Satisfied Buddhist - Domo Geshe Rinpoche

If you are now in your middle years, you might find that the ups and downs of life have taken a toll. By now, you could be feeling a little ragged around the edges, like a rug that has been taken out and beaten too many times. On the other  hand, even though your fringe have become a bit frayed, oddly….. you still have curiosity. You are now a good candidate for the dharma. ~ Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~ "Wenn du momentan im mittleren Alter bist bemerkst du vielleicht, dass die Höhen und Tiefen des Lebens ihren Preis gekostet haben. Vielleicht fühlst du dich jetzt etwas aufgebraucht, wie ein Teppich, der zu oft draußen ausgeklopft wurde. Aber obwohl die Fransen etwas abgenutzt sind verspürst du komischerweise immernoch ...Neugier. Nun bist du ein guter Anwärter für das Dharma." - Domo Geshe Rinpoche --- Although the Rinpoches (reincarnate lamas), primary responsibility was to disseminate the Dharma and assist through inner and outer methods toward understanding higher real...

Personality is the habitual use of perceptions forming a pattern that defines our individual strategies for interacting with the world. It is interesting that we never tire of using these strategies. In a culture and a world craving change, personality is the craving for pattern. Why don’t we get tired of ourselves? ~Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~ "Persönlichkeit ist die gewohnheitsmäßige Anwendung von Wahrnehmungen, die ein Muster ergeben, dass unsere individuellen Strategien für die Interaktion mit der Welt definiert. Es ist interessant, dass wir niemals müde werden, diese Strategien anzuwenden. In einer Kultur und einer Welt, die nach Wandel verlangt, verlangt die Persönlichkeit nach Mustern. Warum werden wir uns nie unserer selbst überdrüssig?" - Domo Geshe Rinpoche ---"

Part 1. Our sense of identity is very mixed with our personalities and we take quite a bit of pride in its upkeep and practice. However, if we look more objectively with higher motivation, we can view personality as a set of strategies that we developed to interact with others, our environment and even ourselves without making effort to discover what it is we are using. Buddhism teaches us techniques of how to have a better relationship to self, other or the world without exclusively leaning on strategies of personality. Relying on ego centered interactions with the gross senses is not as healthy as higher dynamics such as understanding the illusory nature of ordinary reality so that we do not exclusively use memory of our own personality strategies that easily become mixed with the dysfunctions. Now we want to see fresh and not just use a collection of habitual strategies, distractions and disorders. In searching for the words and description of the underlying dynamics of personal...