Satisfied Buddhist - Domo Geshe Rinpoche

I have resources. Compassion, wisdom and kindness. Choosing to use these resources depends on my motivation. My motivation depends on my perceptions. My perceptions depend on my guidance. My guidance is the three Jewels. ~ Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~~~~~ "Ich habe Ressourcen. Mitgefühl, Weisheit und Güte. Es liegt an meiner Motivation, ob ich mich entscheide, diese Ressourcen anzuwenden. Meine Motivation hängt von meinen Wahrnehmungen ab. Meine Wahrnehmungen hängen von meiner Führung ab. Meine Führung sind die Drei Juwelen." - Domo Geshe Rinpoche ---

Returning to balance is neither exciting or emotionally rewarding. The sensation is feeling absolutely normal. Balance is a closure to stress on our inner being. It is the set point of our natural and cultivated nature that we must return to in order to again correctly stress ourselves to interact with the world and others according to who we actually are. It is the basis for the skillful actions of bodhisattvas and also for those we admire for their great common sense. Balance is where wisdom connects with us. A high quality meditation practice can improve our nature, but if we do not make time and effort to return to balance, inner wisdom is useless! ~ Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~ "Das Gleichgewicht wieder herzustellen ist weder aufregend noch emotional einträglich. Die Empfindung dabei ist ein Gefühl der absoluten Normalität. Im Gleichgewicht zu sein bedeutet, dass der Druck auf unser inneres Wesen ein Ende nimmt. Es ist der Sollwert unserer natürlichen und kultivi...

In our Tibetan system of Buddhism, first the student demonstrates enthusiasm and then we teach them. However, in the West, we teach, and teach, and teach, and hope that people will gain enthusiasm. I don’t know which is right and which is wrong. What do you think? In Tibet, it was unthinkable to train or give deep teachings to those with only a mild interest and very limited time to practice. ~Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~ "In unserem tibetischen System des Buddhismus demonstriert der Schüler Enthusiasmus, bevor wir ihn unterrichten. Im Westen jedoch unterrichten wir und unterrichten und unterrichten und hoffen, dass die Begeisterung der Leute dadurch zunimmt. Ich weiß nicht, was falsch oder richtig ist. Was meint ihr? In Tibet war es undenkbar, dass man Leute mit nur leichtem Interesse und sehr begrenzter Zeit zum Üben ausbildetete oder ihnen tiefe Unterweisungen gab." - Domo Geshe Rinpoche ---

  Four questions: Why depend on others? Why should others depend on you? Why let others depend on you if they cannot give you something in return? Are you strong enough to have others depend on you? Water is our natural environment because the human body is mostly water and we n eed water to survive. However,our actual nature is liquid light, untouched by the heaviness of decay. The solidification of our spirit must be reversed! ~ Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~ We train ourselves in meditation to visualize the Buddhas and deities as translucent, not solid. This is the sambhogakaya realm DGR~~~~~ "Wir üben uns in Meditation, um die Buddhas und Gottheiten als durchscheinend und nicht als fest zu visualisieren. Dies ist der Sambhogkayabereich." DGR How do Buddhas think? How is that possible if they are omniscient? Perfect evening to harvest concord grapes... tomorrow we will can the juice and save some for jelly. Getting ready for Fall and winter White Conch ...

Thoughts are important to assess the quality of karma about to arise. Thoughts are important to work with during activities once karma has arisen. Thoughts are also important to use to review recent past actions that will have repercussions for future karma arising. Thoughts are the primary tools of the skillful. If you cannot control your mind to use thoughts as a tool, it would be better to no t pay any attention at all to thoughts... just let them pass by without reacting... Eventually, however... you will need to learn how to control your mind ~ Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~~~~~~ "Gedanken sind wichtig, um die Qualität des Karmas einzuschätzen, welches dabei ist aufzusteigen. Gedanken sind wichtig, um mit ihnen im Laufe von Aktivitäten zu arbeiten, wenn das Karma bereits aufgestiegen ist. Gedanken sind auch wichtig, um gerade begangene Handlungen zu reflektieren, die Auswirkung auf das Aufsteigen zukünftigen Karmas haben werden. Gedanken sind die Hauptwerkzeuge der...

The nice thing about having a relationship with Sangha, and a long-standing personal relationship with a spiritual mentor is that we do not have to say everything all at once. In my just before life, an important teachings that I often gave to my students was “Slowly, you understand.” And so, especially on retreat, you have the luxury of slowly understanding and slowly exploring important concepts so that not even one piece is omitted. We do not have to condense the teachings because we are rushed for time; instead we can take even a single word and discuss it to uncover our views that have obscured development. The students also have an opportunity to discuss it with others while in a teaching retreat environment. In this way, understanding becomes steadier. The resistant mind moves much slower than the understanding mind and need time to reflect instead of quickly rejecting. While resisting, we struggle inside to be able to even understand what the other person is...

  Meditation... a breath of living air http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/domo-geshe-rinpoche-teachings/id387058479   This week's FREE podcast: UNIVERSAL RESPONSIBILITY. second great wish, "May (all sentient beings) be free from suffering and the causes of suffering." Great bodhisattvas have completely freed themselves from self-cherishing, and are consumed with the work to free sentient beings from suffering. Domo Geshe Rinpoche leads us step-by-step through the logical thought process Awakening and enlightenment might or might not be synonyms. Transformed is a stage of preparation for either. Understanding reality would bring what benefits?  Are we more attracted to what benefits us or to what we crave? Why do people act so contrary? Objectivity can be detrimental to friendship or promote a healthy relationship.