Satisfied Buddhist - Domo Geshe Rinpoche

In truth, only the buddhas should walk in this world, because only the buddhas are actually capable of dealing quite well with ordinary life. However, they are not the ones that are in need of life’s experiences as a method to heal, evolve  and change. We want to have the experience of life first hand to gradually become capable of remembering, affirming, and practicing our deepest values. ~ Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~~~~~~~ "Eigentlich sollten nur die Buddhas auf dieser Welt wandeln, denn nur die Buddhas sind tatsächlich fähig dazu, recht gut mit dem gewöhnlichen Leben zurechtzukommen. Jedoch sind sie nicht diejenigen, die Lebenserfahrungen als eine Heilmethode, zur Weiterentwicklung und Veränderung nötig haben. Wir wollen das Leben aus erster Hand erfahren, um schrittweise fähig zu werden, uns an unsere tiefsten Werte zu erinnern, sie zu bestätigen und zu praktizieren." Domo Geshe Rinpoche --- We go back and forth, sometimes not take ourselves seriously enough and f...

Tulku means reborn or reincarnated one of a previous lama of a specific inner and outer lineage. There are four main methods that create Rinpoches. Some Rinpoches today are not tulkus but are blessed into the memories of a previous lama by  a realized lama that knew the previous one. This is not an authentic tulku arisal but is still quite unusual these days. There are those who are given a special mind transmission of another lama and then told they are such and such a name but there is actually not any connection between the child and the previous. This is also not a tulku. There are others who are little more than strategic political appointees. Perhaps the parents are wealthy and can support the monastery or are wishing to have status as parents of a Rinpoche. There are many political type appointees. An authentic arisal comes from interior lineage of a particular lama, from the actual abode of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas connected to that previous. These tulkus can aris...