Satisfied Buddhist - Domo Geshe Rinpoche

How we use the precious gift of speech can produce wholesome or unhappy karma in our future. Sometimes, we can't help it when we verbally “act out”. For example, some folks were raised in a family that tended to shout and verbally bully others to get what she or he wanted and that harmful training has an unwanted undercurrent influence to the way we talk even now many years later.  How we talk o r even energetically communicate (a part of the speech element of the mind), often gets us into trouble. Sometimes it doesn't get us what we want but instead just gets more trouble. Even though the words may be sweet, there may be an unspoken energetic whip-lashing behind our words and no benefit comes of it. Because this early training isn't easy to break, spiritual practitioners may have to use more mindfulness when speaking. To help that process, a consistent daily meditation practice will heal those harmful influences, reduce stress and help us develop our deep and true compa...

“Why would I be concerned about compassionate speech? It would be better to just speak less and pray for others more to achieve the desired results. That is not true, because it is an important part of both main reasons to be alive as a human being. The first is to learn the true nature of compassion, and the second reason is to learn how to get along with others. Compassionate speech strikes both causes of why you, specifically, are here in the human realm” ~Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~ ¿" por qué estaría preocupado yo por el discurso compasivo? Sería mejor hablar sólo menos y rezar de otros más para conseguir los resultados deseados. No es verdad, porque es una parte importante de ambos motivos principales de estar vivo como un ser humano. El primer debe aprender la naturaleza verdadera de la compasión, y la segunda razón es aprender a ponerse junto con otros. El discurso compasivo golpea ambas causas de por qué, expresamente, estás aquí en el reino humano” ~Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~...