If you listen to what your Guru says that is enough
I mentioned the importance of faith, believing or confidence, in the Dharma, the practice, in the Guru, or in the Three Jewels. That is the key to any Dharma practice.
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It is difficult to comprehend the extent of their dedication to the Dharma
The cold, snow, and winds threaten and weaken everything. However, with great strength of mind and a faith in the Dharma that is as unchanging as a vajra, the people are not intimidated by the cold. It is difficult to comprehend the extent of their dedication to the Dharma.
If you have faith to just practice Guru Rinpoche, that’s enough
The essence of Guru Rinpoche is the same as the essence of Buddha Shakyamuni. In Sutrayana there’s Buddha Shakyamuni. In Tantrayana there’s [Buddha] Padmasambhava.
When one receives blessing from Guru Rinpoche, one can practice without obstacles
To be able to remove obstacles it’s important to pray, to think of, and to practice Guru Rinpoche, to recite Guru Rinpoche mantra.
It is an even greater bad karma for someone who is practicing the mahāyāna to have envy
The kind Buddha taught again and again that the era when desire, anger, and envy are widespread is a degenerate era.
The mind desires to enjoy meat, the body of sentient beings is loveless and that is the opposite of the essence of the Dharma
The mahāyāna teaches that we should see all beings as our parents and we should always care from them with love, compassion, and the precious bodhicitta. Moreover, it teaches that the attainment of liberation and enlightenment cannot be attained except through meditation on love for all beings.
Buddha primarily gave his permission to eat meat only when there was a famine
It is evident that within Buddhism there are those who say one can eat meat and those who say that one should not.
In this life, happiness or unhappiness is results of karma and karma is a truth
At this time, we have obtained a human body that has a human existence in this world. When we have the pleasant and unpleasant experiences of human beings we express different states of happiness and unhappiness. We are like children who wander through happiness and unhappiness, laughing and smiling one moment and crying the next.
To recite the mantra is not enough and we have to develop Bodhicitta
To recite the mantra is not enough and we have to develop Bodhicitta. One has to do that not only for oneself but also for others. Bodhicitta is a kind of motivation. “Bodhi” means “enlightened” and “cita” is “heart”. “Bodhicitta” is “enlightened heart”. What is “enlightened heart”?
To dissolve into Amitabha’s heart and stay in his enlightened mind is the practice of no-ego
Once you transfer your consciousness as syllable SHRI into Amitabha’s heart, Amitabha’s mind, then you dissolve into Amitabha’s heart, you are not here anymore.
