Satisfied Buddhist - Domo Geshe Rinpoche

In traditional cultures, people in their middle years are already making preparations for their elder years. They do this by working hard to develop venerable qualities while diminishing harmful qualities to become capable of disseminating  tribal wisdom to others that are fragile or in the earlier stages of life. Preparation must happen prior to the need because soon they will be responsible; they must become the elders. However, there's a vast difference between becoming an elder and getting older. In Buddhist culture, this is also the way that the serious practitioners cultivate and train themselves to become guides in contrast to those who are simply Buddhist practitioners who are older. ~ Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ „In traditionellen Kulturen bereiten sich die Menschen bereits in ihren mittleren Lebensjahren auf das Alter vor. Sie tun dies, indem sie hart daran arbeiten, verehrungswürdige Qualitäten zu entwickeln und gleichzeitig schädliche Qualitäten abzubau...

We should try to calmly agree on a broader spectrum of meanings of a particular word to have a coherent and pleasant communication about important subjects. It would be a demonstration of our language skills to consider the impact of our wo rds for others and how it is set in the concept we wish to communicate.  However, if we remain fixated or obsessed with important words by having a favorite or limited spectrum of meanings, especially philosophical or dharma words, we limit out ability to interact with others realistically, cause misunderstandings and lose an opportunity to learn. ~ Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Wir sollten versuchen, uns auf ruhige Art über das breitere Spektrum der Bedeutung eines Worts zu einigen, damit unsere Kommunikation über wichtige Themen zusammenhängend und angenehm sein kann. Es wäre ein Beweis unserer sprachlichen Fähgikeiten, wenn wir die Wirkung unserer Worte auf andere berücksichtigen und wie sie sich in das Konzept einfügen, dass w...