Transforming Negativities
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- 2020
The Human Being
According to Gelek Rimpoche, all basic Buddhist teachings are edicated to transforming negativities. Through learning, analyzing and the practice of meditation, we can clear our negative thoughts, id…
Sat 27 Jun 2020
How Can We Improve Ourselves?
Can we improve ourselves? And if so, how do we do it? The Buddhist goal is to become a Buddha, but our goal right now should be to become a better person as we move closer to that ideal. In this less…
Sat 27 Jun 2020
What is Buddha Nature?
Buddha nature is the basis of our spiritual practice, and the basis on which we are trying to uplift and improve ourselves. Buddha nature is the pure part of ourselves that continues on after death. …
Sat 27 Jun 2020
Signs that Buddha Nature Is Activated and Growing
As we die our awareness shrinks and our consciousness becomes very subtle. At that point, we lose control, so either our negativities or our wisdom will take over. At death, our Buddha nature may or …
Sat 27 Jun 2020
Questions and Answers
Rimpoche answers questions from students such as: If mind cannot become form, how do manifestations occur? What is Buddha nature? Is it a quality of the mind or a potentiality of the mind? When someo…
Sat 27 Jun 2020
Absolute and Relative Truth, and Dependent Origination
The Buddha taught that there are two truths: relative and absolute. They are sometimes called: “conventional and ultimate truth.” In this lesson, Rimpoche explains the necessity to embrace both truth…
Sat 27 Jun 2020
Our Biggest Problem is Ignorance
To transform our negative emotions, first we must understand the base, which is ourselves in this life. Then, we have to understand dependent arising, or emptiness, which is revealed through existenc…
Sat 27 Jun 2020
The Importance of Mahayana Motivation
In this lesson Rimpoche discusses the importance of Mahayana motivation in everything we do. “It is not what you do but why you do it.” In Mahayana practice, we dedicate everything we do for the bene…
Sat 27 Jun 2020
Attachment
Attachment is called the “glue of samsara” because it causes us to get stuck in never ending cycles of rebirth. Rimpoche urges us to overcome our denial and recognize our problems such as anger and a…
Sat 27 Jun 2020
Anger
In this lesson, Rimpoche talks about anger and its antidote, patience. Anger has the same negative effect on our minds whether directed at a living being or an inanimate object. Anger, which creates …
Sat 27 Jun 2020
Pride
Pride is one of the eight fears from which Tara gives protection. The eight fears are called the “nightmares” of the spiritual practitioner and pride is one of them. The lion symbolizes pride because…
Sat 27 Jun 2020
Doubt
In this lesson Rimpoche discusses doubt, one of the root delusions that causes us trouble. Doubting the four Noble Truths, doubting Buddha, dharma and sangha, and doubting karma are what this root de…
Sat 27 Jun 2020
Cultivating Intelligent Faith
Intelligent faith is the balance between blind faith and doubt. Spiritual development is the struggle between negative habitual patterns and the positive patterns we would like to create. For this we…
Sat 27 Jun 2020
Five deluded views that lead to Ignorance
Rimpoche reviews the five wrong views: 1. Jig Ta, or looking at our collection of impermanent skandhas (form, feeling, discrimination and volition within the individual, plus the senses: sight, sound…
Sat 27 Jun 2020
Transforming Ignorance is the most difficult task
Ignorance underlies and links all the other negative emotions. Clearing the ignorance within us is extremely difficult. It is the ignorant “I,” not our Buddha nature, which has negative emotions. Our…
Sat 27 Jun 2020
How negativities grow
Rimpoche continues the discussion of ignorance, the root of all delusions. The direct opponent to ignorance is wisdom. This wisdom is the wisdom of knowing the fundamental true nature of reality, whi…
Sat 27 Jun 2020
Factors that cause growth of negativity
The third factor that affects the growth of negativity is the influence of virtuous and non-virtuous friends. In order to be virtuous, you need support. The sangha is your support system. If you have…
Sat 27 Jun 2020
The effect of delusions on the individual
Delusions destroy your mind and morality. Morality means protecting yourself from negativities by keeping vows and commitments. When delusions come up within you, they go against your personal commit…
Sat 27 Jun 2020
How negativities affect death and rebirth
Rimpoche teaches on why it is better to die with a positive mind than a negative one. He explains what to do to help someone who is dying, including making sure that the person dies peacefully, witho…
Sat 27 Jun 2020
The necessity of daily practice and meditation
Rimpoche explains why it is absolutely necessary to have a daily practice in order to put into effect the things he discussed during this series of talks. He recommends saying a series of short praye…
Sat 27 Jun 2020
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