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The mind is pretty complicated and the mind desires for this and that, too many things, not really seeking for Dharma of liberation

“Bless me so that my mind will turn to the Dharma!” It’s very difficult for our mind to turn to the Dharma. Even though we think we are Dharma practitioners and have some belief in Dharma but our mind is in a different place mostly, not following the Dharma. Maybe it’s in the emotional world, not in the Dharma world. The Dharma world is very peaceful and very pure. Our mind is not very pure.

Guru not only knows you but also knows everything of you

“Kind and precious root lama who knows me.” The Guru is kind and precious because due to His kindness we’re able to receive teachings and to be taken to the correct path. “Knowing”. The Guru has to know you, because that’s the Guru and you’re His student. Still, this is not only about knowing about student, but also knowing you’re in a dangerous situation.

Dharma teacher has to have a good history – a long history of studying, history of practice, history of good conduct and a history of good realization

Everyone knows that a teacher, any kind of teacher, has to have good qualities and be well-learned, otherwise [he] cannot teach the students. It’s the same in the Dharma.

Buddha mentioned the students to have inspections first because bad things will inevitably happen when getting the wrong guru

When Like Jigme practiced Guru Yoga, he visualized Longchenpa as the Buddha. There was no impure thought towards Guru. For the Dharma practitioners, specifically Vajrayana practitioners, the Guru is very important.

Guru is the main deity in the center of all the mandalas

We need to understand the Guru is inseparable from all the Buddhas, the Bodhisattvas and all the mandala. The Guru is the main deity in the center of all the mandalas.

Thinking of Guru all the time of day and night will give us a great power to protect ourselves from Samsara

The idea to practice Guru Yoga is to receive the blessing from Guru, which means one becomes inseparable from Guru. One doesn’t have to have too many thoughts but only faith, only mindfulness, only visualization of Guru.

When people do not have any faith in the Buddha’s Dharma then temples, statues, stupas have no meaning

It is important to understand that Buddhism is not the external thing. It is something internal.

Without correct understanding then one places too much belief in things, and it is not very good

And because when they have no belief in anything, that can be very dangerous. That can destroy the good seeds, many good tendencies.

Without understanding what is real Dharma, people often mix real Dharma with worldly dharmas

As I said earlier we need to understand what is real Dharma and what is not Dharma. Dharma is something beyond worldly dharmas. Worldly dharmas is not the real Dharma.

To meditate on what we have learned, [on] the essence of the teachings given by the Buddha Shakyamuni

Of course, as Dharma persons, it is important to study, to think and to meditate on all of these things. Only studying, only hearing is not enough, we have to use our own knowledge, our own wisdom to try to get the essence of that meaning [of teachings].