Satisfied Buddhist - Domo Geshe Rinpoche

In the courtyard of Ganden Jangtse Monastery in South India, I saw a large statue of Gandhi in the debate courtyard, the entryway to this beautiful monastery. I was inspired to remember that Gandhi taught that brotherhood and nonviolence ne ver comes from giving up, but from arises from deep logic; aggressive conflict was not going to succeed. Gandhi suffered long before he was able to shift to nonviolence as a core value. Like Gandhi, our Buddhist practice helps us understand that just because we have compassion and love toward someone that has done wrong doesn’t mean we agree with them. That would be false compassion. Turn the heart, and realize that the wild flow within the mind is what needs to be tamed. This is dharma! ~ Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~ "Im Innenhof des Ganden Jangtse Klosters in Südindien sah ich auf dem Debattierplatz, dem Eingang zu diesem wunderschönen Kloster, eine große Statue von Gandhi. Sie regte mich dazu an, mich daran zu erinnern, was Gandhi lehrte: ...

This wonderful world is a specialized arena for evolutionary practice. If all goes well, in part, we will perfect our capacity to get along with others, the second great lesson of life. The main problem that we face is a naturally arising  sense of “others” before us, a perceptual barrier between ourselves and others. So far, the closest we can get to making a deep connection with others is under the strategy of “mine.” My family. My boyfriend. My girlfriend. This is my country. By trying to work around this innate confusion through a semi-skillful use of “mine, a kind of false altruism arises that actually morphs a toxic sense of “me” into “mine.” ~ Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~ "Diese wunderbare Welt ist eine spezialisierte Arena für eine evolutionäre Praxis. Wenn alles gut geht werden wir unsere Fähigkeit uns mit anderen zu verstehen teilweise perfektionieren, was die zweite große Lektion des Lebens darstellt. Das Hauptproblem, dem wir begegnen, ist ein natürlich vor uns aufsteig...

The heart knows; how kind it is, waiting for the mind to awaken. ~DGR ~~~ Within the vast path of healing purification, we gradually become aware of how strongly we are enmeshed in an existential dilemma. The Buddhas core teachings of the four noble truths, and understanding dependent arising shake us out of complacency, making us fresh and clean again. These wonderful ideas stimulate new viewpoints in us, not so much helping us learn who we are, but who we are not. ~Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~ ""Innerhalb des großen Pfads heilender Reinigung wird uns allmählich bewusst, wie stark wir in ein existenzielles Dilemma verstrickt sind. Die Kernlehren des Buddhas über die vier edlen Wahrheiten und das Verständnis abhängigen Entstehens rütteln uns aus unserer Gleichgültigkeit auf und lassen uns wieder frisch und rein werden. Diese wunderbaren Ideen regen neue Sichtweisen in uns an und helfen uns nicht so sehr dabei zu lernen wer wir sind, sondern eher, wer wir nicht sin...