If there is no vital Great Sangha ornamented by the three trainings, the monastery is only a tourist site or a business center
What makes a monastery a monastery? The physical representations of a monastery are only symbols.
Thời gian: On the Right Path
All these great results come from the conduct of the Great Sangha who have been practicing little attachment and great contentment
The number of practitioners in the sangha has increased since Lamasang passed away. Also, we have built more retreat centers to practice Dzogpa Chenpo, the Great Perfection.
The person is becoming more important and famous – a lot of busy things arrive on the path – that is delusion
(“Bless me so that delusion on the path will cease!”) “Delusion” here means when one tries to be a very good Dharma practitioner.
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].
“Dharma politics” can destroy people’s devotion to Buddhist Dharma and destroy Buddha’s Dharma
Buddha Shakyamuni said Buddhist teaching is destroyed by the Dharma people. There’re are outer and inner Dharma people. The inner people are very close to the Buddha, to the Dharma; Those people are monks and nuns. And there are many other [kind of] Dharma practitioners.
Buddha has many ways to liberate sentient beings, whatever benefits sentient beings Buddha definitely does
Therefore, for us it is not smart to say that Buddha taught only Hiayana, or Buddha did not teach Vajrayana teachings. Because we do not know actually.
The Dharma will be destroyed by it’s own people, no external implements can really destroy Dharma
Good leadership or good education make a big difference for the understanding and conduct of people. For that reason, it’s our responsibility to educate and to teach people to have greater understanding, better conduct and more honesty. (Honesty is real gold, real diamonds, real jewels.)
