Satisfied Buddhist - Domo Geshe Rinpoche

We can do with our mind what is impossible with the body.. isn't that so? Classic Tibetan Lojong mind training aphorism: “Give up poison food.” When we do virtuous actions with hidden motivations, there are many difficult states of mind that will be also be invited to participate and fed. Traditional Buddhist teachings focus on the problem of self-cherishing as the primary target of our transformative work. However, out of habit and deluded self-protection, even long time Buddhist practitioners will continue to choose self-serving elements that do not superficially appear as self-cherishing. That is why it is difficult to root out the rot of virtue. It is easy to spontaneously select a tainted justification for actions. Virtuous activities can be done with a contaminated agenda, while still feeling that you are doing something good, it is actually poisonous to yourself. The unawakened continue to suffer by consuming the food of massaged motivation, which has be...

Virtue is spontaneous kindness that arises from deep values that are stable in our minds. However, until the benefits of our cultivated extraordinary root of virtue arrives, we should treat our potential for virtue as garden nurseries do their plants in the early spring to make them flower sooner. They force grow them with Miracle Grow. The vitamins of Buddha Dharma brand Miracle Virtue Grow are filled with love for others and self- respect. This rich compound also contains a healthy dose of Vitamin Discipline to turn our stubborn minds toward the light of the blessings of the Buddha as sunflowers follow the sun. If we cultivate qualities such as virtue and maintain a positive outlook in the early spring of our lives, by the summer we shall blossom abundantly. Moreover, if we wait until the late summer of life to begin to mature, by adding Miracle Grow, we shall still have virtue blossoms for all to enjoy come fall! ~Domo Geshe Rinpoche~~~ "Tugend ist spontane Güte, die aus ...