What is the opposite of Dharma?
When we do not study, when we do not practice Dharma, we are heavily polluted by negative emotions.
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We should see what is dharma and what is not dharma otherwise we can get lost
“They even go so far as to trample on the commitment there should be between a lama and a student, even.” They should not do that. So the jealousy or envy everywhere. Everyone has some somehow this kind of mental problem.
When you see this people important and that people not important you act accordingly
When you see this people important and that people not important you act accordingly. Then the people you think not important they are unhappy and they try criticize you and you are unhappy. The people you see very close to you, and you do your best to help them then they were very satisfied then bring a lot of troubles. Anyway, it is not actually correct here.
We see things so important then we don’t care about dharma
“Busy for something” means we are distracted by that busy thing. So, these things, material things, worldly things affect everyone. Everyone is busy for those things. “[This is destructive] in part or completely to their own peace of mind, mutual respect, even belief in the law of karma;” means [one is] distracted by these things then it destroys the understanding or the belief.
Titles will keep them busy and have no time to practice
In China and Tibet, in every school of Buddhism, of course there are “tulkus”. You know that “tulkus” means reincarnation, which means someone more important than others monk or nuns and that keeps the tulkus busy. The Tulku has naturally a lot of responsibilities that keep the Tulkus busy and maybe not to have time … Read more
These things keep people, like monks or nuns, away from the path as they never sit down
If we see carefully, we’ll see the people or the Dharma people, even the inner people of Buddha Shakyamuni like monks or nuns, are also busy. They are not busy because of practicing Dharma but doing so many other things.
People like us are half like dharma people – half not dharma people
We are not really being Dharma practitioners, but at the same time, we try to be Dharma practitioners, though we don’t really follow [Dharma] correctly. And we are still lost, still under the control of non-Buddhist thoughts that’s not in accordance with Dharma.
Our ignorance makes us scared and worried without a good reason
There are a lot of fears in our mind, and we worry for many things. Our ignorance makes us scared and worried without a good reason. Sometimes, we don’t really need to worry too much like that, but [this is] our nature to worry about things.
People are easy to have blind faith that is not based on study, a good reason, good thinking
People are easy to have blind faith that is not based on study, a good reason, good thinking. But [we need] faith that is very pure that comes from good conditions and causes: to hear the Dharma, think carefully the meaning of Dharma and try to the get essence of that, try to get the experience from one’s studies. So, blind faith is never good and we should try to avoid from being blind faithful.
We need the true understanding of the problems of people and society
I think we discus quite a lot. Sometimes it’s like being criticizing but when we talk about the benefits of Dharma, why do we need Dharma, then of course, we need the true understanding of the problems of people and society and [how] Dharma can solve many problems in this world. So, we need to talk about some negative things about our world and about people [in this world].
