Satisfied Buddhist - Domo Geshe Rinpoche

Come to Winter Retreat in Albuquerque, New Mexico "Like a flash of lightning, the awakening blessing is not just a gentle entry of illumination into the ordinary mind for ordinary needs using ordinary leisure and endowment. That is not enough leisure and endowment. We request a tremendous burst of illuminated power and energy to open the door to enlightened nature" ~ Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~ "Der erweckende Segen ist wie ein Blitz, nicht nur ein sanfter Eintritt der Illumination in den normalen Geist für normale Bedürfnisse unter Verwendung normaler Freiheit und Reichtums. Freiheit und Reichtum reichen dafür nicht aus. Wir erbitten einen gewaltigen Schwall illuminierter Macht und Energie, um die Tür zur erleuchteten Natur zu öffnen."- Domo Geshe Rinpoche---

What is the ideal human life that supports a spiritual awakening? We need time or leisure to practice and ability or endowments to prepare for enlightenment. Leisure and endowment come from luck or fate you made by karma previously. In the airport one day, I was attracted by some bright sparkling lights and found a machine where you get these little cards for a dollar or two dollars, sometimes five dollars. You put your money in, whatever you are willing to spend, and out pops a card that you scratch. Are you a winner? You do not know if you have the good luck you are depending on, and that is part of your karma. Even you put a lot of money in, thinking it will bring a better chance of getting a good card, you still don’t know. However, you do possess some luck and perhaps not realize that you can manipulate it by making effort. That is the purpose of this discussion. You are capable of manipulating luck by understanding that it is possible, also being serious and realistic about what ...