Satisfied Buddhist - Domo Geshe Rinpoche

Work is what we do whether we like it or not, but no one can make us play! If the play is a sport or other fun activity, but the mental attitude of enjoyment is not there, then it is work. Play is a delicate balance of states of mind. Even in the midst of playing, if that disappears, then we are not having fun any more... and need to quit. That is why it is good to view spiritual development as work, otherwise we only meditate when it is enjoyable or fun. When we have no endurance because of a lack of commitment to the real work of change, it is only done for fun, like a roller-coaster or watching a TV show. ~Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~ "Arbeiten ist das was wir tun, egal ob wir es wollen oder nicht - aber niemand kann uns zum Spielen zwingen! Egal ob das Spiel aus Sport oder Spaß besteht: wenn die geistige Einstellung der Freude fehlt, dann ist es Arbeit. Spiel ist ein empfindliches Ausbalancieren von Geisteszuständen. Wenn das verschwindet haben wir auch keinen Spaß mehr und ...

"It is easy to lose sight of the simple fact that career and business life rents our body and mental faculties; they pay us money to do things for them. Others pay rent on us that gives us the money to pay for other things we want and need. Aside from any ideas we might hold about enjoying our work, we are paid to perform a function. However, if we identify so much with our job that we cannot stop renting our mind for free after business hours and switch over to personal life, there is no rest at all!" ~Domo Geshe Rinpoche~~~ "Es fácil perder la vista del hecho simple que la carrera y el mundo de los negocios alquilan nuestro cuerpo y facultades mentales; ellos nos pagan el dinero para hacer cosas para ellos. Los otros pagan el alquiler en nosotros que nos da el dinero para pagar otras cosas que queremos y necesitamos. Aparte de cualquier idea podríamos sostener sobre el gozo de nuestro trabajo, nos pagan para realizar una función. ¡Sin embargo, si nos identificamos tant...

I saw a story in Newsweek about nudist colonies. Now, I do not advocate a special Buddhist nudist colony. However, the article in the magazine said this is the natural way of being and it is much better, very open and healthy . This article made me think of being a mental nudist, a Buddhist mental nudist. In the privacy of our own thoughts, we would be healthier if we did not have pretensions with our self. A mental nudist would feel constricted with ideas of, “This is what I am like, this is what I am not like, I have to always act this way, I have to be this,” We could drop pretensions and enter inside to where our more real identity is waiting. In the privacy of our own space, we have choices that are not available in daily life. The pressures of office and the judgments that need to be made are like a teacher standing among seven-year-olds screaming and vying for attention. If the teacher could slow down and watch the children jumping slowly, to see what is actually happeni...