Writing Books on Meditation
Rinpoche gave the following advice to a student who does healing work, and teaches yoga and meditation. The advice concerned her plan to write books on meditation for children.
Use as a basis the Ten Divine Dharmas, with my commentary, together with the four ways to make life most meaningful: kindness, forgiveness, rejoicing, and tolerance. Then, on the basis of these, use your own wisdom. On that basis, however many billions of books you write, they will be extremely beneficial and worthwhile. They will bring peace to children, the world, and sentient beings. Through this, all their wishes will be fulfilled.
By fulfilling other’s wishes, your wishes are fulfilled. This is Dharma/spiritual politics. By harming others, then we receive harm. By benefiting others, then we will receive benefit. From that basis, strive to have a better life and to develop more qualities. If you have realizations, and a healthy body, you can offer deeper service to others.
By controlling your mind, then you can use your body and mind to benefit other sentient beings. Your mind is under your control. With this, you can free sentient beings from samsaric suffering. Otherwise, there will be a lot of obstacles, even to fulfilling your own happiness, and even more to fulfilling others’ happiness, especially ultimate happiness.
The more you have love and compassion, then the wealthier you become, and the more you can give to others. Even though the result is your own happiness, you don’t have to have a selfish motivation. It works that way because that is the natural law of action. It is like planting a seed. When you have planted a seed, and all the conditions are present, then even if you pray for the seed to not grow, still it will grow. Likewise, you will receive happiness, even though you don’t wish it, because it is a dependent arising. When the causes and conditions are there, then the result comes.
The more pure you become, the more highly attained you become, the more you can offer service to others. When you are enlightened, then you make no mistakes, and you can offer perfect service to sentient beings. With time you can become a perfect guide.