Satisfied Buddhist - Domo Geshe Rinpoche

The awakening blessing is not like the gentle cascade of illuminating wisdom described in our meditation practice to be poured into our everyday mind that can be used for our spiritual growth. Of course, we want and need free time to meditate. We also want the Buddha to cause our lives to become suitably rearranged for more spiritual emphasis that is called leisure and endowment in Buddhist term inology. This is correct thinking and requesting. However, that will not be nearly enough leisure and endowment to cause the actual awakening. After a great deal of preparation, we must then sincerely make the request for a tremendous burst of illuminated power and energy, like a flash of lightning, to open the door to our enlightened true nature. ~ Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~ "Die Segnung des Erwachens sind nicht wie die in unserer Meditationspraxis beschriebene sanfte Kaskade der erhellenden Weisheit, die wir in unseren Alltagsgeist schütten, um sie für unser spirituelles Wachstum zu nutzen....

How wonderful that White Conch is able to help so many by arranging group teaching retreats, space for private retreats and teaching tours to so many places. These are definite signs of the fruition of the precious seventh Domo Geshe’s great wish to spread the Buddha Dharma to the whole world! I rejoice! ~Domo Geshe Rinpoche (9th) ~~~ "Wie wundervoll, dass White Conch in der Lage ist so vielen zu helfen, durch das Ausrichten von Gruppenretreats mit Belehrungen, durchBereitstellung von Platz für private Retreats und durch Lehrreisen an so viele Orte. Dies sind definitive Zeichen dafür, dass der Wunsch des kostbaren siebten Domo Geshe das Buddha Dharma auf der ganzen Welt zu verbreiten nun zur seiner Erfüllung heranreift! Darüber freue ich mich! - Domo Geshe Rinpoche ---

Some years ago, but in this new life, I was in Kalimpong, India with a group of my students on pilgrimage and retreat in Nepal. I was in a shop and the shop owner wanted to show me a precious photo of the 8th Domo Geshe that his family kept on their altar. While I was waiting, seated at one side, an old Tibetan monk came into the shop but did not see me. I looked at him and was delighted to see that although we had not met in this life, nor in the life of my previous, I saw that the great 7th Domo Geshe, Ngawang Kalsang had blessed his previous. That blessing was so strong, it transcended the passing of his previous life! I explained this tonight to some students here and one said it must be like a microchip! I laughed; yes, like a spiritual microchip indeed! ~ Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ""Vor einigen Jahren (aber schon in diesem neuen Leben) fuhr ich mit einer Gruppe Schüler auf Pilgerreise und Retreat nach Nepal und wir waren in Kalimpong, Indien. Ich war in ei...

Tibet House had been active for about a year when I arrived in New Delhi to work there at the request of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. I had a lot to do. We had few people working so each of us did a lot. That’s interesting, because usually Rinpoches are more ceremonial. That was the very first Tibet House. It was the only Tibet House. When I went back there around 2003, I spoke to the monk in charge of the museum, (which was my earlier special responsibility). Back in the 60’s he was a young Tibetan monk who cleaned the windows and floors, and now he is the in charge. I suppose in 30 years one could learn quite a lot. I sat down with him that day and told him I remembered him, described his earlier job, and shared a number of memories with him. He was surprised, I do not think he comprehended that I was the same Domo Geshe, although, everything I said about him, he absolutely agreed. Perhaps that was because I did not look quite the same as my just previous life! Because ...

I have heard about an early Christian sect called the Desert Fathers, solitary hermits who spent years in the wilderness, meditating. One hermit spent part of each day gathering twigs and branches building a huge pile only to set it on fire at the end of the year. It is said that the hermit rejoiced at the bonfire because it represented the value of the useless activities in comparison to true values. They were as nothing to him! I can relate this to the Tibetan hermit cave meditators such as Milarepa and the seventh Domo Geshe who cared nothing for worldly life. Milarepa would not leave his meditation even to stitch another clothing from the cloth brought to him. Instead, he tore off a piece and wrapped it around his finger that was becoming blistered from his prayer beads! The tree photographed accompanying this perhaps was done by a descendant of a desert father, knitting a cover for a tree to show us how useless worldly pursuits are. No matter if that was their motivation or not; I...