Satisfied Buddhist - Domo Geshe Rinpoche

Rinpoche: What is a fully enlightened being? Just suppose you could understand the nature of a full enlightened being. Student: Someone who understands and has control of their mind. Rinpoche: Their human mind? Student: Yes. Rinpoche: I have to say that that is not the description of a Buddha. That is not a description of a fully enlightened being. In a way, that is true. Were you doing a nice supposition? Student: Now I change my mind, and I say 'that doesn’t sound right.' Rinpoche: Because the Buddhas have many experience including activities and life processes in other places? Student: When I say other realms, I say it as something that I have absolutely no idea about. Rinpoche: All right. Who else? What is a fully enlightened being? What are some of the other things that you understand or feel is right? Student: Purity or a pure nature. Rinpoche: Very good, this is very good thinking because you do not have to describe what that purity or pure nature is, but from you

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