Daily Life and Dharma
Daily Life and Dharma
IN GYALWANG DRUKPA sense If you think deeply and profoundly, eventually you would understand that the wisdom of thanking the karma is based on some knowledge, which might have been given by some gurus or masters or found in some teachings of Buddha. I am not saying that you should not thank the Buddha or the masters. What I am saying is that there is a logic, indirectly to thank them. But the immediate object of appreciation should be your karma.
In our daily practice, efforts should be made to develop compassion and wisdom. Generally speaking, these two are missing in our life. There may be a few of you, who have reached a state of very high realization. Then for you, there is no worry. But commonly speaking, because we have yet attained realization, therefore, we need rely on and hold onto the practice of compassion and wisdom.
Compassion, love and wisdom have to be developed within ourselves. They are not something that you can get from outside. They have to come from within yourself. In a way, it is not really important to practice compassion, loving-kindness and wisdom at home. But in another way, it is very important because everything is relative, inter-connected, and interdependent. This is the reason why I said, "rely on." One has to rely on something. If you are already realized, then you do not have to rely on anything. But you are not realized right now, so you have to rely on something, like this kind of practice.In its unrealized, relative state, life is samsara, and life is suffering. But once you realize the ultimate truth, life itself becomes cognition. So, there is no need to go or fabricate any further. But unfortunately, you are not realized right now and you have to do something else in order to realize the ultimate state.Refuge and Bodhicitta is something that you have to understand. Many of you have already gone through this kind of practice a lot of times already. Therefore, there is no need to say anything again.
IN GYALWANG DRUKPA sense If you think deeply and profoundly, eventually you would understand that the wisdom of thanking the karma is based on some knowledge, which might have been given by some gurus or masters or found in some teachings of Buddha. I am not saying that you should not thank the Buddha or the masters. What I am saying is that there is a logic, indirectly to thank them. But the immediate object of appreciation should be your karma.
In our daily practice, efforts should be made to develop compassion and wisdom. Generally speaking, these two are missing in our life. There may be a few of you, who have reached a state of very high realization. Then for you, there is no worry. But commonly speaking, because we have yet attained realization, therefore, we need rely on and hold onto the practice of compassion and wisdom.
Compassion, love and wisdom have to be developed within ourselves. They are not something that you can get from outside. They have to come from within yourself. In a way, it is not really important to practice compassion, loving-kindness and wisdom at home. But in another way, it is very important because everything is relative, inter-connected, and interdependent. This is the reason why I said, "rely on." One has to rely on something. If you are already realized, then you do not have to rely on anything. But you are not realized right now, so you have to rely on something, like this kind of practice.In its unrealized, relative state, life is samsara, and life is suffering. But once you realize the ultimate truth, life itself becomes cognition. So, there is no need to go or fabricate any further. But unfortunately, you are not realized right now and you have to do something else in order to realize the ultimate state.Refuge and Bodhicitta is something that you have to understand. Many of you have already gone through this kind of practice a lot of times already. Therefore, there is no need to say anything again.