Satisfied Buddhist - Domo Geshe Rinpoche

Taking responsibility for our actions is an important aspect of Buddhist refuge in the Dharma: the teachings of the liberating path that eradicate suffering. It frees us from our own lies and guilt making us suitable to to hear the dharma with a clean heart. If we cannot trust ourself, we cannot trust the wisdom of th e fully enlightened sages. ~Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~ "Verantwortung für unsere Handlungen zu übernehmen ist ein wichtiger Aspekt der buddhistischen Zufluchtnahme zum Dharma, den Lehren des befreienden Pfads, die das Leiden auslöschen. Dies befreit uns von unseren eigenen Lügen und unserer Schuld und versetzt uns in die Lage, das Dharma mit reinem Herzen zu vernehmen. Wenn wir uns nicht selbst vertrauen, können wir der Weisheit der völlig Erleuchteten auch nicht vertrauen." - Domo Geshe Rinpoche ---

“In order to obtain perfect enlightenment, I vow from now on to go for refuge to the guru and three precious gems and not abandon sentient beings. I will practice the six perfections.” The next part of the refuge vow presents the challenge, “I vow from now on.” That means “I.” For most people, the most important word is “I.” The next most important word is ‘Me.” And the third most important word is “Mine.” We use this number one important word here; “I” means personal responsibility. This states, “I am responsible for my own progress. I am responsible for my destiny. I take responsibility for the errors I have made in the past, and I take responsibility for purifying the errors which I have made.” ~Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~~ "" 'Um die vollkommene Erleuchtung zu erlangen, gelobe ich von nun an bis zur Erleuchtung Zuflucht zum Guru und den drei Juwelen zu nehmen und fühlende Lebewesen nicht im Stich zu lassen. Ich werde die sechs Vollkommenheiten praktizieren.' Der nächs...

You are probably thinking that experiencing karma is completely in the gross physical or mental levels of being, but that is not true. It is experienced in both the subtle level as well as arising into the denser manifestations of karma, which culminate in physical events, as well as becoming your environment. It is in the outer world, but you are experiencing it through the filter of your magic charm: the mass of your karma that is yet unfulfilled because suitable conditions have not arrived. Student: I like the movement from subtle to manifest as you say, so the question for me that comes is, okay, if it comes from that subtle plane, it has to have a pathway into the gross plane. What is that pathway? Rinpoche: That is you standing with the door open, saying, " Let the disaster begin." Student: Oh, in that case, are you going to teach us how to shut the door to bad karma coming from our subtle reality? Rinpoche: Karma is actually a subject for very long periods...