Satisfied Buddhist - Domo Geshe Rinpoche

  Clarity, an important goal of meditation practice, is the condition of consciousness without obscuration of the dysfunctions. Perfection is of another order completely, the ultimate inner state of highest Buddhahood. Because clarity is wi thout agenda, it is an openness that allows receptivity to higher functioning. ~ Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~~ Klarheit, ein wichtiges Ziel der Meditationspraxis, ist der Zustand des Bewusstseins, bei dem keine Trübungen aufgrund von Störungen bestehen. Die Vollkommenheit gehört einer ganz anderen Kategorie an, sie ist der letztendliche innere Zustand der höchsten Buddhaschaft. Da Klarheit keine Zielsetzung hat, ist sie die Offenheit, welche die Empfänglichkeit für höheres Funktionieren ermöglicht." - Domo Geshe Rinpoche --- Inappropriate expectations are like spring flowers blooming in late winter; they won't last long. ~ Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~ "Unangemessene Erwartungen sind wie Frühlingsblumen, die im späten Winter blü...

Renounce the underpinnings of suffering (self-cherishing, grasping and expectations) and your suffering will disappear. Suffering cannot arise after these obstacles are gone. Therefore, there is a direct link between self cherishing, grasping, expectation, and seemingly unrelated suffering. The suffering is smoke and mirrors of the actual problem. Domo Geshe Rinpoche Entsage den Dingen, die das Leiden unterstützen (Egozentrik, Anhaftung und Erwartungen) und Dein Leiden wird verschwinden. Wenn diese Hindernisse nicht mehr da sind, kann kein Leiden mehr entstehen. Deshalb gibt es eine direkte Verbindung zwischen Egozentrik, Anhaftung und Erwartung und dem scheinbar in keinem Zusammenhang stehenden Leiden. Das Leiden ist wie Schall und Rauch des eigentlichen Problems." DGR"

In our Tibetan Buddhist tradition, we spend a lot of time, perhaps even most of our time, defining terminology. That might sound boring, however, I shifted from telling what a term means, to often asking others their present views of words and concepts. Modern society comes from so many ethnic origins, and interests, so by asking clog dancers about enlightenment, we might receive very different answers than university professors or Buddhist meditators. We do not know which view is more valuable, but understanding what clog dancers think about enlightenment is also important. Even members of a single family belong to various interest groups and in addition, are influenced by being in different generations. Nearly everyone is expected to hold cultural values from their ethnic background, family environment, as well as peer pressures. Expectations, by definition, demand that you be like them by holding values in common, but you cannot be like all of them, because some attitudes you are ex...