take pictures with devotees as they know the photos will be future continuation of connection with them. If you feel lost at some point in time and you look at pictures taken with them, you will feel quite comforted you can supplicate to them. 💖🙏

He did not give up on his HK devotees but earnestly do a video transmission from Taiwan due to a strike in HK airport that caused him and his entourage to detour to Taiwan.
Oh compassionate Rinpoche you are indeed a great Bodhisattva.
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When I had a chance to meet you close and requested you to bless my family members who are not well via my hp screen, though in urgency I forgot and speak in English instead of  Mandarin, you understood and immediately applied your holy balm and blessed their pictures one by one and with a final touch on my nose, knowing I needed blessings too.
When we requested to take photo with you, you readily embraced us and chanted blessings at same time.💖🙏🙏🙏💖

Oh Garchen Rinpoche, to me, you are really an ambassador sent by Amituofo to show us examples of living Bodhisattvas in this samsara! 🙏🙏🙏

Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche 2019 teachings on “The Ornament of the Mahayana Sutras” in Singapore

It is 2 years later that Rinpoche continued his teachings in Singapore and this time at Suntec city convention hall!

Similar background settings recycled! 😉
Rinpoche refreshed our memory that the teaching is a commentary to Buddha's teachings.

He expressed his concern that culture, language and tradition hijacked Buddha's teachings.
We human destroyed the world not contributing even bees doing better
We have vague tools like language with lots of assumptions, and generalisation.
What Buddha taught is simple yet we miss it with our invent of language and value.

Temporary beauty like cherry blossom  is impermanence yet people treasure.

This text is relevant to now.
Identity- everything to do with identity to be special such as to have special cuts ,shapes yet afraid also to be different.
Identity is our biggest problem nowadays so Buddha's teaching is direct.
Identity is just an illusion.
Text is still relevant now more than ever.

Identity of me/ I if analyse nothing going beyond geographical truly existing nature.
Wants, needs ,sense drives!
"There yet not there" - Buddhism philosophy of life.
Non duality-  paradox - exists and not exists- Buddha's teachings
Heart sutra -Form is emptiness. Emptiness is formed. - Paradox.
Form not other than emptiness. Emptiness not other than Form. .
Buddhism emphasis much more on wisdom.
Rpc would like to hear that Good Buddhist with view it is there and also not there.

Refuge= Buddhist Baptising ?
= Enrolment ?
Contradicts what Buddha say you are your own master.
"Gochami" - "I go" to Buddha
What triggers one to take Refuge?
3 causes - fear, admiration  and compassion.

Fear -
kindergarten fear - afraid of rain, of hell so  take refuge or prosperity or health problem afraid of losing families so take refuge.
Deluded short sided fear but taking refuge in sublime object so will teach them to alleviate to higher fear.
High school fear - fear of samsara (fed up of clinging to myself which produces so much emotion act upon it these actions lead to more reactions and entangled and suffer...I am afraid cause and result of suffering; I don't want to go round and round of this samsara existence. )
Highest profile fear - paradox like rainbow - samsara and nirvana ; afraid when it is not there afraid it is  there. Dualistic game.

Admiration also has 3 levels - to perfection of non duality -  gain liberation - release me!

Compassion - exclusive in Mahayana
Compassion to all sentient beings to liberate from entanglement.
And this makes Bodhisattva refuge exclusive!

Taking refuge triggered by fear .
Highest Refuge is if Taking refuge because of compassion.
Most of us has kindergarten refuge because of kindergarten fear.
Maybe some of us at times once every 12 years fear of suffering of pain.
How much you know, purified of defilement, gain knowledge of dharma, quality of love and compassion not for yourself .
Mahayana cause of refuge mainly due to compassion.
Compassion is term adopted for long time.
Good thing to do - good is deeply rooted to academic culture.
In Buddhism, you are fundamentally good perfect!
You are taught you are Good.

Tibetan language :
To          Je                 Chen Bo
Mind    reverend     great/Maha

Compassion悲心
Feeling of empathy looking at someone who is suffering.
Dukka -
1. painful feeling mutual feeling object of compassion
2. Any happiness (no last; they change)
Why like because it last for a moment! imagine last a year.  Deluded beings like us like  smell of coffee temporary but Maitreya Buddha would think we are funny.
We like to make things solid ...may you live long...
Compassion triggered by everything is changing all the time.
Everything Subject to time is object of compassion
3. Duality - bad good - reference not good.

Above 2 n 3 are  Mahayana.
3- Exclusive Mahayana.
Triggered motivation to take refuge in Triple Gems.

Surrendering - give your control to someone more powerful sublime  stronger than uou.
According to Mahayana sutra that is not complete .
Gochami- I go to...
Where ? Where's the destination?
I go to the origin of me... what's that ?
Buddha nature!
I take refuge to fundamental Buddhahood for sake of ALL sentient beings.
That makes Bodhisattva tireless and fearless.
If gold merchant and someone gives a kg of raw gold.
As an experienced gold merchant as happy as given polished gold.
Bodhisattva look at world of people with greed delusion like experienced gold merchant they are happy to work with. 😊
Their compassion wisdom increase .

Refuge has this pledge or vow in ceremony .
Take refuge under this  Rpc does not mean marry matchmaker who links the partners .
Vow is path of language.
Anything that happens on the path is not a resolve! it is a discipline.
Discipline is blissful to each individual's needs and capacity.
Not everybody has to keep or lose hair.
There are fundamental views that you are taking refuge to Dharma then to accept non duality.
If you want to take refuge, accept everything is non duality.

Trustable like impermanence
All duality is painful.
All phenomenon has no true existing nature.

Til what time what's the end ?
What we do we have a purpose
If fear of becoming fat then we take path of dieting.

But this path is faulty because it will not lead to ultimate slim state .

U have to avoid the nice food then you regret at end of life.

Side track- 

16hours fasting - So much time in morning when not taking breakfast. 

Build house - does not mean enjoy house til end of life. You need to maintain. 

Refuge - awaken stage is our end. 

On path of challenges and delusions, you have the solution- you do not need to get it elsewhere. 

Problem you have is temporary but the Buddha nature is not temporary.  

Rid - sanskrit word for type/ family 

Tiger in cat family. 

Cast of Indians.

We all have Buddha nature 

we are all in royal family.

This Buddha nature is intact. 

One can be butcher life after life but this Buddha nature still intact.

Most of us unaware of this element.  

It feels like we don't have this potential. 

If not a Buddhist not Mahayana and never heard of Buddha nature. 

As a human being you go thru life.

You achieve what you achieved. 

Eg good grade good job then you feel is it all that is life ? 

Maitreya say this is your element calling...

Fear of wrong doing , Shame - you don't want to do what others do you don' t like - basic goodness 

This progressive goodness fundamental view is different from how you should not harm others

As long as there is a view there is a wrong path.

Paradox - we are looking at something that exist and not exist.

Depend on situation we can never see it as one and due to habit.

It is there, it is taking more precedence. 

Really believe Sth is there -develop longing to it. Jealousy someone gets it. 

Develop eternity view and when doctor tells you are dying. This view of permanence makes you angry why it happen to you forgetting element that it is not there.

We have jealousy and anger generally.

We act upon. 

If at 45, you feel like sth missing.  is this it?

If you take the chance to cultivate you can develop because you have this innate nature.

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QnA

How to deal with obessions? 

Start from today look for 7 cracks 

Appreciate how things as useful meaningless meaningful as cracks.

What is Buddha nature.

Language is value,  not enough .

What he to say will have flaw.

Buddha nature is not a phenomenon. 

It is beyond subject and object .

Scientists believe big bang exist without subject.

Buddhist believe big bang is....

Buddha nature beyond words.

How to acquire this which is indescribable. 

Think about all that is wrapping BN 

Defilement anger  are destroyable not solid.

Emotion is manipulable. 

If we invest time to purify this.the essence is Buddha nature.

Pure action?

Everything is cause and condition.

Motivation is very important.

Morality and ethics - if you lie to say someone else life. It is accumulation of merits.

Harmful thoughts 

Converting mind

Wrong view of no cause no condition.

Nothing is ultimately good or bad

Subject of race or elements 

Construct path .

4 things indispensable to make a oath.

1. The view-  4thoughts

2. Practice that view - meditation 

3. Behaving with this view and practice 

4. End result of this path. 

Important that practice goes against duality.

Not just meditation on destress. 

If give up everything going but not going against duality then just discipline not practice Buddha Dharma.

Buddhist practice has to go against duality concept. 

Buddhist result is not what you get but eliminating sleep (Buddha- Awaken)

How much you off load.

The Buddha element path exist.

Cup stained by coffee when they wash the cup.

Confidence the stain is washable. 

Stain is temporary separate entity .

If cup is dirty wash .

Cleaning dirty - path.

Fundamentally cup has no dirt.

Motivation to clean. 

Different mtds to clean...

Fundamentally you have Buddha nature .

You can purify.

Tantric  - dirt stain does not bother me.

Clean cup bf it is clean  during it is not clean after it is clean it is one.

it is cup 

Majayana - cup can be cleaned as stain is not with it initially.

Buddha nature Buddha element hence guts to generate this seed: Bodhicitta.

Bodhisattva vow most beautiful vow to take. Aspirations to enlighten these sentient be gs.

Possible because sentient beings are gold in their nature.

We take Step by step by giving vegetables from right hand you left hand.

Develop this wish to like and slowly accustomed to this generosity.

Create joy when hear a suffering n no clinging to self.

Root cause of generating Bodhicitta is generate compassion. 

Wish to liberate suffering of sentient beings. 

There is doubt on how can I a defiled human being liberate sentient the being ?

Even to liberate 1 person proves to be so difficult how can I free limitless sentient beings from suffering ?

You have the info that you have innate Buddha nature. 

Convinced that our defilement can be purified.  

Defilements are temporary. 

Aspirations generate aspirations Bodhicitta. 

Pray freedom of sentient beings has an impact on others.

Your aspirations to free sentient beings of
you existing in this city while others think of fame wealth. This itself is cause or imprint of positive thoughts will have great impact to the surrounding.
Rinpoche shares  Moment by moment story: Mahayana - a pigeon picks a tissue touches mount Everest, one day it will be flat with the touch. This is the period of moment. Time is relative. Moment is eon. It is there and not there. This is Mahayana attitude!

19/5/2019am 5th chapter on generating Bodhicitta.
What rationale to generate Bodhicitta?Recognise a pain to generate Bodhicitta. Someone with so much hatred by nature he is evil ? There is whole potential they can generate Bodhicitta because they know pain!  They know someone is going thru pain via their act of killing. Knowing pain is a very important aspect.
As long as they have hope or fear, the seemingly human robots made in factory, the Buddha nature can be surfaced easily.
If inanimate with sophisticated but no sentiment then No .
Flower dint  have potential to generate Bodhicitta on its own. A coffee bean grown elsewhere unknown is still a coffee potential.

Avalokiteshvara ~ Avalok - looking grazing with compassion. Taken seriously gesture of Grazing to connect innate Buddha nature/element. Consciously mundane world is endless Bodhisattva - courage warriors.

To generate bodhicitta - listen contemplate make offering of flowers/ incense, practising virtues, practising not harming others . Wisdom and method combination practice of Bodhicitta.
May all beings be enlightened with this motivation of offering flower, that becomes Wisdom with method.
Ultimate bodhicitta is understanding emptiness.
Relative bodhicitta like aspiration bodhicitta and generosity for sake of all beings.
Beginning bodhicitta - Aspiration Bodhicitta to enlighten sentient beings to awaken to state of Buddha nature of no personal agenda. Not aspiring for friends or family.
Aspiration is to make them see the truth , nothing better than that! 😊
Act has master of ceremony. Today become human become worthy. I had become a child of Buddha entitled to all Buddha's wealth.
I shall engage in family duty I shall not disgrace Buddha family just as destitute beggar found a jewel I also among all my defilement I have today found kindness compassion precious wish to enlighten sentient beings.
I invite all beings in presence of Buddhas and Bodhisattva. In their presence I have taken Bodhisattva vow therefore all devas rejoice. (God's happy a human being took a Bodhisattva vows)
Symbolic of ultimate Bodhisattva is meditation on emptiness n Rpc lead us in a short meditation.
He gave all the following Refuge name:
Spring is passing
The birds cry, and the fishes fill with tears on their eyes
Ah, tranquility! Penetrating the very rock, a cicada’s voice.
—Helen Craig McCullough, Classical Japanese Prose, 539 https://www.google.com/amp/s/suisekiblog.wordpress.com/2017/08/29/a-haiku-by-basho-cicada-voice/amp/

Merits is described as accumulating Sense of longing to get closer to truth.
Time is there and not there.
Reflection of moon in water.
Gain loss criticism you look young you forget it is there and is not there.
Longing for that truth generating Bodhicitta
3 levels of suffering 2 exclusive 1 exclusive Mahayana compassion.
Bodhicitta is union of method and wisdom. Not mere feeling of empathy . It is big Bodhicitta.

Longing, associating with Buddha Dharma Sangha. Tolerance to Suyata.
You wish to reach state to not to return to samsara, cut root of suffering and causes of suffering.
Practice egolessness. U want peace liberated from samsara.
Nagajuna: non existence of nirvana is samsara.??
Bodhisattva must engage in grand motivation and aspirations like make offerings to all the Buddhas uphold all teachings of Buddha to benefit sentient beings to manifest in many forms. Aspirations to perfect 6 or 10 paramitas. To dwell n enjoy all the characteristics of Buddha field.
 Sutra: how can this rock n field be pureland of Buddha's. Aspire to have ability of sublime of senior bumi bodhisattva to relate to the world.

st bumi Bodhisattva to liberate 1 sentient being. Tolerate Long wait and does not see it as long and enjoy meanwhile.
Meaningful and lead one to enlightenment. Path status antidote solution.
Generate cause to destroy emotion but samsara and nirvana too.

QnA : Buddha nature independent pure how does defilement arise ? You are mixing 2 stages. When we talk about pretty stage of Buddha nature. What do u mean by defilement there are no Defilement no enlightenment no nirvana no samsara.
You are sleeping n night mare of a spider walking in .you are panic. Bf u sleep spider does not exist in sleep n after sleep it does not exist. Ultimate : No panic n no relief of having spider So cannot ask a relative question in ultimate level. Relative level there is culture, education Change dimensions to no time no space but we so stuffed to current.

 

QnA: Form is emptiness Emptiness is form Form is not emptiness. Emptiness is not for. Things exist when it is not there Neither exist nor non exist. Non dualistic - playing with child on beach building a sand castle you know it is not really a castle but also a castle. You play you engage in building the gate the roof of the castle. U as mother has guts and wisdom n say let's go home. Eg barbie doll or toy gun. You realise illusionist aspect of barbie doll and change now to vacuum cleaner or ferrari. Renounce them as time go. Why suffer so much ? Longing for non duality everyone has. Alcohol- when get drunk they get bold people say things they long for duality. Non duality is a gift by India, Shayamuni Buddha to the world. It reflects on Buddhist in eg. Buddhist shop. Simple monk and luxurious Guanyin. As long as there is a view to Taste salt to give sugar etc and say not it. 

U know you are playing game It is not binding you.  It is a real game that binds you it caught you. What is Nirvana and samsara ? We can play but Not caught by the game we play. 

Watch emotion. Any poking is feeding emotions ------- All philosophy especially Buddhism Transcendent and mundane world are illusory there out of necessity. 

 Look at moon not at finger. This is the transcendent world and mundane world. To bridge the 2 world's, we talk about 2 truths relative and ultimate truth. Thus language of 2 truths just for communication. Buddhist don't believe truly ultimate truth.

 None... Ice cube solid can hold it, walk over it if big due to cause and condition such as cold weather but nature of ice is water. The two are neither one nor separate. Teaching of Buddha speak of thus 2 truth. 

All compound things are impermanent. 

In ultimate there is neither permanent nor impermanent. Everything is beyond. Buddha nature - ultimate truth. No time no once upon a time you were ignorance being. Such concept exist only at relative level. 

Path is a fake medicine for illusory problem. Just because there is illusory does not mean there is chaotic. It exist and it does not exist. 

Mandala orderly chaos 6th chapter 

Having grand vision I want to enlighten all sentient being I want to buy a flat in zone A. Mahayana people think 1 achievable but 2 not going to happen. If it happen how you wish it never to happen. Just thinking of 1 that is success already. The glass is clean 99.99% clean . Accomplishment- big vision. 

Bodhisattva path is oldest leadership training. With big vision then death is not going to discourage us. It is just changing an identity for us to continue do big things . The end of Bodhisattva is to enlighten sentient beings . Awaken the people is a better word. 

This is a mask this is a game don't be afraid. Infinite ways to awaken one. 

If it requires being composed, then be it. 

Make them see the truth relative snd ultimate. How things appear and what they are. 

Like ice is solid but nature is water. 

Beginner Bodhisattva may not be savvy initially. 

People love to hear lies if you tell too much truth you get out casted and get discouraged. With good intentions to and on pride of having good intention you get vulnerable hurt easily. 

Slightly matured Bodhisattva know how to pester people what to say Gift of time, gift of space soothing conversation. Born in the mud but not stained like lotus.. Play this game for sake of all sentient beings.

Path of Bodhisattva Important to question whether Buddhism is "spiritual" path or not. Religion - Tibetan: Tru look - look : custom (habit) Dharma - hold characteristics. 

When did everything arise ? Analysing then relative arises... What is Buddha Dharma ? System or path that combines wisdom.and method. Wisdom - Seeing the truth knowing the truth - sooner or later we will all die. .. Contemplating this could be my last cuppacino... See you later...Bye 

When you look at things this way tmr I may not see this ... Appreciate things more -- combining wisdom and method. 

Your attitude towards others values changes. .. Things bother you no longer bother you. As your techniques to combine gets more complicated. - Bumi (ground/earth) Level - how much u unite wisdom and method.

Path of accumulation - contemplate at Starbucks last coffee. 

 Path of application - "Won" - rubbing of twigs to fire. Getting used to this Walking... siting ...sweeping -- all meditation.

I am awakening while you fall asleep When alarms ring; I am dreaming again... Upaya - custom made for different people's needs Taste of being union of wisdom n method. 

Learning to ride bike, bruises here n there then able to ride.... taste ...long for it ...do it again... 

 Mahayana path - Maha grand view... Zero waste path - everything is usable. 

Why entangled in samsara ? 

Ego clinging. .. Cut robe that is clinging - self clinging. .. Bodhisattva wish to be liberated.... Grand view - grand motivation of wishing to enlighten all sentient beings ...

Grand method : unusable by other yanas. Amazing method...inaction... We do not go around killing people because it costs...and difficult. .. Bodhisattva took a vow that I will not kill... I shall not kill ....then sleep n accumulation of merits... Motivation that all who sees my....will have a link with me... Train to think I and others are equal not equivalent to equal rights Mind training I and others are equal Changing position of I and others and Try interact with the world. 

Accustom not to be distracted - Samantha 

Need to know the truth Knowing the truth recognise the truth - Vipasanna - That's it...this is my last drink... When shopping - contemplating I need 20 jeans for next 44 years. .. (plan shopping based on my remaining number of years) 

 As it is.... Citta- 3 characteristics:

  Play knowing you are playing a game Why you play ? To benefit other beings and yourself. You play you enjoy the game. Buddhist No is special Buddhist No. 

Root of Suffering is Dualistic mind. 

World is changing! Buddhist need to think about it. 😉

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Pardon for misunderstanding missing info 

Above just pointers captured to remind myself...💖🙏

Gratitude to my early chanting encounters

Gratitude to Triple Gems for my early encounters with my 3 favourite chanting venues which are Dharma Drum Spore for Amituofo chanting , Bao Huang Fo Tang for Dabeichan and other Chinese Mahayana chanting pujas and Om centre for Vajrayana mantra chanting!
I like their rhythms,  with variation of fast and slow and encouragement of loud chanting!

May I master the rhythms of good chanting and be blessed with good voice that motivates others. May whoever hear my chanting be blessed and planted with seeds of liberation!

Do not be affected...

True... we should not be affected by others...
Source
https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2796184557059174&id=100000029725126&set=a.381778385166482&source=48

Over the  past 1.5 years, I realised my compassion quickly affected and eroded by those around...😵😓😫😈

Thank goodness reattended the Mani practice and Vajrasattva retreat that does have some effect to clear the obscurations and purification. Slight recovery and rekindled and reconnection to my basic motivation !

The recent Fo2 at DDS with the teachings also rekindled and reconnected me with Amituofo and DDM.
I must try not to be affected by others and retain my basics...

May All have no obstacles to attend good practices and retreats to clear their obscurations and be purified and always be reconnected with their basics...
Amituofo 💖🙏🙏🙏

Reflecting I finally realised why the following prayer or dedication is important :

May Bodhicitta, the excellent and precious mind💖
Where it is unborn, may it arise.💓
Where it is born, may it not decline 💗
And may it ever increase, rising higher and higher.💖🙏

Karma Affinity

I like this story which explains why perhaps I have more affinity with some teachers and specific persons.

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Karmapa Chenno 💖🙏

This post from internet facebook reminds me of the compassionate eyes I saw in 2014 at the rooftop of Tergar monastery when Karmapa glanced at the queues of people waiting to meet Him (that time He was wearing glasses and with face mask and some water vapour formed on his glasses as he breathes.)
I was touched by the sight till now.🙏🙏🙏

Karmapa Chenno 💖🙏

These are good pictures of compassionate eyed Karmapa with glasses sourced from internet with the last may be closest to match my memory but not exactly... the unforgetable...

May I have the good fortunate to meet Him again in this life. 💖🙏