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Experiencing Bliss in Retreat

My very dear Anila,Thank you very much for your kind letter.If you have good experiences with Vajrasattva it means you have karma with Vajrasattva, also that Vajrasattva is blessing you with these experiences.When you have some bliss then you can mak

Angry With Organization

You can't get angry to sentient beings, from whom you receive every single happiness from beginningless rebirths, present and future liberation from oceans of samsaric suffering, and total cessation of obscurations and complete realization.That is mo

Harsh Words

Your decisions are correct but the problem is the way they are expressed – with harsh words and anger. These are extra and unnecessary; they create problems.

Eliminating Anger

Advice to a person who worked as a driver for a Dharma center and who complained of being very angry with his family.

Contribution to World Peace

Each time you stop being angry, by practicing patience, this becomes your most practical contribution to world peace. 

Practicing Patience

A student wrote to Rinpoche saying that he had been a monk for 21 years but there had been many interferences in his life. Rinpoche replied as follows.

Dealing with Anger

My very dear Christian,This is really an opportunity to practice the path of patience. The purpose of practicing patience is to have immediate peace and happiness within you.

Fed Up With Anger

Very good. That’s very good. It’s very good if you get some aversion to your anger. It helps you to get free from samsara. If you develop aversion toward anger and toward all the delusions, it helps you to reach enlightenment quickly.

Attachment and Ordination

Regarding what you said about attachment being challenging for you while you’re on retreat, desire is very sneaky, like a snake. We think it’s our friend, but all it does is cause us suffering.

Disadvantages of Attachment

My attachment wants to prevent me from enlightening numberless sentient beings, from achieving enlightenment, from achieving all realizations, and from achieving liberation from samsara for myself and a good rebirth in the next life.