Satisfied Buddhist - Domo Geshe Rinpoche

  The real wealth of any family can be calculated by its kindness to each other. Although we might feel goodwill toward all living beings... really, there's no way to feel compassion toward larger numbers of people if we do poorly with smalle r numbers of people. That's a spiritual fantasy! ~ Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~ Der echte Reichtum einer jeden Familie kann an der Güte gemessen werden, die einander darin erwiesen wird. Auch wenn wir Wohlwollen allen lebenden Wesen gegenüber empfinden.... ist es wirklich unmöglich, Mitgefühl für eine große Anzahl Leute zu verspüren wenn man das einer kleineren Anzahl gegenüber nur schlecht vermag. Das wäre ein spirituelles Hirngespinst!" - Domo Geshe Rinpoche --- La real riqueza de cualquier familia puede ser calculada por su bondad entre ellos. Aunque podemos sentir buena voluntad hacia todos los seres....realmente , no hay otro camino para sentir compasion hacia un gran numero de gente si lo hacemos pobremente con un pequeño numero...

Poetry has quite come out of favor, except for its loyal followers, because people find verse is not as easy to understand. However, most scripture that remains for us to cogitate upon to grow and meditate with, is in poetic verse form. I suppose that anything that  was worth saying in spiritual advice was generally done in verse form. It was considered good manners and respectful to create verse rather than prose. Buddhist scriptures have been translated into verse structure from the Buddha’s words in Pali into Sanskrit, and from that, into Tibetan, English, and most of the world languages. Right now, we are able to access the poetic exposition of the Buddha’s words in English, hoping that the nuances of His meanings remain and were not carried off by poetic license and pentameter! Because poetry style is not as common as prose, when we try to understand Buddha’s or earlier masters words in scriptural verse, we feel alerted that this requires a special kind of sacred respect. I...