Satisfied Buddhist - Domo Geshe Rinpoche

 One person can do alot! Never be discouraged. ~DGR ~~~ Wisdom can be perceived as a special interior light. This special quality of fully enlightened illumination is what shines in those who are fully awakened. It is so amazing, that the qualities of this brilliance are extolled in scripture and praises to the enlightened state and yet remains brilliance, which is both unimaginable and in describable. It is possible to see many, many different kinds of inner light, but brilliance of wisdom is beyond that. In certain situations, one can see light, for example, hitting my head can cause me to “see stars.” Some years ago I heard about a Hindu boy who gathered a number of Western adherents, teaching them how to find the light by training them to press on their eyeballs. Of course, when you press your eyeballs, you will definitely see light. He said that is the wisdom light and so he became very famous. Let’s not think that squeezing on our eyeballs will help us fin...

Be the mirror reflecting inner light and not the base metal that holds the mirror. Do not be proud about it or show off! Then, being steady and reliable to inner being will be effortless. Polish the mirror! ~Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~~ "Sei der Spiegel, der das innere Licht reflektiert und ni...cht das einfache Metall, das den Spiegel hält. Sei nicht stolz oder angeberisch deswegen! Dann wirst Du mühelos stetig und verlässlich für Dein inneres Wesen da sein können. Poliere den Spiegel!" - Domo Geshe Rinpoche ---

I was in Mumbai, India several years ago, accompanied by a number of students on our way to His Holinesses teaching. Since it was my first time in South India, we walked around Mumbai for a while. We came upon a large number of Tibetan sweater sellers with their knitted wares displayed in the open air off a busy street. They began to crowd around me and my two students, wanting me to bless their babies, their sweater businesses, as well as telling me their sufferings. It was an intense experience with cars whizzing by. Finally, I had to be taken away because too many people were crowding in. One Indian man followed me, imploring my helpers to be allowed to talk to me. They were saying, “No, now Rinpoche is finished,” but he was so insistent that I finally said to let him talk. He said, “You know, 16 years ago, I saw the God light!” I said, “That’s very good.” But I could also see this man was a bit disturbed; not only had he seen the light, but he could never get back to the light no m...