Satisfied Buddhist - Domo Geshe Rinpoche

Uplift your own mood to light up the path for others. ~ Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~ "Versetz dich in bessere Stimmung, um den Weg für andere zu erhellen." - Domo Geshe Rinpoche --- Another aspect of karma is that it is definite. For example: a farmer purchases corn for seed and plants it carefully. He waters it or it rains, the sun shines down, and that corn begins to sprout. Then, for whatever reason, that farmer goes to his field and commands that crop, “You will not grow up as corn. You will grow up as wheat.” Will his wish be enough to prevent that corn from coming up a s corn? Student: Maybe. R: We’ve got a believer in magical thinking. S: Anything is possible. R: Anything is possible with sufficient time, energy and magical ability (laughs). However, in any normal situation the farmer’s wish would not be enough to prevent that from coming up as anything except corn. S: From a quantum mechanical viewpoint, there’s a probability that sometimes this particl...

Edges always define the center. Radical social and philosophical concepts serve the middle ground of culture by showing where we might choose not to participate. However, the Middle Way of Buddhism is different; rather than finding a safe p osition in the center, it is defined by an active and cultivated rejection of the extremes of nhilism and permanentism. Its logical system is organized to discover what is real is based on what is rejected rather than what is accepted. ~ Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~~~~~ "Die Mitte wird immer durch die Ränder definiert. Radikale soziale und philosophische Konzepte helfen der Mitte einer Kultur, indem sie das aufzeigen, woran wir vielleicht nicht teilnehmen wollen. Der mittlere Weg im Buddhismus ist jedoch etwas anderes: anstatt einen sicheren Ort in der Mitte zu finden ist er durch eine aktive und kultivierte Ablehnung der Extreme des Nihilismus und Permanentisums gekennzeichnet. Sein logisches System ist derart organisiert, dass man anhand des...

Now a days many receive authentic transmission but abuse it or throw it away like garbage; ask His Holiness the Dalai Lama what he thinks of that. For shame!  The empowerment done with highest wishes and received with promise to fulfill it  by practicing is often one sided! In that case, it would be better to go to an empowerment with a bag of popcorn to experience the entertainment! The damage done by abuse of initiation living energies will cause the decay and damage the sacred lineages held by Tibetans from the time of Lord Buddha to this present day - faster than any Chinese prison! Further, it damages the future of the student by breaking promises. The bigger battle for the contemporary initiating lama is the struggle to help those students who receive the precious diamond of initiation and introduction to vast awakened benefit living presence and practice rather than those who discard it as a whim! Do you know that you can make buddhas suffer? Due to their compassion,...

This morning I looked in the mirror to assess the changes brought on by aging. Yes... so far, so good. That does not mean I look younger than expected. That means that the signs of aging are progressing as expected. Not happy, not sad... This is dharma. ~Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~ "Heute früh habe ich in den Spiegel geschaut, um die Veränderungen zu beurteilen, die mit dem Alter einhergehen. Ja... so weit, so gut. Dies bedeutet nicht, dass ich jünger aussehe, als erwartet. Es bedeutet, dass die Anzeichen der Alterungsprozesses wir erwartet voranschreiten. Nicht glücklich, nicht traurig... Dies ist das Dharma." - Domo Geshe Rinpoche --- The atmosphere of real refuge in the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha cannot be gained by three halfhearted mechanical recitations of the refuge formula in the morning and evening. Real refuge that has been cultivated by study, meditation, and logic will interpenetrate and surround you in an aura of new strength and self-confidence. You wi ll fee...

Aging is such a blessing when we consider the alternative! ~DGR ~~~ Newest audio teaching (about 1.5 hrs) is about releasing guilt. You can download to listen later. Now there are 11 free teachings on this site. http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/domo-geshe-rinpoche-teachings/id387058479

Gather each gray hair that falls and each gray hair from your brush or comb. Place them in a container on your altar. This is your dharma teaching to yourself about the certainty of aging and impermanence. ~DGR ~~~ "Heb jedes graue Haar aus Deiner Bürste oder Deinem Kamm oder das Dir ausfällt auf. Tu es in einen Behälter auf Deinem Altar. Dies ist Deine Dharmaunterweisung für Dich selbst über die Gewissheit des Alterns und über die Vergänglichkeit." - DGR ---"

"Oh, the excitement turning from age twelve to thirteen, becoming a real teenager! Same for age twenty-one. However, after being propelled by this enthusiasm, nearly every person wants to stop aging at their special magic age. Like an airplane arriving on a runway, we try to energetically reverse our engines, but it does no use, we will continue to age. Part of the dharma realization of impermanence and awareness of death is an enjoyment of aging. We then become free to be whatever age we are without straining. This frees the outer and inner mind for more important activities" ~ Domo Geshe Rinpoche~~~ " ah, el entusiasmo que da vuelta de edad doce a trece, haciéndose un verdadero adolescente! Mismo para edad veintiuno. Sin embargo, siendo propulsado por este entusiasmo, casi cada persona quiere dejar de envejecer en su edad mágica especial. Como un aeroplano que llega a una pista de aterrizaje, tratamos de invertir con energía nuestros motores, pero esto no hace ningún u...