Entering the Bodhisattva Path with Geshe Thubten Soepa: Public Talk and Retreat (part 3)

0:03 Oh yes, now, yes, we said if you have bodhicitta, then you, everybody respect you. Even Buddha respect you. Holy beings also respect you. That is number nine, you know, number nine. Now we go number ten. Report an error in the passage at 0:03 Highlight the passage at 0:03

0:41 Yes, please read number 10. Like the supreme gold-making elixir, it takes the unclean body and transforms it into the priceless jewel, a victor's body. Therefore, firmly seize the so-called mind of enlightenment. Report an error in the passage at 0:41 Highlight the passage at 0:41

0:59 that is a... Report an error in the passage at 0:59 Highlight the passage at 0:59

1:04 don't know this how to doing. Report an error in the passage at 1:04 Highlight the passage at 1:04

1:12 means a... Report an error in the passage at 1:12 Highlight the passage at 1:12

1:16 Some liquor makes, isn't it? Yes. Liquor makes all metals transforming to gold. I never see, but maybe they have that. Also long ago, Nagarjuna, he is 600 years, he long life. years. Buddha also recommended I pass away after four hundred years later, Nagarjuna come, Nagarjuna come, many times, many sutras they have. Report an error in the passage at 1:16 Highlight the passage at 1:16

2:06 Anyway, Nagarjuna, he went in Nagaland and then he come back. then he Transforming to metal into gold. That makes, he make, what say, re-establish. He re-established? Yeah, budhgaya stupa. On the top, something making. He have lot gold. Yeah, that I heard he making. Report an error in the passage at 2:06 Highlight the passage at 2:06

2:49 He's making a lot of money. But money not using that time. Gold using that time. Gold more expensive. Money, I think, time of Buddha no money. That time no money because each other changing. I give you rice, you give me vegetable. Look like something changing. No money. money no using later I don't know when money start they have anyway that time Nagarjuna also did that similar buddhichitta to Report an error in the passage at 2:49 Highlight the passage at 2:49

3:39 you have buddhichitta thank you you have bodhicitta, then, you you are... Many activities, even your attachment, your, I think, angry not much, all delusions also transforming to beneficial way. And, yeah, everything transforming to, even they say, some sutras say, Kaka also transforming to medicine, you know, kaka. Similar, if you have bodhicitta, everything become beneficial way, you can do, even kaka make medicine. Report an error in the passage at 3:39 Highlight the passage at 3:39

4:41 All your attachment, anger, jealousy, all transforming to something beneficial way. Report an error in the passage at 4:41 Highlight the passage at 4:41

4:53 I think anger all day, anger, ignorance, Report an error in the passage at 4:53 Highlight the passage at 4:53

5:05 high yoga tantra using anger also transforming, ignorance also transforming, attachment also transforming, everything something transforming, you know, ignorance transforming tantra. I think typically, Report an error in the passage at 5:05 Highlight the passage at 5:05

5:37 you know, you need bodhicitta or compassion, you need perfect wisdom, then you can transform to Gakha is medicine or attachment also beneficial way. Report an error in the passage at 5:37 Highlight the passage at 5:37

5:56 delusions also using, you know. But what you need, you need buddhicitta. You need perfect wisdom. Report an error in the passage at 5:56 Highlight the passage at 5:56

6:14 metal can't transform into gold. like this, look like, buddhichitta is that much power means like. Thank you. So this verse is explaining that the power of bodhicitta is so tremendous that it's similar to the power that has been said that some types of liquor, some types of elixir have to transform base metals into gold. Report an error in the passage at 6:14 Highlight the passage at 6:14

6:44 Geshe Thubten was saying, you know, I've never seen that really happen, but there are stories of how Nagarjuna who was Predicted by Shakyamuni Buddha, Shakyamuni Buddha said, 400 years after I die, Nagarjuna will come. You know, he said this in several sutras. And when Nagarjuna did come, he lived for 600 years. Report an error in the passage at 6:44 Highlight the passage at 6:44

7:06 They say he had an extremely long lifespan. He went down to the Naga lands. Nagas are these beings in the animal realm that have some qualities like snakes, but some qualities like humans, and they live in the depths. And when he came back from there, they say that he had this special elixir that could transform metals into gold to the point that he was able to reestablish the stupa in Bodh Gaya and make a huge ornament of gold on the top of it. Report an error in the passage at 7:06 Highlight the passage at 7:06

7:44 And so what this verse is getting at is that when you have bodhicitta, then everything about you becomes transformed into something positive. So even your body waste becomes medicine, you know, and even your attachment, your anger, your ignorance become transformed into positive things. So in highest yoga tantra, we teach methods for transforming each of these things, for using attachment as something beneficial on the path. Report an error in the passage at 7:44 Highlight the passage at 7:44

8:19 Same with anger, same with ignorance. But in order to do that, what you need is you need bodhicitta and you need perfect wisdom. If you have those two things, then you have the elixir. But if you don't have bodhicitta, then you don't have the elixir to transform these things. Oh yes, then please read. Since the soul helmsman of migrating beings, the limitless mind has upon thorough investigation seen its preciousness. Report an error in the passage at 8:19 Highlight the passage at 8:19

8:50 All beings wishing to be free from the abodes of migration firmly seize this precious mind of enlightenment. Thank you. That is also like bodhicitta's beneficial telling, main topic, main idea. This bodhicitta is more beneficial. I think 200, 2000 years ago, you know, Report an error in the passage at 8:50 Highlight the passage at 8:50

9:23 Today, I don't know how to make money, big money, how to make, I don't know. Long ago, you know, country very poor, so many poor country, then some men have courage and some men, you know, good captain have courage. Then he bring many 500 people go by boat and then go in, I don't know, Washington or some island. Report an error in the passage at 9:23 Highlight the passage at 9:23

10:07 They have many jewel or something fine. They have no people, something fine. And that bring home. island. Report an error in the passage at 10:07 Highlight the passage at 10:07

10:19 Then they sell a lot of money, money or something, I don't know, that helping his country, very helpful. That time making money look like that, how to making money. Today I think completely different. This 2000 years ago situation, you know, this example, very old example, you know. That is which business more beneficial, that all Buddhas and the holy beings say, more beneficial business, bodhicitta, then you can help many people. Report an error in the passage at 10:19 Highlight the passage at 10:19

11:09 If you have bodhicitta, you don't need money, everything don't need. You need compassion and bodhicitta, artistic mind. Bodhicitta means, you know, maximum top quality motivation or artistic mind. That is good business, you know, big beneficial, you can help your country or wherever you, that bodhicitta, you don't make money but you make bodhicitta, then you can help. Report an error in the passage at 11:09 Highlight the passage at 11:09

11:45 Yeah, that I think. Like that all Buddha's holy beings in Vasi get, bodhicitta is good business. So this verse, Geshe is saying this verse is using an example that was very relevant to the situation 2,000 years ago, but things are very different now. So you have to try to imagine what it's getting at based on the perspective of the people back then. So back in those days, One way that people could make a lot of money and really benefit their country was if they had a lot of courage. They could gather a whole lot of people and take a ship and kind of go explore in the ocean. Report an error in the passage at 11:45 Highlight the passage at 11:45

12:25 And on the chance they might find a deserted island that had a lot of jewels, that had a lot of natural resources, that they could then import back into the country and kind of raise, not money back then, but the equivalent value. And in this way, they could bring a great service to their country. So based on this example, if you were to ask the Buddhas and the holy beings, what is the best business? Report an error in the passage at 12:25 Highlight the passage at 12:25

12:55 What is the best way that I can benefit myself and benefit those in my community? The Buddhas wouldn't say that it's by discovering this island and finding all these jewels. It's by generating bodhicitta. That's the best. That's the best investment that has the greatest return into the investment. From their view, you don't really need money. Report an error in the passage at 12:55 Highlight the passage at 12:55

13:25 As long as you have bodhicitta, then you can really bring a great deal of help to everybody. Oh yes, thank you. Then 12 can read. Report an error in the passage at 13:25 Highlight the passage at 13:25

13:36 Virtues are like the plantain tree. For after bearing fruit, they will be exhausted. Let the tree of the mind of enlightenment will constantly bear fruit, whereby it is inexhaustible and flourishes more and more. Report an error in the passage at 13:36 Highlight the passage at 13:36

13:51 yes. That also, Bodhicitta's beneficial, the telling, first chapter, Bodhicitta beneficial, is, we have many, you know, many virtues. Report an error in the passage at 13:51 Highlight the passage at 13:51

14:12 We did many good things. We did a beneficial job, many, many. That is virtue. What's that? Report an error in the passage at 14:12 Highlight the passage at 14:12

14:26 Wholesome? Wholesome? Wholesome, yeah. Wholesome or virtue or merit that no motivation is no compassion. Just we did many. That is like one result, then this karma, one result, good, then finish. Report an error in the passage at 14:26 Highlight the passage at 14:26

15:02 If you have bodhicitta, then your result is like tree, good trees, many times, every year. I would like all living beings, until all living beings remain saṃsāra, as long as living beings are free. That is motivation, like then doing beneficial generosity and something passion or something that practicing. Report an error in the passage at 15:02 Highlight the passage at 15:02

16:05 That is look like big motivation, then look like usually you keep. One bottle of water put in a bowl and something keep. Then that is some weeks later, less, less, less, less. Then this vanish, vanish, disappear, yeah. Vanish only like that other virtues. Report an error in the passage at 16:05 Highlight the passage at 16:05

16:48 But you put one glass of water in ocean, until ocean dry or run out, till you are one glasses over there. But similar, you have birch, dedicate, you know, dedicate. Yeah, that birch is not result me all living being, you know. became, you know, any more sovereign or something dedicated. Report an error in the passage at 16:48 Highlight the passage at 16:48

17:30 have logic something makes sense that that meaning like dedication and your water water put in ocean Report an error in the passage at 17:30 Highlight the passage at 17:30

17:43 ocean run out are one glasses similar you are virtues dedicate and all living being all sentient being or beneficial that have lot result one time result good fruit similar every year mango every year mango go on. Similar, yeah. So this verse is saying that in the past we've done lots and lots and lots of virtuous things. Report an error in the passage at 17:43 Highlight the passage at 17:43

18:17 But without a very strong, genuine motivation of great compassion or bodhicitta or anything like that. And so by doing those things that are virtuous, that are constructive, but without that level of motivation, then what happens is we get one result and then it's finished. You know, one action, one result, and that's the end of that transaction. But when we do something beneficial with a motivation of bodhicitta, Then it's very different. Then it's like having a very healthy tree that you plant the tree once, but then you can keep gathering fruit from it year after year after year. Report an error in the passage at 18:17 Highlight the passage at 18:17

18:54 It keeps on giving, keeps on returning the result. So another way of looking at it is, if you think about what bodhicitta means, it means that you're not doing whatever you're doing. The motivation isn't to benefit yourself, but to benefit all other beings. Report an error in the passage at 18:54 Highlight the passage at 18:54

19:13 It's similar to this. If you were to take a bottle of water and fill a bowl and kind of leave it on a table, then as the days go by, as the weeks go by, the water is evaporating, the water is disappearing until eventually it's completely dry. That's similar to the situation of when we do something beneficial but with a limited motivation. It's a limited amount and a limited space and it dries up eventually. Report an error in the passage at 19:13 Highlight the passage at 19:13

19:38 On the other hand, if you were to take a bottle of water and pour it into the ocean, the ocean dries up, until the ocean itself runs out, that amount of water, that portion of water that you contributed to it will always remain there. It doesn't disappear. And so that's similar to the bodhicitta motivation, because we're adding the beneficial power that, of whatever beneficial power there is in the action we created, to this extremely vast network of positive potential. Report an error in the passage at 19:38 Highlight the passage at 19:38

20:10 And And so so for for as as long long as... as sentient beings remain, for as long as there is... know, any positive potential, that positive potential that we contributed will be there too. So the motivation behind that is long as there are beings in some... May I stick around to help? Until all beings become enlightened, may I be helping them through generosity, through patience and so forth. Report an error in the passage at 20:10 Highlight the passage at 20:10

20:36 Oh yes, then number 13, how to read. Report an error in the passage at 20:36 Highlight the passage at 20:36

20:50 Oh yes, that is also beneficial energy telling, bodhicitta's energy. greatly afraid, even if I may have committed very terrible negativities, I shall be swiftly liberated in dependence upon it. Report an error in the passage at 20:50 Highlight the passage at 20:50

21:09 Some people have a lot of negative karma, did many, you know, many different negative he did. Then he, later he get compassion or great compassion bodhicitta and his negative karmas. Report an error in the passage at 21:09 Highlight the passage at 21:09

21:39 When negative karma have result, definitely result happen this life, some definitely happen next life, also definitely happen next next life, also some negative karma, positive karma, no, when result happen, no definitive. Many different karma. We have so many million, million good karma, bad karma, million, million. How they result rapid and it depend condition. Report an error in the passage at 21:39 Highlight the passage at 21:39

22:23 Also karma some strong, some not strong, you know. Many this karma system. Report an error in the passage at 22:23 Highlight the passage at 22:23

22:37 and that Report an error in the passage at 22:37 Highlight the passage at 22:37

22:42 Kama means like activity. Report an error in the passage at 22:42 Highlight the passage at 22:42

22:54 Kam means Indian language. Kam Karo means you do something, activity. Sanskrit, Hindi language, little different, you know. Activity, Report an error in the passage at 22:54 Highlight the passage at 22:54

23:09 you have... Perfect Hindi and Sanskrit don't need to learn much. But without Hindi, Sanskrit learn very difficult. Yeah, yeah. We have some Himalaya monk, you know, they're 7th class, 8th class, young time they go India. But father is India, mother Tibetan and mother. In India, that children became monks. They have good Hindi. They don't need to learn Sanskrit immediately. Report an error in the passage at 23:09 Highlight the passage at 23:09

23:52 A little bit, you know. Sanskrit is a little scholar language. Hindi is like Kulukya or something, like normal people using. What do you say? Kulukya, yeah. yeah. Report an error in the passage at 23:52 Highlight the passage at 23:52

24:10 Yeah, well, my topic, yeah, yeah, that is karma, yeah, yeah, calm and karma. Karma means like activity, you did killing, you did killing activity, stealing activity, also helping other being, you know. Karma. Report an error in the passage at 24:10 Highlight the passage at 24:10

24:41 Meditation or something, helping, teaching, something. There are many good activities, bad activities. Need body activity, speech activity. Karma is most body speech. Report an error in the passage at 24:41 Highlight the passage at 24:41

25:00 Mind karma... Report an error in the passage at 25:00 Highlight the passage at 25:00

25:07 mind, karma, Report an error in the passage at 25:07 Highlight the passage at 25:07

25:11 Mind most become delusion include. Karma very little, mind, karma. Karma means more body and speech. That good doing, good result, exactly similar result. And killing, next time other kill to you, you sap other. Next time you problem, other being said you, yeah, karma looks like reaction. Karma means like that. Report an error in the passage at 25:11 Highlight the passage at 25:11

25:50 How to repent, you need condition. Without attachment, karma's result not repent. Our hearts have so many negative karma, previous life, but never repent, result. result, never happen, because they have no attachment, condition, nothing. Our hearts have many times reborn human karma, reborn heaven karma, reborn animal. Report an error in the passage at 25:50 Highlight the passage at 25:50

26:30 He have a lot of karma. He completely give up. He got antidote. He became our heart. He never reborn in saṃsāra. His karmas never result, never have result because condition losing. Without water, every seed not growing. Similar. Attachment look like water. Without water, no seed is growing. Then his negative karma, positive karma, all. Report an error in the passage at 26:30 Highlight the passage at 26:30

27:11 Yeah, that is not wrapping uncontaminated, no, contaminated virtues, negative. That is need something attachment, otherwise not wrapping. Uncontaminated karma's result, leader system different. Anyway, this you did so many Report an error in the passage at 27:11 Highlight the passage at 27:11

27:44 So many people kill or something, you have definitive going hell, that kamas. If you have attristic mind, completely hundred person other being helping mind, one minute you are all negative kamas. must. Report an error in the passage at 27:44 Highlight the passage at 27:44

28:15 Result, burn, you know, like fire something say, you know, this earth and many earth, one day together all burn, burn and become empty sky, many eons. Again atoms that come, again new earth start. Report an error in the passage at 28:15 Highlight the passage at 28:15

28:47 Sometimes wind destroys, sometimes most empires destroy. That fire is not look like today fire. Very, very hot one. Beginning start in hell. The fires come, all burn. Similar bodhicitta is that fire similar. Your negative kamas. All burned, no result. Report an error in the passage at 28:47 Highlight the passage at 28:47

29:24 Yeah, that negative, that is bodhicitta's power showing, you know, compassion, bodhicitta's power, that much. Bodhicitta is good, bodhicitta is very good telling, you know, this case, you know, this first chapter. Report an error in the passage at 29:24 Highlight the passage at 29:24

29:44 Not lying, but bodhicitta, Shantideva, he telling bodhicitta. He also have quotation. Also you know one story long ago in one man very bad one. He wanted to kill his companion 500 people. He wanted to kill. But one bodhisattva he have clear points. Oh this man very danger. He thought, Report an error in the passage at 29:44 Highlight the passage at 29:44

30:35 I kill him and I have negative, I go to hell, it's okay. I liberate that 500 people. He killed Bodhisattva. can't not listen, very stubborn, you know, negative people are very stubborn covering, you know, very extreme view. Report an error in the passage at 30:35 Highlight the passage at 30:35

30:33 this supper, he thought, Report an error in the passage at 30:33 Highlight the passage at 30:33

30:51 He killed, but yeah, liberated 500 and he had bodhicitta. He just, I think, one minute go to hell, then again come back. That happened. Also, with difficult belief, long ago, Ralo Chawa. Ralo Chawa in Tibet, master. He is Yamantaka practitioner and he also killed many Lama, many Lama, even higher realization, but till they doing wrong something explanation. Report an error in the passage at 30:51 Highlight the passage at 30:51

31:40 He killed 30 Lama, but he said he never go hell, that is bodhicitta's power. you have 100 % beneficial wish. You kill other people, bad people, till no result. Not going to hell. If your motivation selfish, then you must go to hell. You know, something like this. If you have bodhicitta, Report an error in the passage at 31:40 Highlight the passage at 31:40

32:23 How much different category, different kind negative, best purification or best changing, you know, negative karma free. Negative karma, you did beneficial, not for your beneficial, you really did beneficial job, not going hell. I don't know, but they say, I have no proof, but... The Shantideva telling that. Sure, he said he have proof in that Buddha's text, Bodhisattva's text, Mahāyāna text proof. Report an error in the passage at 32:23 Highlight the passage at 32:23

33:08 I think Hinayana agree, not agree, I don't know. Sometimes Hinayana school, they say negative purification impossible. But Mahāyāna say, He said, possible. Vajrayana said, possible. Shurification, bhakti, possible. Hinayana said, if you have bad karma, sure have result bad. Good karma, sure, but no shurification, they no agree. You know, Babashika philosophy, no agree. Report an error in the passage at 33:08 Highlight the passage at 33:08

33:48 But Chittamatra, Mayana, they have quotation. They say shurify. They give many examinations. Even Asanga, he did retreat 12 years. No result. He doing material. His idam is material. He doing material retreat 12 years. No vision. No result. He tired. Now I can't do that, it's rubbish. He's thinking, he go downtown, yeah, he go town. But roadside he saw dog, very illness dog. Report an error in the passage at 33:48 Highlight the passage at 33:48

34:42 Then you get emotionally great compassion, he helping, very bad, bad smell. smell. eyes close. Anyway, Report an error in the passage at 34:42 Highlight the passage at 34:42

34:58 that story, I opened, no dog there, but Maitreya there already. He said, you not kind Buddha, I 12 years did, you never coming. Maitreya said, I beginning, you have negative karma, you can't see me. helping these magas take away. Anyway. Report an error in the passage at 34:58 Highlight the passage at 34:58

35:22 If you don't believe, you tell other people, can't see. Yeah, yeah, that is a negative karma. Shurification have that example, you know. Also Atisha, and he get bodhicitta, then he can see Tara. Also his master, Dhammarachitta, also he compassion. He can see Genesi. But without compassion, without bodhicitta, you mentally recite, recite, recite. Report an error in the passage at 35:22 Highlight the passage at 35:22

36:01 No, can't see. It may be dangerous. Demon or angry ghost come. Maybe then very dangerous. You become crazy. You know, then they telling wrong. Nicely wrong telling, you know. That is vision is Report an error in the passage at 36:01 Highlight the passage at 36:01

36:22 It's very dangerous, you know. One Amdo Geshe, three years retreat, 13 times did, but no result. I don't know what his problem. Anyway, that means compassion, bodhicitta, that is best negative purification practice. Yeah, like this. Report an error in the passage at 36:22 Highlight the passage at 36:22

36:54 So this verse is, Geshe-la was explaining a little bit about karma. You know, there's many different types of karma. There are some karmas that are certain to ripen in this life. There are some karmas that are certain to ripen in the next life. There are certain karmas that are certain to ripen two lives from now. Report an error in the passage at 36:54 Highlight the passage at 36:54

37:14 And then there are karmas that it's not certain when they will ripen. And there are karmas that are strong and there are karmas that are weak. Report an error in the passage at 37:14 Highlight the passage at 37:14

37:24 And, you know, there's negative karma and there's contaminated positive karma and all of these things are kind of covering the mind, you know, they're kind of hiding the potential of the mind. But what the text is explaining is that when you have bodhicitta, that completely purifies the negativities, that truly purifies the mind. Report an error in the passage at 37:24 Highlight the passage at 37:24

37:49 In the Buddhist teachings it says that The way the universe will end, at least this universe this time around, is as if it were in a great fire, an extremely powerful fire, which is completely beyond any experience of fire we have now. It's something that's going to be extremely hot, extremely pervasive. It's going to burn up all the worlds and there's going to be nothing left behind. It's going to be a vacuum until the next universe forms again. Report an error in the passage at 37:49 Highlight the passage at 37:49

38:15 and Report an error in the passage at 38:15 Highlight the passage at 38:15

38:19 Bodhicitta is similar to that fire in the way it kind of completely burns and obliterates all negativities. It's the most powerful purification there is. Report an error in the passage at 38:19 Highlight the passage at 38:19

38:30 And so there are some examples that Geshe-la was mentioning from all the Buddhist teachings. So one example is a long time ago, this Bodhisattva saw through his clairvoyance, he could tell that there was this man who was plotting to kill 500 500 of his companions and Report an error in the passage at 38:30 Highlight the passage at 38:30

38:52 The Bodhisattva saw this and he realized that there was no way to really talk reason to this guy. He was too obscured by his negativities. He wasn't going to stop his plan. So the Bodhisattva thought, if I kill him, I will save all these people, but I will go to hell for killing somebody. And he said, you know, it's worth it. It's worth it. Who cares if I go to hell? I'll be saving all these people from all this suffering. So he went ahead and he did that. And he did go to hell. Report an error in the passage at 38:52 Highlight the passage at 38:52

39:27 But because he had bodhicitta, because he had such a powerfully positive intention, altruistic intention behind this, he was in hell for maybe a minute. Then he immediately was born in an upper realm again because that's the power of bodhicitta. Or again, the famous story of Report an error in the passage at 39:27 Highlight the passage at 39:27

39:45 uh Who was with the dog? No, no, with the dog? Asanga, thank you, thank you. Asanga, who was in retreat for 12 years, doing a practice, Maitreya Buddha practice, expecting to see a vision of Maitreya Buddha. After 12 years, he had no results, so he said, you know, forget this, and I'm going downtown, and he kind of went into town. Report an error in the passage at 39:45 Highlight the passage at 39:45

40:17 Lama Tsongkhapa repugnant to look at and had a very bad smell. So Maitreya kind of scrunched up his eyes and stuck out his tongue and he didn't feel his tongue touch anything. When he opens his eyes, the dog is gone. There's Maitreya Buddha. And Asanga said, you're not a very nice Buddha. I was there from the beginning but you didn't have the karma to see me. Report an error in the passage at 40:17 Highlight the passage at 40:17

41:09 It was this extreme compassion that you felt just now. That completely purified that negativity and now is allowing you to see me. He says, if you don't believe me, ask anybody else around if they can see me. They don't have the karma to see me either. Report an error in the passage at 41:09 Highlight the passage at 41:09

41:23 And like that, Geshe Lama was giving other examples of other Lamas who committed lots of negativity and said that through the power of their bodhicitta, they're not going to have a negative result from that. It's hard to say from the outside, but if you do have very strong bodhicitta and whatever you do is truly, truly for the benefit of others, then there's no, that protects you from danger, that completely protects you from danger. Report an error in the passage at 41:23 Highlight the passage at 41:23

41:58 Oh yes, that negative purification practice for us very important. Usually this practice also very important, even died before. Report an error in the passage at 41:58 Highlight the passage at 41:58

42:13 Yeah, every year, every day and some weeks we have so many negative karma, you know, negative. Report an error in the passage at 42:13 Highlight the passage at 42:13

42:26 Yeah, that part is best bodhicitta, compassion and also passion. That passion also very, very, that logic how to go, you know, negative karma means. I wanted to cheat. I wanted harm. I wanted, you know, like negative mind. That is negative karma, you know, making then activity, talking, email, all cheating, you know. Report an error in the passage at 42:26 Highlight the passage at 42:26

43:00 That is email also karma. You know, today is email karma also. That is cheating and People cheat easily, you know. Many ways can cheat. People is very silly. Also stubborn, changing, difficult. Also easy changing. People's mind is very, very funny. You know, human mind is more stupid than animal sometimes. Report an error in the passage at 43:00 Highlight the passage at 43:00

43:39 Yeah, yeah. That can cheat easily, you know. Some religion or something tell they are cheating. Religion is not allowed to cheat other beings. They are no good. Religion makes people stupid and cheat. They are no good. Anyway, negative purification is very important. Report an error in the passage at 43:39 Highlight the passage at 43:39

44:15 is a... We must tell the practice or we must research how to our negative purify. Yeah, that is logic like I, negative kamas, I cheat. I wanted cheat them. I wanted kill them. I wanted, I give them suffering. Yeah, yeah. I don't like them. I need something more. Property? No. Need more. Report an error in the passage at 44:15 Highlight the passage at 44:15

44:59 What say? More money or more? Possessions, property. Property, yeah. Property? No. I don't know. Yeah, anyway. Then cheating. Profit. Profit, yeah. Profit, yeah. That Bodhicitta compassion say, not my beneficial. I 100 % wanted them, them no suffering, them no, them happy. 100 % try that. You know, beneficial minds purify harming mind. Report an error in the passage at 44:59 Highlight the passage at 44:59

45:44 You know, this logic like that. You know, opposite logic. If you killed many, many, then you must, now you recognize, killing not good, harming not good. Now I do opposite, other being liberation, save other life, give medicine. That power makes you deed, previous life or before, you deed harming, that purify. Report an error in the passage at 45:44 Highlight the passage at 45:44

46:21 That purifies. Logic like that. Not look like magic, but they have something connection. Bodhicitta is artistic mind, very courageous, very. Until Saint Binri Bang, something said, that much courage, you know, that purifies. Yeah, purification. Report an error in the passage at 46:21 Highlight the passage at 46:21

46:52 Also make prayer, also that all living being good and all living being no suffering, that also purify your negative. Yeah, negative purification, many they're telling, yes, the tantras telling some mantra, we did one evening by Geshe Thubten or something. something mental power but mental with together buddhichitta need otherwise only mentor is a mentor they say mental power where come from compassion buddhichitta garden tripper say Gaden Tipa means He said, without compassion, bodhicitta and Tantra is hum hum pe pe, only hum hum pe pe, hum hum pe pe, then finish. With bodhicitta, with compassion, then have power, he say. Report an error in the passage at 46:52 Highlight the passage at 46:52

48:09 Without compassion, bodhicitta, then just hum hum pe pe, ha ha, hum hum, he he. Then finish, you know. Ha ha ha ha, ho bejasava, something say. Then ha ha ha ha, then finish. But ha ha ha ha, we together need compassion of bodhicitta. Yeah, also negative, purification. I saw sūtra, they say, go pigumich, Buddha's, Bodhigaya and that Buddha's poor place. Report an error in the passage at 48:09 Highlight the passage at 48:09

48:47 Buddha, he say, makes Tuba future many, what say, lineage boy and lineage girl coming, what say, son and daughter coming. They like very much devotion. Without devotion, all they say, Buddha died this place, born this place, enlightened this place. That people say animals all negative purify. Negative purify, they get something, what say, seed. Report an error in the passage at 48:47 Highlight the passage at 48:47

49:48 Good heart or devotion or something coming. Yeah, that Pigu Mich also sometimes healing good sick people. Sometimes go Pigu Mich, they get healthy. Yeah, something have power. Yeah, yeah, holy place. Even Bodhisattva Nine Bumi, wherever sit he, that is holy place. Panjaparamita Sūtra says, wherever nine bodhisattvas sit, this house is a holy place. Report an error in the passage at 49:48 Highlight the passage at 49:48

50:30 Something energy, especially his realization. Anyway, that is negative purification. Negative purification practice is very important. Also, yeah, that's enough, I think. Report an error in the passage at 50:30 Highlight the passage at 50:30

50:52 So before Geshe, I was talking about how there's a difference of opinion within Buddhism among the different schools as to whether it's possible to purify negativities or not. Because the Hinayana schools, they say that no, there's no possibility to purify any negativities. If you commit a negativity, then it's certain that you'll get the result of that negativity. Report an error in the passage at 50:52 Highlight the passage at 50:52

51:18 But the Mahāyāna, schools say that, no, it's actually possible to purify negativity. So the idea is that, you know, with our body and with our speech, A little bit, he said, a little bit with our mind, but the mind is mostly, the negativities in the mind are mostly the afflictions and the delusions. When it comes to karma, it's mostly to do with the body and with the speech. Report an error in the passage at 51:18 Highlight the passage at 51:18

51:59 And of course, nowadays that includes email, etc. But through those means, we cheat, we swindle, we harm other beings. beings Report an error in the passage at 51:59 Highlight the passage at 51:59

52:13 In Geshe Thubten, we have to recognize human beings are pretty hard to cheat if you set out to do it. So we have to be careful because that is definitely not the way to go about it. You could kind of claim some religious... Lama Tsongkhapa So the deepest, the most powerful of all such antidotes, such opposing forces is bodhicitta because that is the motivation to always be helping people as long as people remain, as long as beings remain. Report an error in the passage at 52:13 Highlight the passage at 52:13

53:24 So that is just the most expansive, the most... and powerful of all possible antidotes to the delusions. Report an error in the passage at 53:24 Highlight the passage at 53:24

53:54 I was saying, you know, because in Tantra we learn these methods, these mantras. you like me to say a little more? Yeah, yeah. Are you not finished? No. Oh, yeah. I'm sorry. Should I stop? Yeah, yeah. Report an error in the passage at 53:54 Highlight the passage at 53:54

53:53 So, Geshe Report an error in the passage at 53:53 Highlight the passage at 53:53

53:59 These practices that we can say to purify, but where does the power of purification come from in those methods? It comes from compassion. It comes from bodhicitta. If you're trying to recite a mantra and you don't have any compassion, then you might as well just be saying nonsense syllables because that's all it's coming down to. Report an error in the passage at 53:59 Highlight the passage at 53:59

54:19 And having said that, some things do seem to have some kind of power in them. For example, in the sutras the Buddha says that there are certain places. That are good to go on pilgrimage, you know, like to go where the Buddha was born, where the Buddha died, where the Buddha attained enlightenment. When we go to pilgrimage there, that can purify a lot of negativities. Report an error in the passage at 54:19 Highlight the passage at 54:19

54:40 That can also plant a seed, you know, for humans, for animals, can kind of plant a seed for in the future to generate some positive states of mind. And it can also even help with healing. But really the best purification definitely is compassion and bodhicitta. Report an error in the passage at 54:40 Highlight the passage at 54:40

54:57 Oh, yes. Now, please. Report an error in the passage at 54:57 Highlight the passage at 54:57

55:05 beneficial or something. Report an error in the passage at 55:05 Highlight the passage at 55:05

55:09 this note. Before, something. 14? Just like the fire at the end of time, in an instant it certainly burns up the great negativities. Its unfathomable benefits were explained to Sudhana by the wise protector Maitreya. Report an error in the passage at 55:09 Highlight the passage at 55:09

55:29 yes, that is... I think that bodhicitta makes, have energy, negative purify. Also, bodhicitta, that quotation, that sūtra name, how to translate, I don't know. They say bodhicitta is look like, bodhicitta look like, you know, bodhicitta look like Buddha's, Buddha's seed or bodhicitta that Maitreya say, Maitreya telling Norzong, his name Norzong. Report an error in the passage at 55:29 Highlight the passage at 55:29

56:16 Sudhana? Sudhana, I think Sudhana, that Sanskrit Sudhana. Norzong and Maitreya, he told Norzong. But Shantideva say that beneficial who telling and... Maitreya telling Nozang that sūtra you can read, many beneficial. Bodhicitta is look like all good seed. Bodhicitta look like, yeah, look like good boss, good boss, you know, wealthy boss. Report an error in the passage at 56:16 Highlight the passage at 56:16

57:00 Some people have ganache and white makala, zambala, they have vase. A vase? Like similar to a cup? Yeah, some they have ritual. Ritual and the vase keep inside many things, hundred different water and rich people see some. Very, very rich people's house, they have small money, and also 100 years old people's hair, something, many substance. Report an error in the passage at 57:00 Highlight the passage at 57:00

57:44 Also have ritual and mandala, that is, you know, Ganesha, Ganesha, yeah, Ganesha puja, and also white makala, and also beshamana. And also, yeah, have 18 different, nine female wealthy goat, nine male wealthy goat. They have something ritual that they say good boss. If you give, you become wealthy. I think this good boss means like that. Report an error in the passage at 57:44 Highlight the passage at 57:44

58:32 That similar bodhicitta and also good antidote for delusion. If you have good artistic mind and selfish, self-chasing, destroy. Compassion, bodhicitta makes your selfish destroy. destroy, have self-empowerment. That is important, selfish. That is, it doesn't help us. But immediately can't give up selfish. Report an error in the passage at 58:32 Highlight the passage at 58:32

59:11 Also other chasing, self-chasing, so many discussion, but we can't do immediately give up self-chasing, difficult give up. Report an error in the passage at 59:11 Highlight the passage at 59:11

59:24 Yeah, self-chasing also step by step, step by step. If possible, then you become Arya Bodhisattva and one Bumi, then possible, completely give up self-peace or self-chasing. If now you need self-care, you take care yourself, otherwise nobody take care of you. Something problem, you know. You need beneficial job, you must need healthy. Report an error in the passage at 59:24 Highlight the passage at 59:24

59:59 Both need self-chasing, other-chasing, together going. Slowly, slowly, slowly, self-chasing, no. Only other-chasing. But slowly, immediately, no possible. Anyway, that destroy, bodhicitta destroy self-chasing. That means, that is who say, Maitreya say, Shantideva say, That is a good boss means they have ritual, you know, Zambala or that ritual. That is usually no good, this Ganesh and Zambala and White Mahakala, this ritual, and you get very rich. Report an error in the passage at 59:59 Highlight the passage at 59:59

1:00:51 That's not good. That, how to call? The gods have a special power. They bring your next life good commerce result, this life bring. Next life you become poor. But they can't give one rupee, can't give one dollar, can't give. But they have a special power, Baltic gods. But who using, you know, very bodhisattva or like, you know, Lama Atisha, similar, he using, because he wanted helping for many people sick, many people poor, many being poor, he have no money, then nothing to do, he practicing, not for my beneficial. Report an error in the passage at 1:00:51 Highlight the passage at 1:00:51

1:01:57 Then he practicing, you know, Ganesha and you practicing, what say, something different, immediately a lot of money. Then he helping give my medicine, food. Not allowed to you eating, then your next life karma destroy, good karma destroy. Not using that you, this money. If you want it, Helping some poor country, you know, they need medicine, they need school, hospital or something, something need. Report an error in the passage at 1:01:57 Highlight the passage at 1:01:57

1:02:38 You can do this bhakti. Then bodhisattva's bhakti. That is a good path. But if you think I have rich, then I buy car, I buy house, I buy something, airplane and then no good. Then next life, you know good that. that look like beneficial, all beneficial. Thank you. So, you here Report an error in the passage at 1:02:38 Highlight the passage at 1:02:38

1:03:13 Shantideva, who's writing this text, is kind of imagining when somebody were to ask him, you know, like, well, you're saying all these things, these wonderful things about bodhicitta, you know, where are you getting this from? And so here he's pointing out, it was Maitreya was the one who said, he said it's Sudhana in the sūtra, so you can read the sūtra for yourself and see it's not something that I'm making up. Report an error in the passage at 1:03:13 Highlight the passage at 1:03:13

1:03:33 And so bodhicitta is compared to this wealth vase, which is a practice, it exists in several traditions, that you put a lot of different objects in it, like the hair of a hundred-year-old person and several different types of liquid and this and that. And then by doing a certain practice, then wherever you keep that vase, it will bring wealth. So they're comparing bodhicitta to that, that wherever you keep bodhicitta, you will attract resources and positive things. Report an error in the passage at 1:03:33 Highlight the passage at 1:03:33

1:04:11 And Geshe-la is adding, of course, that in the literal case of doing these practices of the wealth vows, Geshe-la is saying these can work, you know, because you are kind of propitiating, I guess, some deities, some gods who do have certain power. But it's important to remember that these deities, they don't have any power at all to give you even a rupee, even a dollar out of nothing. All they can do is... Report an error in the passage at 1:04:11 Highlight the passage at 1:04:11

1:04:37 Manifest the conditions for your karma to ripen sooner than otherwise it would. So this is karma that you would get in the next life, to have resources and comfort that they're helping you bring into the present life, which is well and good for this life. But then when you die and when you're born again next time, you're kind of at a loss, I guess. You've used it up. Report an error in the passage at 1:04:37 Highlight the passage at 1:04:37

1:05:02 So from that perspective, it's really not good to do these practices. If our intention is to invest in a car or in a nicer house or something, it's really better to not do that. At the same time, if our intention is really to help, we see that people desperately need material financial help in very poor countries and very poor places, then it becomes a bodhisattva's practice to engage in these and to kind of take... Report an error in the passage at 1:05:02 Highlight the passage at 1:05:02

1:05:28 our future karma so that instead of ripening the future will ripen now so that we'll have the resources to do these beneficial deeds so barichita is being compared to that Report an error in the passage at 1:05:28 Highlight the passage at 1:05:28

1:05:55 so much. Thank you. Yes. Another point Geshe-la was making is about... The power of the bodhicitta has to destroy self-cherishing. Again, like the fire that burns, you know, it can completely destroy self-cherishing. And then Geshe-la, because the thing of it is when we cherish others, then we have all these benefits that we're talking about. Report an error in the passage at 1:05:55 Highlight the passage at 1:05:55

1:06:16 Everything that we're talking about comes from that. Self-cherishing, it doesn't bring us any benefit. There's no good that comes to us from self-cherishing, from selfishness. Report an error in the passage at 1:06:16 Highlight the passage at 1:06:16

1:06:28 So we do want bodhicitta, we do want that to destroy the self-cherishing. However, we can't move too quickly with that. We can't just go from zero to selflessness, you know, just like that. Because for the time being, we kind of need to use our self-cherishing a little bit to motivate us to take care of ourselves. Report an error in the passage at 1:06:28 Highlight the passage at 1:06:28

1:06:52 You know, we do need to be healthy. To be able to do anything, to be able to be of help to others and for that we do need a good job. And at the level we're at, we kind of rely a little bit on self-cherishing to motivate us to get to that. So right now we need to rely a little bit on both, on cherishing the self and on cherishing others. But slowly, slowly, slowly we want to reduce the self-cherishing so that ultimately at the end of the day we're left with just cherishing others and we can take all our actions from that. Report an error in the passage at 1:06:52 Highlight the passage at 1:06:52

1:07:25 Yes, yes, if you helping sick people, you must take, how to say, mask, gloves, they say that is selfish or self-cherishing. If you only other cherishing, self not take care, then you can't do continually, you ill then, finish then. Report an error in the passage at 1:07:25 Highlight the passage at 1:07:25

1:07:55 That thing is telling in Bodhisattva's text, you know. Self-chasing, other-chasing together work. Self-chasing without self-chasing is higher realization. Passion, generous practice and that need is something self-chasing, other-chasing together need. Then one Bumi, you realize one Bumi, then no problem you are here cutting, somebody cut, still very happy because you have developed bodhicitta, developed compassion, loving kindness, oh I find good opportunity. Report an error in the passage at 1:07:55 Highlight the passage at 1:07:55

1:08:57 Shakyamuni Buddha previous life, he give his body, you know, his body in tiger. Yeah, that is a happy, no pain, because his realization completely he thinking, I find good opportunity. Report an error in the passage at 1:08:57 Highlight the passage at 1:08:57

1:09:19 Yeah, that, you know, yeah, I heard. Kamapa, now new Kamapa, he say, I don't know true or not true. In Tibet, Chinese make one yogi, you know, many mouse killing. I don't know, one button, one switch, put and many mouse. Killing. Mouse? Yeah, mouse. So many mouse. I don't know machine or where keep. He said no. Report an error in the passage at 1:09:19 Highlight the passage at 1:09:19

1:10:02 Then if you don't do button, they say we torture your hand. You know, your hand we destroy. Or you doing switch. If switch, Doing that, all mouse killing, you know, many mouse. I think, I don't know exactly, I forgot. He said, my hand destroy, okay. I don't want mouse kill that much. But then they put in hammers. Hammers? Report an error in the passage at 1:10:02 Highlight the passage at 1:10:02

1:10:44 Hammer. Hammer. And he said, no pain. No pain. Because his motivation. I don't know, I have typical belief. Look like that good heart, other chasing, without selfish, self-chasing, you will have no self-chasing, no pain. Other chasing might make happy. happy other chasing mind to make you happy I think also need emptiness view. Report an error in the passage at 1:10:44 Highlight the passage at 1:10:44

1:11:36 Otherwise, but only conventional bodhicitta enough, not enough, I don't know. Also emptiness meditation, then everything empty, you know. But still emptiness is existing. Anyway, that is... Something, you know, then sovereign and happy, no different realization. How to come this realization, you know? Sovereign and happy, no different. That realization, we very different. Report an error in the passage at 1:11:36 Highlight the passage at 1:11:36

1:12:16 Sovereign is very bad. Happy is good, you know. We say, why? We have self-peace, you know, but suffering and other chasing, but realization height. Anyway, what that topic come from? Yes. We're saying we need... Yeah, yeah. I think you summary okay. That we say... Report an error in the passage at 1:12:16 Highlight the passage at 1:12:16

1:12:53 I say need selfish, self-cherishing, other-cherishing together. Yeah, yeah, that means. So Geshe-la was explaining that at our level we need to have a little bit of both. We need to have self-cherishing and other-cherishing working together again so that we can take care of ourselves. So for example, if you want to go and help people with a contagious disease, you know, who are very sick and you want to help them through other-cherishing, at the same time you do need to wear a mask. Report an error in the passage at 1:12:53 Highlight the passage at 1:12:53

1:13:23 you do need to wear gloves, you know, even though that is thinking about the benefit of the self, protecting myself from disease, if you were to go in without doing that, thinking only of the other, so not even taking a thought to spare yourself the disease. Shantideva, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Lama Zopa Rinpoche At that point, then we can truly be thinking only of others without thinking of ourselves at all to the point that we could very happily cut off our arm and give it to somebody without feeling any pain. Report an error in the passage at 1:13:23 Highlight the passage at 1:13:23

1:14:07 Some famous stories of that are the story of Shakyamuni Buddha in a past life when he offered his own body to a starving tiger. Report an error in the passage at 1:14:07 Highlight the passage at 1:14:07

1:14:20 He did that with great joy, with great happiness, without any pain at all. And then in much more recent times, in Tibet, at one point, the communist government, the officials who were there, they imprisoned this great yogi and they gave him a choice. Either he could push a button or flip a switch. Geshe Lama wasn't very clear on the exact details, but something like this. Report an error in the passage at 1:14:20 Highlight the passage at 1:14:20

1:14:47 Where he would flip a switch and that would somehow cause the death of a whole lot of mice, you know. And so he refused. And they said, well, you have to do it or else we're going to break your hand with a hammer. And he said, I will break my hand then. I can't do this. And so they impugned this huge hammer and they shattered his hand. Report an error in the passage at 1:14:47 Highlight the passage at 1:14:47

1:15:08 But he said, no pain, just no pain at all, just complete happiness. And he just says, you know, it's hard for us to believe that. But the idea would be that from cherishing the others, the mice, he was experiencing great happiness. And from not cherishing himself at all, he wasn't able to feel any pain. Report an error in the passage at 1:15:08 Highlight the passage at 1:15:08

1:15:29 But Geshe said, you know, probably from a logical perspective, probably to really have that experience, you would also need on top of those things, a real understanding of emptiness. You know, because then if you understand emptiness, then it's possible that you could have that with no pain at all. Probably just conventional bodhicitta probably wouldn't be enough for that situation to arise. But these are just some illustrations of how these things work. Report an error in the passage at 1:15:29 Highlight the passage at 1:15:29

1:16:03 But again, the important thing for now is we need to have our self-cherishing working in conjunction with cherishing others. Oh yes, now we did. Otherwise, never finish. Report an error in the passage at 1:16:03 Highlight the passage at 1:16:03

1:16:16 In brief, you should understand the mind of enlightenment to be of two types, the mind that wishes enlightenment and the mind that engages enlightenment. enlightenment is that Report an error in the passage at 1:16:16 Highlight the passage at 1:16:16

1:16:34 is buddhichitta? What kind of buddhichitta are they telling? Buddhichitta, this morning I already you. Bodhicitta, conventional bodhicitta, ultimate bodhicitta. Conventional bodhicitta need to wish, you know, that I already mentioned. Here, bodhicitta, two type bodhicitta, just wishing bodhicitta and also commitment bodhicitta. Report an error in the passage at 1:16:34 Highlight the passage at 1:16:34

1:17:10 What difference, you see. sir. Report an error in the passage at 1:17:10 Highlight the passage at 1:17:10

1:17:16 Wishing bodhicitta and commitment bodhicitta. Commitment bodhicitta, then bodhisattva vows need. You need bodhisattva vows. Wishing bodhicitta means I wanted all living being, people on serving or became enlightened or that wish. I wanted all living being, no anymore serving. I must, yeah, but 100 % I want it. Therefore, I want it become maximum top quality or something holy being or Buddha or something. Report an error in the passage at 1:17:16 Highlight the passage at 1:17:16

1:18:07 I become that. 100 % I want it become Buddha. Why? I want it helping them. Just wish. 100 % if you choose, I want it. This thinking makes you very strong, then you never ever give up this thinking. Every day, again and again generate. I want it to become maximum top quality skill, being Buddha. Why I wanted, I wish help limitless living being. Again, again you generate. Report an error in the passage at 1:18:07 Highlight the passage at 1:18:07

1:19:04 That is, this mind never ever give up. You take like vows or not really commitment that wishing bodhicitta like that. And commitment bodhicitta I definitely I wanted to become maximum top qualities, what say, skill, all, yeah, like become Buddha. And Buddha, how become Buddha? Without condition, without causes, impossible Buddha. Report an error in the passage at 1:19:04 Highlight the passage at 1:19:04

1:19:56 Buddha, how become Buddha? need, condition. And causes, what need? 10 paramita, six paramita, six perfection. I must collect or I must preparation. I want it. Definitely I want it. Buddha not just coming, you not become Buddha, you need quality, what's the causes and condition. That is commitment bodhicitta. I start. Report an error in the passage at 1:19:56 Highlight the passage at 1:19:56

1:21:01 Today I take vows. Then I do every day. I do these courses. This commitment, bodhicitta, more focus courses, Buddha's courses, practice, you know. Wishing bodhicitta, focus result. Result? Result is Buddha, you know. Buddha's courses, what they need, you know, most of the conventional bodhicitta, ultimate bodhicitta, you know, so many strong need, you know, compassion, develop loving kindness, develop generous, you know, so many how to wisdom, yeah, that all need, you know, that is courses. Report an error in the passage at 1:21:01 Highlight the passage at 1:21:01

1:21:56 Courses, you need commitment, vows. I do courses preparation. Then have bow. Just looking result, I wish I become Buddha, but not looking courses. That is wishing bodhicitta. But commitment bodhicitta, really try how to get. Report an error in the passage at 1:21:56 Highlight the passage at 1:21:56

1:22:25 That is like this. So this verse is further explaining the different kinds of bodhicitta. So Geshe-la already explained this morning that there's ultimate bodhicitta and there's conventional bodhicitta. And he already explained that conventional bodhicitta is defined by having two wishes. The wish for all beings to be free from suffering, 100 % wishing that, together with the wish to acquire the skills to bring that about. Report an error in the passage at 1:22:25 Highlight the passage at 1:22:25

1:22:54 Having those two wishes, the conventional bodhicitta, there's two types of that. One type is wishing bodhicitta or aspiring bodhicitta and the other type is a committed bodhicitta or engaged bodhicitta. So wishing bodhicitta or aspiring bodhicitta is, again, it's just the level of the wish. It's 100 % I wish that all beings were free from suffering. 100 % I wish that I could have the skills to get them to that. If I had my way, if I had a choice, I would definitely do that. Report an error in the passage at 1:22:54 Highlight the passage at 1:22:54

1:23:31 On the other hand, engaged bodhicitta or committed bodhicitta is thinking like this, is thinking, I definitely want all beings to... be free from suffering, and I definitely want to get the skills to do that. So what do I need to do? You know, this doesn't arise on its own. This requires causes and conditions. Report an error in the passage at 1:23:31 Highlight the passage at 1:23:31

1:23:51 What are those causes and conditions? Shantideva, His Holiness the Dalai Lama Report an error in the passage at 1:23:51 Highlight the passage at 1:23:51

1:24:09 And then you start practicing right away. You start practicing generosity. You start practicing patience. So with either type of bodhicitta, you know, when you have aspiring bodhicitta, when you have wishing bodhicitta, once you've developed it very strongly, then you never want to lose it. You never want to give it up. So every day you kind of think about it to yourself and you kind of refresh that wish, refresh that intention again and again. Report an error in the passage at 1:24:09 Highlight the passage at 1:24:09

1:24:37 And likewise with committed bodhicitta, when you first develop it, you take the vows and then every day you practice, you know, you practice gathering the causes to achieve that. And Geshe-la was pointing out that the wishing bodhicitta, even though they're both bodhicitta in the same way, but the wishing bodhicitta is kind of just focusing on the result. Report an error in the passage at 1:24:37 Highlight the passage at 1:24:37

1:24:57 It's like, that's what I wish, that's where I'd like to be. Whereas the engaged bodhicitta is more focused on the causes. It's more focused on the here and now. How do I get from here to there? How do I get there? And I'm going to start right now. I'm going to start today. I'm going to do it. Oh yes, thank you. That is, yeah, then example look like, yeah, 16 maybe. Report an error in the passage at 1:24:57 Highlight the passage at 1:24:57

1:25:23 As is understood by the instances of desiring to go and going. So the wise should understand respectively the distinction between these two. Yes, that is like wishing is I want it to go, you know, and wishing bodhicitta. Commitment bodhicitta look like really go, you know. but. Report an error in the passage at 1:25:23 Highlight the passage at 1:25:23

1:25:51 Wishing bodhicitta say, I will go, I will go, never going, you know, tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, like, but good, but I will do tomorrow, I will do tomorrow, never tomorrow, tomorrow never finish, you know. Report an error in the passage at 1:25:51 Highlight the passage at 1:25:51

1:26:10 Commitment bodhicitta really wake up, already have tomorrow, they have tomorrow, you know. no. Report an error in the passage at 1:26:10 Highlight the passage at 1:26:10

1:26:20 But one is tomorrow, limitless tomorrow. One is have limit tomorrow. This is look like that example, yeah? So this example is kind of saying, you know, wishing bodhicitta is like having this real intention, 100 % real intention of going somewhere. Like, oh, I really want to go. I really, really want to go. Tomorrow I'll go, you know. And then the next day, oh, no, tomorrow I'll go. And tomorrow never comes, you know. Report an error in the passage at 1:26:20 Highlight the passage at 1:26:20

1:26:51 Whereas with engaged bodhicitta, it's when you're already on your way. Tomorrow is today. Report an error in the passage at 1:26:51 Highlight the passage at 1:26:51

1:27:00 I'm doing that now. I'm on my way already. Although great fruits will arise in cyclic existence from the mind that wishes for enlightenment, today, you know. Report an error in the passage at 1:27:00 Highlight the passage at 1:27:00

1:27:04 But, yeah. Report an error in the passage at 1:27:04 Highlight the passage at 1:27:04

1:27:17 An uninterrupted flow of merit will not arise as in the case of the engaging mind. Report an error in the passage at 1:27:17 Highlight the passage at 1:27:17

1:27:25 yes. That is a wish. bodhicitta's looks like in saṃsāra. know, bodhicitta's... Report an error in the passage at 1:27:25 Highlight the passage at 1:27:25

1:27:44 wishing Bodhicitta have a lot. Wishing bodhicitta have lot good result. If you have good wish, sure that they say have good result, but result all wrapping in saṃsāra. Report an error in the passage at 1:27:44 Highlight the passage at 1:27:44

1:28:11 You become very lucky, very good if you have good wish in saṃsāra. Report an error in the passage at 1:28:11 Highlight the passage at 1:28:11

1:28:23 Commitment bodhicittas and doing that result not in saṃsāra. That result is really become courses of Buddha, courses of bodhisattva. Result you become one bhumi, two bhumi, three bhumi, you know, ten bhumi and Buddha. All these results become holy. being. wishing buddhichitta's result, not holy being, not become Buddha, not you become buddhichitta. Report an error in the passage at 1:28:23 Highlight the passage at 1:28:23

1:29:04 Only in saṃsāra, good, lucky, good, good, good, many good things coming, but no result is Buddha and bodhisattva. That's different. Report an error in the passage at 1:29:04 Highlight the passage at 1:29:04

1:29:22 So here it's explaining that, you know, the wishing bodhicitta, it's an extremely positive state of mind, it's an extremely positive aspiration and wish, and it definitely will have lots and lots of good results. But those good results will be within saṃsāra, you know. It will be having a lot of luck, having a lot of comfort within saṃsāra. Report an error in the passage at 1:29:22 Highlight the passage at 1:29:22

1:29:47 On the other hand, the engaged bodhicitta, That will have results outside of saṃsāra, meaning that is what becomes the actual cause of Buddhahood, the actual cause of becoming a higher being. Report an error in the passage at 1:29:47 Highlight the passage at 1:29:47

1:29:59 Wishing bodhicitta as much benefit as it does bring without a doubt, it by itself doesn't make us a bodhisattva, it by itself doesn't bring us out of saṃsāra. Only engaged bodhicitta can do that. Oh yes, then read, I think 18. For one who has perfectly adopted this mind, with the thought never to turn away for the sake of totally liberating the infinite realms of sentient beings, from that time onwards, even while asleep or lacking conscientiousness, a force of merit equal to the sky will continuously ensue. Report an error in the passage at 1:29:59 Highlight the passage at 1:29:59

1:30:40 think Bodhisattva's song may be dunking one. is telling. If you have commitment bodhicitta, you have good heart, really you have bodhisattva vows, even you become drunken and sleeping till you know so many merit. That means, you know, you sleeping. Or you drink alcohol, you stay inside sleeping, but still you, because you have, what to say, commitment bodhicitta, you have bodhisattva vows not working, you have lot merit, you know. Report an error in the passage at 1:30:40 Highlight the passage at 1:30:40

1:31:37 If you doing, of course, wake up also, but even you tired or you drunken, Because you have continually good heart. That makes, yeah, Bodhisattva dunking, I think so Manjushri's friend, Bodhisattva Vimala Mittal, he is very intelligent. He go bad people together, queen. He go butcher together, robber together, and he going, bad people together he going, he make friend. Report an error in the passage at 1:31:37 Highlight the passage at 1:31:37

1:32:27 And he follow the change, you know, he say, he never say Buddhist, he just make friend. They drinking or eating similarly, he also doing because friend. Report an error in the passage at 1:32:27 Highlight the passage at 1:32:27

1:32:45 He doing and he slowly, he have very intelligent, he changing them. He them changing, you know. That time, sometime drinking alcohol, yeah. Maybe bodhisattva drinking means like that. Report an error in the passage at 1:32:45 Highlight the passage at 1:32:45

1:33:04 Yeah, yeah. That also, maybe Lama Ishe, he also little bit doing that seminar. He is a very intelligent. Report an error in the passage at 1:33:04 Highlight the passage at 1:33:04

1:33:17 In Germany, director, you know, my director, my son, long ago I was there. All this, he's in university, New York, everything. All this, Latvia man, but he growing in America. Then he go to Vietnam War, then his wife, other man too. Then he... Don't like America, he move in Germany. Anyway, Alnis unhappy, come back Vietnam War, then he homeless doing. Report an error in the passage at 1:33:17 Highlight the passage at 1:33:17

1:33:58 He not doing job. His wife gone, you know, other man took and he unhappy. He street side, just, but he young. Yeah, Lama Ishe came talking, chatting, and I give you job, you come. Then Lama Ishe give him central job and something. He said that very helpful. He did, 20 years director. He's intelligent. Yeah, that's similar, you know, sometimes. Report an error in the passage at 1:33:58 Highlight the passage at 1:33:58

1:34:40 Really buddhisappas, Christians doing, you know, Christians very good. They're going, Christians helping non-Christian place. Very good. That is, sometimes alcohol means like that. Sometimes still beneficial, you know. If you have no intelligence, can't do this job. The more intelligent you become. can control you. You can't control them. Right, right. Yeah. Yes, thank you. Report an error in the passage at 1:34:40 Highlight the passage at 1:34:40

1:35:19 So this verse is explaining that if you have engaged bodhicitta, then no matter what you do, in every moment you're collecting an unbelievable amount of positivity. So even if you're asleep, you're collecting positivity. Even if you're drunk and you pass out, you're collecting positivity. It's just that it doesn't matter, let alone if you're actually awake and benefiting others. So Nini Geshe-la raises the question, but really it's a bit strange to talk about being passed out drunk in a context like this. Report an error in the passage at 1:35:19 Highlight the passage at 1:35:19

1:35:51 When would a bodhisattva be drunk? He says, well, maybe what this is referring to, and he gives a couple of examples. One example is from ancient times from a monk who was a friend of, Oh, I don't know if it was a monk, but a friend of Manjushri who was a very, very intelligent man. And so he would hang out with kind of like a bad crowd, you know, and they were, you know, robbers and other. Report an error in the passage at 1:35:51 Highlight the passage at 1:35:51

1:36:22 other people who aren't doing very good things. And, you know, they would go. They would go to the party, and they would go feast, and they would go drink, and he would just kind of fit Shantideva, His Holiness the Dalai Lama Geshe-la points out, though, of course, you have to be very careful with that because if you're very intelligent, then maybe you can accomplish something like this. Report an error in the passage at 1:36:22 Highlight the passage at 1:36:22

1:36:58 But if they're more intelligent than you, then soon enough, the path that's going to be changing is not going to be theirs. It's going to be yours, you know. So he gave another example of Geshe-la helping this man who was homeless. homeless, you know, of Lama Yeshe Arlis. Arlis. Arlis. A-L. Oh, Al. Arlis. Arlis. Yeah. Report an error in the passage at 1:36:58 Highlight the passage at 1:36:58

1:37:30 He was married and his wife kind of ran off with another man and he became, I guess, well I don't know what he became, but he became homeless. Report an error in the passage at 1:37:30 Highlight the passage at 1:37:30

1:37:42 And I guess Lama Eshe came to the town and visited and he saw the situation and he kind of became close to Al and he eventually offered him a job. He saw he was a very intelligent man and he offered him a job. And for 20 years he worked as the director of the center where Geshe La used to teach in Germany. So Geshe La is pointing out sometimes, you know, a bodhisattva will... Report an error in the passage at 1:37:42 Highlight the passage at 1:37:42

1:38:10 be in contact, will kind of live a lifestyle that might seem a little bit strange from the outside, but it's in order to really build a connection with people so that they can help those people. So he's saying maybe this is what this is referring Yes, Report an error in the passage at 1:38:10 Highlight the passage at 1:38:10

1:38:30 also India, King Ashoka. Ashoka's wife is Buddhist. Ashoka is a killer. talking about even if you're drunk, you're still accumulating merit. Yes. Report an error in the passage at 1:38:30 Highlight the passage at 1:38:30

1:38:36 Buddhists. Report an error in the passage at 1:38:36 Highlight the passage at 1:38:36

1:38:42 He is hero, killer, killer, killer. Number one killer. He became then big king, you know. His father give his king job. Anyway, big story, I don't want to take time. He saw in street side, he and army go other place. Report an error in the passage at 1:38:42 Highlight the passage at 1:38:42

1:39:10 Five, six girls going, something, you know, banana or something, carrying. And then he teasing, where are you going? She said, we doing puja. Are you going temple? No, we are Buddhists, we going stupa. Something say she. And anyway, Ashoka very much love this girl. And then they go. But Ashoka said, his minister, Ami, please you must go. Report an error in the passage at 1:39:10 Highlight the passage at 1:39:10

1:39:51 Who is her father? Invite here. Invite her father here? Yeah, yeah. Then police go immediately. They find his father. Father is businessman. Then Ashoka respect him. Oh, you don't respect me. You are king. No, I have big meaning. Please see you possible your daughter, my wife. Oh, the father said, that is for me big gift. Of course, you took my daughter, your wife, I give you. Report an error in the passage at 1:39:51 Highlight the passage at 1:39:51

1:40:36 Yeah, then became married, you know. But always argue, argue. Ashoka killing, killing. She said, no, no, you don't kill, don't kill. She is very fundamental Buddhist, I think. Very fundamental Buddhist. Fundamentalist Buddhist. Don't kill. Fighting, fighting. Ashoka said, you are stupid. Buddhist partition. That is Buddhist partition. Report an error in the passage at 1:40:36 Highlight the passage at 1:40:36

1:41:10 We are Jewry, Jew religion. Not this Jewish. Other India have Jewry. Something similar name. If necessary, must kill. No necessary, never kill. Necessary, must kill. Yes. You are. Everybody don't kill, that is Buddhist petition, he said. But she said, no, no, but always fighting, but two children, two children, son make Sri Lanka, and daughter became nun and Sri Lanka nunnery, their founder, founder, beginning, Sri Lanka, Ashoka's son and daughter, and she became nun, wife. Report an error in the passage at 1:41:10 Highlight the passage at 1:41:10

1:42:09 Ashoka long live. Then also unhappy and then he killed his relative. Relative son became monk and he give refuge and he became Buddhist. Then Buddhist king they say. Ashoka is Buddhist king. He, you know, India, many things, you know. National plot, they have something, will and something, you know, that's... Seal? Seal, yeah, many things. Report an error in the passage at 1:42:09 Highlight the passage at 1:42:09

1:42:48 Because Ashoka, all time, so many makings, purification bhaktis, many build stupa and many Dharamsala. Dharamsala means people, free guest house. Dharamsala means Dharma, Dharamsala means free, free house. You know, people come, they have water free, house free, room free. I think he made many schools, many hospitals, many things he did. Report an error in the passage at 1:42:48 Highlight the passage at 1:42:48

1:43:31 Poor people. Without father, mother, children. Orphans. Yeah, yeah, that he did, his negative purification. That is, she control Ashoka. That is like her power. Because condition, wife power. Then children power. But she control her son and daughter. became mom and now she is very fundamental i think yeah yeah like that i think you understanding that don't need translate i think now you please read For the sake of those inclined towards the lower, this is taught along with the correctness by the Tathāgata himself in the sūtra requested by Subahu. Report an error in the passage at 1:43:31 Highlight the passage at 1:43:31

1:44:35 yes. That also, Shantideva said, how he proved that he said... Report an error in the passage at 1:44:35 Highlight the passage at 1:44:35

1:44:54 found one sūtra that looked like this. Then in If even the thought to relieve sentient beings of merely a headache possesses the attitude to benefit and possesses boundless merit, what need is there to mention the desire to dispel the boundless unhappiness of each sentient being and to accomplish boundless good qualities of every single one of them? Report an error in the passage at 1:44:54 Highlight the passage at 1:44:54

1:45:22 Yeah. Yeah. Yes. That you read 21, 22 together? Yeah, because it continues. Oh, yes. That is... Yeah, yeah, yeah. They say if some people headache, you wanted, you became loving kindness or compassion, you wanted to give headache medicine or treatment, that good heart have lot merit. Of course, all sentient beings, you want it free from suffering, of course you have lot marriage. That meaning look like that. Report an error in the passage at 1:45:22 Highlight the passage at 1:45:22

1:46:20 So this is saying, if you see somebody who has a headache and you start to feel loving kindness and you feel compassion for them and so you want to give them medicine to relieve them of the headache, that has a lot of merit, a lot of power. So of course, if you want to benefit all sentient beings and relieve them... Report an error in the passage at 1:46:20 Highlight the passage at 1:46:20

1:46:40 relieve them from all suffering, then of course it has a lot of merit, a lot Yes, then 23, please read. Who has such an altruistic intention as this? Do even fathers and mothers have it? Do the gods and sages? Does even Brahma have it? Yes, then that is, they say, who have that beneficial altruistic mind? Report an error in the passage at 1:46:40 Highlight the passage at 1:46:40

1:47:07 Father and mother, Brahma and, you know, saint or sage, who have that good heart? Just question. But that much, yeah, it's okay. Then 24, I don't know. If those beings have not even dreamt before of such an attitude for their own welfare in their dreams, how can they generate it for the welfare of others? Report an error in the passage at 1:47:07 Highlight the passage at 1:47:07

1:47:47 Such a mind of welfare of sentient beings does not arise even for their own sake. An outstanding jewel of the mind, an unprecedented wonder is born. Report an error in the passage at 1:47:47 Highlight the passage at 1:47:47

1:48:06 Oh yes, that meaning, I think, like that much other chasing or artistic mind or bodhicitta long ago, you also don't have for yourself nothing. Report an error in the passage at 1:48:06 Highlight the passage at 1:48:06

1:48:32 Even you dream time not happen that much kind. Bodhicitta, you never have this experience. If you not love that much, you can't, impossible love other being. Report an error in the passage at 1:48:32 Highlight the passage at 1:48:32

1:49:02 That is, that much jewel, dual mind, you know, Report an error in the passage at 1:49:02 Highlight the passage at 1:49:02

1:49:22 wonderful one, look like that, yeah. So this is saying that this is a type of wish, it's such an extensive wish that we don't even feel it for ourselves. And even in our dreams, we don't have wishes like this. So it's completely beyond our ordinary experience. So a jewel, something precious to this extent, it's a miracle when it arises. Report an error in the passage at 1:49:22 Highlight the passage at 1:49:22

1:49:53 It's amazing when it arises. Yes, please read. That is quotation, all quotation. That is Shantideva telling. how he understanding some sūtra say that sūtra say that How can I fathom the merits of this jewel mind, the cause of joy of all migrating beings, and the panacea for the suffering of sentient beings? Report an error in the passage at 1:49:53 Highlight the passage at 1:49:53

1:50:23 Yeah, yeah. Report an error in the passage at 1:50:23 Highlight the passage at 1:50:23

1:50:27 that is a... sutras say, that merit That merit, that birch, looks like a poem. bigger than sky, something look like very, very good result. Report an error in the passage at 1:50:27 Highlight the passage at 1:50:27

1:50:55 If merely a benevolent intention excels venerating the Buddhas, then what need to mention striving to make all beings without exception happy? Yeah, yeah. Yeah, Report an error in the passage at 1:50:55 Highlight the passage at 1:50:55

1:51:14 yeah, yeah. If you have artistic mind, that is more beneficial than you wanted Buddha offering. Buddha offering for Buddha or some god offering more beneficial or you have wanted other being helping. You wanted other being helping, that more. more beneficial than Buddha offering. Report an error in the passage at 1:51:14 Highlight the passage at 1:51:14

1:51:54 But all sentient beings, you wanted all sentient beings beneficial, that is more beneficial than Buddha offering, also single people helping. Report an error in the passage at 1:51:54 Highlight the passage at 1:51:54

1:52:16 You want it. Yeah, bodhicitta is all sentient beings. You know, some beneficial mind is only limitation sentient being, you know. That is all living being, helping mind is more beneficial. Yeah. So, you know, if you were to ask, you know, of the two, you know, venerating the Buddha, making offerings to the Buddhas versus... Report an error in the passage at 1:52:16 Highlight the passage at 1:52:16

1:52:48 versus wishing to be of benefit to some other people, to a limited number of other beings, which of those is more beneficial? We have to say, no, wishing to be of benefit to other beings is more beneficial, right? Oh yes, now 28. the equation, what about wishing to be of maximum benefit to all beings, then of course that is the most beneficial one of all. Report an error in the passage at 1:52:48 Highlight the passage at 1:52:48

1:53:12 yes, now 28. Although wishing to be rid of misery, they run towards misery itself. Although wishing to have happiness, like an enemy, they ignorantly destroy it. yes, that is, are ignorant and we want, living beings want it, it, eliminate it, suffering. Report an error in the passage at 1:53:12 Highlight the passage at 1:53:12

1:53:41 But ignorance again makes suffering. That means we want it happy, but then we stealing, killing, doing, you know, wrong. And again, we're suffering, you know. That means, yeah, we did, we don't want it, yeah, suffering, but we... making something. We want it happy, but we're making our happy destroy. Look like that. That's easy, you know. Report an error in the passage at 1:53:41 Highlight the passage at 1:53:41

1:54:25 So this is saying, you know, all sentient beings want happiness and all sentient beings want to avoid suffering, but because we're ignorant, we don't know how to do that. So we go about it the wrong way, you know. So we want to avoid suffering and yet... because of our ignorance, we end up creating suffering for ourselves. We want happiness, but because we're ignorant about how to get it, we end up killing, we end up cheating, we end up lying, and we end up destroying the possibility of happiness for ourselves. Report an error in the passage at 1:54:25 Highlight the passage at 1:54:25

1:54:56 Oh, yes. Please read 29. For those who are deprived of happiness and burdened with many sorrows, it satisfies them with all joys, dispels all suffering and clears away confusion. Where is there a comparable virtue? Where is there even such a friend? Where is there merit similar to this? Report an error in the passage at 1:54:56 Highlight the passage at 1:54:56

1:55:20 yes, that is a... Yeah, bodhicitta, you know, praise, praise of bodhicitta. We give praise to bodhicitta. Praise, praise of bodhicitta. Bodhicitta is really, what say, Report an error in the passage at 1:55:20 Highlight the passage at 1:55:20

1:55:45 Good solution or eliminated hungry, eliminated problem all, also eliminated ignorant, that much beneficial. Also, bodhicitta is good teacher. Bodhicitta makes lot merit. That is praise. Report an error in the passage at 1:55:45 Highlight the passage at 1:55:45

1:56:14 Shantideva may praise. So here Shantideva is praising bodhicitta. He's saying bodhicitta eliminates suffering, bodhicitta brings happiness, bodhicitta is a good teacher, etc. Report an error in the passage at 1:56:14 Highlight the passage at 1:56:14

1:56:29 He's just pointing out all the ways that we can praise the value of bodhicitta. If whoever reciprocates benefit is worthy of some praise, cetera. Report an error in the passage at 1:56:29 Highlight the passage at 1:56:29

1:56:43 Then what need to mention the bodhisattva who does good without its being asked of him? Oh yes. Report an error in the passage at 1:56:43 Highlight the passage at 1:56:43

1:56:54 Yes, that is somebody helping me, somebody helping us. We say we must pray. You are very kind. You are so big, big helpful. Something we must tell that. Report an error in the passage at 1:56:54 Highlight the passage at 1:56:54

1:57:14 Something tell, if we ask them, then they're helping, but till we make praise. But bodhisattva, we never ask, they're helping, you know. Of course we must pray, bodhisattva. They're doing, for example, Mada Tessas or something, you know, good people, many, many, but we must need. need praise that people very good that people is need that but not exaggerate praise is perfect praise need Report an error in the passage at 1:57:14 Highlight the passage at 1:57:14

1:57:57 So even if we ask somebody for a favor, for something and they do it for us, then we all feel like we need to praise them, we need to say thank you, we need to express gratitude and say how nice they were. Well then imagine if you don't even ask. for something, and just spontaneously somebody offers, you know, so that's what the Bodhisattvas are doing all the time, you know, the Bodhisattvas are always helping us, you know, like Mother Teresa. Report an error in the passage at 1:57:57 Highlight the passage at 1:57:57

1:58:23 Yeah, Report an error in the passage at 1:58:23 Highlight the passage at 1:58:23

1:58:38 yeah. That is a... then of course we need to praise of course we need to point out the gratitude but without exaggerating without going too extreme we need to have a perfect level of praise Report an error in the passage at 1:58:38 Highlight the passage at 1:58:38

1:58:39 we Yeah, we must pray good people. We must, that is good example. Yeah, usually praise is very bad. Criticize better. Somebody praise you, that is completely cheating you. You don't... That time you be careful, somebody praise you, somebody criticize, you become immediately angry, but really true, you can't see you are false. Report an error in the passage at 1:58:39 Highlight the passage at 1:58:39

1:59:25 They see you are false. You become angry, but that is foolish. You don't make angry, you thinking true or not true. Praise is, we praise good people. That is important. Good people, you know, we must praise. That is a good example. That is wonderful. That is... But no exaggerate, really. Really we need perfect praise, you know. But somebody praise you, be careful. Report an error in the passage at 1:59:25 Highlight the passage at 1:59:25

2:00:01 You know, then they cheating you. You deluded you. Kudisai is better. You also not praise yourself. We always praise ourselves, but foolish, that is. You must criticize you. You must criticize you. That is, you must to recognize your fault. That's important. So, you know, it's very important for us to praise. Report an error in the passage at 2:00:01 Highlight the passage at 2:00:01

2:00:44 Shantideva, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Report an error in the passage at 2:00:44 Highlight the passage at 2:00:44

2:01:07 it's it's bad it's much better to be criticized even though our tendency is whenever we're criticized to get angry right away Really, the best attitude to have is if we're criticized, then it's good to stop and think, are they right or are they mistaken in what they say? Because it's extremely helpful when we're criticized because on our own, we can't see where we're falling short. We can't see where we need work. So when somebody criticizes us, that's a great opportunity to see something that we can do even better, that we can improve. Report an error in the passage at 2:01:07 Highlight the passage at 2:01:07

2:01:37 improved. And so it's really, it's very foolish even though we do have the tendency to want to praise ourselves. That's a really very foolish thing to do. It's better to kind of criticize ourselves to notice where it is that we need improvement. Yes, Gishe Ben, long ago, Kadampa Gishe Ben. Gishe Ben, young time, he's thief or robber. Report an error in the passage at 2:01:37 Highlight the passage at 2:01:37

2:02:01 Robber, robber. old time, he became, then he think robber. The rabbi is negative. He's doing his best. He became monk and he's doing, he's checking his mind. He's really doing, he's trying Dharma. But one day, when rich people invite lunch, then she go, yeah, she make good tea, she like drink tea. And I go in field and some people give food, then I come back. She say, yes, yes, that Geshe drinking tea. Report an error in the passage at 2:02:01 Highlight the passage at 2:02:01

2:02:46 She go, you know, food to give on the workers' people. Oh, tea is especially very good taste. He forget he is a monk or no, but he's thinking, I must still. Her tea is very good, a master till tea. And she standing and tea box, you know, bag, tea bag. He touching one tea, that much tea. He immediately remember, now I am monk and I am no steep. Report an error in the passage at 2:02:46 Highlight the passage at 2:02:46

2:03:35 He... He stay that in back. He calling, Mom, you must come here. Geshe is stalling your tea. Geshe is stalling your tea. You must come quickly. But what she say? You quickly come. Geshe is stalling your tea. Report an error in the passage at 2:03:35 Highlight the passage at 2:03:35

2:04:07 He criticized himself. That need, that similar need, really practitioners, you criticize your bad things, you must criticize yourself. It means Christ no good. Self-criticize, no angry. Other criticize, you become angry, but you need to criticize very thank you. immediately angry but really you'd analyze he's true she's true became correct you know thank you now read that Report an error in the passage at 2:04:07 Highlight the passage at 2:04:07

2:04:51 The world honors as virtuous a man who procures mediocre food and for an instant gives it disrespectfully to a small number of beings that satisfies them for only half a day. day also touch What need be said then of one who constantly bestows the unsurpassed bliss of the Sugatas for a long time upon countless sentient beings, fulfilling all their hopes? Report an error in the passage at 2:04:51 Highlight the passage at 2:04:51

2:05:20 hopes. invited, you know, one day give food and something give. We say he is good, but he gives us food and something, money and something, say he is very good. But bodhisattvas always helping, of course we must praise. If only one day helping people, we pray, but all the time helping people, of course we must pray. Report an error in the passage at 2:05:20 Highlight the passage at 2:05:20

2:06:01 Yeah. So, you know, if somebody just kind of invites us over one time and gives us things and is very nice to us, very kind to us, and very helpful, then we praise, oh, they're such a good person, they're so kind, they're so nice. You know, at the same time, bodhisattvas are constantly, always, always, always helping all of us. So, of course, we need to praise them. Report an error in the passage at 2:06:01 Highlight the passage at 2:06:01

2:06:25 The Buddha has said that someone who generates an evil thought Against such a benefactor as a child of the victors will remain in hell for as many eons as there were evil thoughts. Report an error in the passage at 2:06:25 Highlight the passage at 2:06:25

2:06:41 that is a hell something, sir. Yes. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. we... Report an error in the passage at 2:06:41 Highlight the passage at 2:06:41

2:06:54 doing for good, being, you know. If we have anger or something, then that is a big negative. You know, moment, how much you are angry, this moment similar in eon or something, say, that is not good for Dalai Lama demonstration, people, you know, that is... really danger, you know, like this. What happened? The Dalai Lama is trying, very beneficial. He is very kind. He made Tibetan, all these different lineages, harmony. Report an error in the passage at 2:06:54 Highlight the passage at 2:06:54

2:07:47 He made Gilugpa pure and he made many schools, many, yeah, developed. So many develop education. He also good example. We long ago very funny. Even Gilugpa said, not going Nyingma monastery. But they say something obstacle, something say. Yeah, holiness go Hindu temple. Of course Nyingma kaiju all. Report an error in the passage at 2:07:47 Highlight the passage at 2:07:47

2:08:33 He even go Muslim and Christian. Everywhere he go, he wearing that cloth and he together pray. That is what say good example, good open. You know, otherwise not each other respect religion. He make each other respect. Report an error in the passage at 2:08:33 Highlight the passage at 2:08:33

2:09:04 Together work how to beneficial. That is he tried that. Good example, you know. Otherwise we are best, other one not okay. We are best, other one not okay. That is bad example, you know. We are perfect, only we perfect. Other is no, that say. All this say. We all respect different philosophy, different philosophy is different reason, but all wanted peace, all wanted good. Report an error in the passage at 2:09:04 Highlight the passage at 2:09:04

2:09:46 Intention same, motivation same, but reason different, but we need each other respect together how to work. Yeah, pray, Allah pray. Report an error in the passage at 2:09:46 Highlight the passage at 2:09:46

2:10:04 God pray Bhagavan, pray Buddha, no problem. You must do meaningful life. You must do beneficial man, woman. Pray, who is holy, pray, okay. Yeah, that is many things changing, many good example. He doing that his whole life, also intelligent. intelligent, big knowledge. Yeah, yeah, still criticize. I think this happen, this similar. Report an error in the passage at 2:10:04 Highlight the passage at 2:10:04

2:10:43 Yeah. That is, I think, danger, because we not criticize. So this verse is talking about the danger of having kind of Evil thoughts I guess about people who are out there really giving us an amazing example of how to do good work in the world and Geshe is talking about how you know nowadays we're seeing protests against the Dalai Lama and he's saying this probably might fall under this category because when you look at all the work His Holiness the Dalai Lama does and has done all his life you know In the past, the situation was such among Tibetans that if you were in the Gilug school, you wouldn't even set foot inside a Nyingma temple. You say, oh no, there are obstacles and this and that. Report an error in the passage at 2:10:43 Highlight the passage at 2:10:43

2:11:39 But now His Holiness the Dalai Lama, not only does he go inside the Nyingma temples and the Kagyu temples and the Shakya temples, he also... You will also go to Hindu temples, you will also go to Muslim temples, you will go anywhere and you will pray with the religious leaders, you know, next, side by side with the religious leaders of all these schools. Report an error in the passage at 2:11:39 Highlight the passage at 2:11:39

2:12:01 Shantideva, His Holiness the Dalai Lama His Holiness is really encouraging the religions to come together and to work together for the benefit of all. So that's an amazing example. And of course His Holiness has other qualities. He's extremely intelligent, extremely knowledgeable, extremely good motivation all around. So it's probably dangerous when you kind of mount a protest and just criticize and criticize and criticize somebody who's trying so hard to do good. Report an error in the passage at 2:12:01 Highlight the passage at 2:12:01

2:12:46 yes, then please read that. But if one acts out of an attitude of faith, its fruits will multiply far more than that. Even in adversity, the children of the victors generate no negativity, instead their virtues naturally increase. Report an error in the passage at 2:12:46 Highlight the passage at 2:12:46

2:13:07 but also if you have respect, are very beneficial for the holy being. Also, your negative Report an error in the passage at 2:13:07 Highlight the passage at 2:13:07

2:13:31 purify and your virtue increase. Look like that. Something sūtra telling. So this verse is explaining how the sutras tell that The opposite of the last one, if you have a lot of respect towards holy beings, then it's extremely beneficial. It purifies the negativities and it increases your positive potentials. Then 36. I prostrate to the body of He in whom the sacred precious mind is born. Report an error in the passage at 2:13:31 Highlight the passage at 2:13:31

2:14:18 I seek refuge in that source of happiness who brings to happiness even those who harm Him. Yes, that is the first chapter finished, you know, now. Yes. Yeah, yeah. But in the end sentence, like that meaning, end sentence that like, of course you praise, you helping, That holy being, you know, Bodhisattva, doing very beneficial job, very beneficial. Report an error in the passage at 2:14:18 Highlight the passage at 2:14:18

2:15:06 You praise, you helping support them. Of course, you have really good connection, good karma. Report an error in the passage at 2:15:06 Highlight the passage at 2:15:06

2:15:24 maybe even you doing harming, doing bad, bad you know, you... This result and temporary you have bad result, but long run you have good result. Because Bodhisattvas... Report an error in the passage at 2:15:24 Highlight the passage at 2:15:24

2:15:59 If you criticize or you doing harming, bodhisattvas like somebody harming, also the prayer. Doing good, also same prayer. Doing same prayer. Therefore, you did bad, have temporary you go hell or something. Very bad result, but Bodhisattva don't want to send you to hell. But you went to hell, you go to hell, until his prayers result, you find good opportunity. Report an error in the passage at 2:15:59 Highlight the passage at 2:15:59

2:16:52 For example, for example, look like. Shakyamuni Buddha, he teach beginning five people. These five people, why beginning his disciple, you know, five people? But previous life, previous life, Shakyamuni Buddha is a passion practitioner man, hermit man, passion practitioner man. and he in Report an error in the passage at 2:16:52 Highlight the passage at 2:16:52

2:17:34 I think mountain some way. King and many queen and many girl groups and dancing groups, army and they go mountain, you know, picnic look like. Picnic look like. Then they picnic, eating, drinking. Then girl groups go. Report an error in the passage at 2:17:34 Highlight the passage at 2:17:34

2:18:07 They saw one bear and one sage man, what say, saint. And then the queen and the girls respect him and they ask, please you teach some advice or some teaching. Then he teach them. Report an error in the passage at 2:18:07 Highlight the passage at 2:18:07

2:18:35 They are very much like Dichen, because queen and many girl groups, they sit, you know. And king and the army, they're dancing and some, they forget. Women go away. Because men, women, different playing, you know. Report an error in the passage at 2:18:35 Highlight the passage at 2:18:35

2:19:00 Then King said, where have gone queen and girls? Where have gone? I don't know, they said. I don't know. Then they're looking. Where have gone? Then they go, go, go over there. But all quiet, listen in this old man. And that said, you know, King angry. You cheating my girl and queens. King and his five armies, what are you doing? You are very bad man, something say. Report an error in the passage at 2:19:00 Highlight the passage at 2:19:00

2:19:40 Then king, yeah, king wanted to kill this man because king angry, cheating his queen and everything. Yes, okay, I'm passion practitioner. Okay, yeah, yeah, I make prayer. Then you kill, okay. First I do prayer. Then one army cut his leg. Other army cut his leg. Other army cut. King cut his head. He pass away. Report an error in the passage at 2:19:40 Highlight the passage at 2:19:40

2:20:22 But he, one cut, what you practitioner? I'm patient. One cut, I'm patient. Yeah, all cut. Yeah, he make prayer. He say, now, what say, future I become Buddha. I, what say, your pipe delusion, I cut you. Yeah, he prayer that. Report an error in the passage at 2:20:22 Highlight the passage at 2:20:22

2:20:55 Yeah, that makes Shakyamuni Buddha term pipe people. That reincarnation. Yeah, yeah. Bodhisattva to get a connection, even bad connection, result is very bad, you know. Go hell, but till this finish, again good result. That means this like that. Example look like. Bodhisattvas always, you know, like Makashapa similar. Report an error in the passage at 2:20:55 Highlight the passage at 2:20:55

2:21:31 He is very rich, rich, rich. He became monk. His wife became nun. And then all things he give in beggar. And he is very simple monk. He going beggar, morning breakfast. Report an error in the passage at 2:21:31 Highlight the passage at 2:21:31

2:21:55 Yeah, somebody said, stupid. He said. I wish you become happy. Somebody say, you are good, I wish you are happy. Good, bad, all, his prayer, I wish you become happy. I wish you become happy. Only like that. That's similar, yeah, Bodhisattva's more, but Maha Shabba is our heart. But monk, you know, that time, no yet our heart. Report an error in the passage at 2:21:55 Highlight the passage at 2:21:55

2:22:29 Mahakasyapa, Shakyamuni Buddha passed away, then he doing Shakyamuni regent, regent, regent, yeah, Shakyamuni Buddha instead he doing. Mahakasyapa is lineage Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Mahakasyapa lineage. But Tibetan monks, Shakyamuni son, Rahu's lineage, son became Arhat, his lineage, you know. Mahakasyapa lineage keep Sri Lanka, talent that is like that. Anyway, yeah, even we have bad connection, still beneficial, long run, long run. Report an error in the passage at 2:22:29 Highlight the passage at 2:22:29

2:23:18 But if doing bad, bad result, but in the end something beneficial, that means. means for the suppers yeah yeah therefore respect to put this up audience right I pause station with this upper with this upper yeah So this verse is again paying respect to the bodhisattvas and it's looking at the aspect of the fact that with a bodhisattva, if you create a connection with a bodhisattva and it's a positive and a healthy connection, Report an error in the passage at 2:23:18 Highlight the passage at 2:23:18

2:23:57 Shantideva, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. You're going to end up going to hell probably. Not that the bodhisattva would ever want you to go to hell, it's just the nature of what you're doing to your own mind, you're going to go to hell. But then when you come out from hell, when you come out on the other side, you're going to get an amazingly positive result. Why is that? It's because the bodhisattvas, whenever there's a connection made, the bodhisattvas are always praying for the other person to have happiness, to be able to benefit them. Report an error in the passage at 2:23:57 Highlight the passage at 2:23:57

2:24:49 And so the power of that prayer will come through in the end. So Geshe gave an example with the story of Shakyamuni Buddha. If you look at his life story, the very first people he taught the Dharma to when he manifested enlightenment were these five ascetics that he used to go with, I guess. Report an error in the passage at 2:24:49 Highlight the passage at 2:24:49

2:25:14 Now, why did it come about that those five people They were the ones who first heard the Dharma from the lips of the Buddha. It's because in a previous life, many, many lives before, the being who eventually became Shakyamuni Buddha was practicing in the mountains. He was practicing patience in the mountains. And one time the king of that region came with his queen and a huge retinue of men and women and they were going on kind of a picnic, an outing. Report an error in the passage at 2:25:14 Highlight the passage at 2:25:14

2:25:45 in the in the mountains and you know they're they're having fun they're playing but the men are playing together here the women are playing together So they're sitting like enraptured, you know, rapt, attention. Report an error in the passage at 2:25:45 Highlight the passage at 2:25:45

2:26:14 Listening, listening, and finally the king in time kind of notices, where did the queen go, where are the women, you know, and so they go look for them and they look here, they look there and finally they find them up higher in the mountains and they're sitting there listening to this strange man with a long beard talking about these unusual ideas and so the king thinks, you know, this guy is trying to lead my queen and these women astray, you know. Report an error in the passage at 2:26:14 Highlight the passage at 2:26:14

2:26:38 He thinks he's leading them down the wrong path. So he says, you're doing something awful. You're a bad person. I'm going to kill you. And of course, it's great practicing patience. So he's like, that's okay. You can kill me. I'm very patient. So can you imagine? So he says, please though, let me just say a prayer first and then kill me. Report an error in the passage at 2:26:38 Highlight the passage at 2:26:38

2:27:01 And he prays, you know, someday in the future. I'm going to become Buddha. May the people who are now harming me, may they be among my first students. May I benefit them right away. The first guy cuts off one arm, another cuts another, cuts another, cuts another and finally the king cuts his head. Report an error in the passage at 2:27:01 Highlight the passage at 2:27:01

2:27:23 And so they're cutting off five things and so the prayer that he makes is may I cut off their five afflictions. And so of course... When these beings, they did this with a terrible motivation, when they died they had terrible results, but in time, because this bodhisattva had made this prayer, this came through, and so ultimately they benefited tremendously from that connection, from having made that connection with this holy being, even though it was such a terrible connection, it was a connection nonetheless, and so they became liberated. Report an error in the passage at 2:27:23 Highlight the passage at 2:27:23

2:27:55 liberated, first of all, among all beings. Shantideva, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. He would just pray, may they be happy. So if somebody said, you're doing very nicely, it's very nice, he would pray, may they be happy. If somebody says, you're very stupid, you're an idiot, may they be happy, no matter what. Now this isn't even a bodhisattva practice, but it's similar. Report an error in the passage at 2:27:55 Highlight the passage at 2:27:55

2:28:44 You get that same flavor that no matter what comes their way, the bodhisattvas, the practitioners are always praying. Not only may they be happy, but may I be able to help them, may I be able to be of benefit to them. So it's so amazing to think that there are beings who are benefiting us regardless of what we are bringing to the table, that Shantideva is paying homage to them for that reason here. Report an error in the passage at 2:28:44 Highlight the passage at 2:28:44

2:29:08 Yes, we can't do that much passion, tolerance. He is, you know, this sage. Shakyamuni Buddha's previous life, this sage, is his Arya, Arya Bodhisattva. He can, if God okay, okay, allow. But we learn passion, somebody wanted to kill, not allowed. You kill me, not allowed. We now beginning, you know. Beginning also not allowed to give fingers and head and eye, generous bhaktis. You first give one cup of tea and rice and dal and slowly, slowly, slowly become many things can give. Report an error in the passage at 2:29:08 Highlight the passage at 2:29:08

2:30:10 But not beginning immediately you are all things give. No, no, no. Impossible. Buddha said step by step, even your realization no area, not allowed to everything, give everything, life give not allowed. Life, if somebody kill, you must without angry, you need discussion, you need against something, why, what, or you protect your life, important. Report an error in the passage at 2:30:10 Highlight the passage at 2:30:10

2:30:47 But without angry fight also okay. Not kill, but protect temporarily. Yeah, call police also okay. That must in need. But sometimes people misunderstanding. Dharma more important. You are somebody kill, okay. Somebody, but this no, no. But step by step, you know. Report an error in the passage at 2:30:47 Highlight the passage at 2:30:47

2:31:17 But I, a Bodhisattvas, then can give body is tiger and that sage king wanted to kill till I'm passion practitioner, pattern practitioner, like that. That is, we can't do immediately. Yeah, yeah, that is important. Sometimes misunderstanding. Yes, then now I think we... Read that second chapter. Report an error in the passage at 2:31:17 Highlight the passage at 2:31:17

2:31:53 What say that number one? Just read one at a time? Just the first verse? Yes, first one. Together, all together? Oh, we not yet read. Okay. No, yeah, we haven't read this together yet. But, yeah, okay. Report an error in the passage at 2:31:53 Highlight the passage at 2:31:53

2:32:12 Yeah, we read second chapter. Then maybe too much, too much, too much, yeah. Report an error in the passage at 2:32:12 Highlight the passage at 2:32:12

2:32:25 I think we have 20 minutes more. We have 20 minutes. Yeah, yeah. Is that right? But, no? Whatever you want. Yeah, better just one verse. Okay, one verse, okay. So, chapter two, Confessing Negativities. In order to uphold that precious mind, I make excellent offerings to the Tathagatas, to the sacred Dharma, the stainless jewel, and to the children of the Buddhas, the oceans of excellent qualities. Report an error in the passage at 2:32:25 Highlight the passage at 2:32:25

2:33:03 yes, that is chapter two, negative, sorry, bhaktis, you know, passion or... No, regret, regret, purification, regret. Confession. Yes. Because if we have so many negative karma, negative, difficult generate bodhicitta. Bodhicitta, difficult generate bodhicitta. Number third, what say, third chapter, how to generate bodhicitta. Report an error in the passage at 2:33:03 Highlight the passage at 2:33:03

2:33:44 That topic coming. Chapter 2, chapter 3, that is coming, eight limbs or seven limbs coming, that is preparation, you know, most important negative purification, yes. Yeah, that is like offering. Offering, station, Postation, refuge and then negative purification, that is coming. Then negative purification, that is chapter 2. So Geshe-la is explaining in chapter 3, we are going to get to the point where Shantideva explains how to generate bodhicitta for the first time. Report an error in the passage at 2:33:44 Highlight the passage at 2:33:44

2:34:47 But it's very, very difficult to generate bodhicitta if we have all these negativities. So before we get to that, Chapter 2 is about purifying the negativities. It's really, Geshe is saying, about all the seven limbs, prostration and offering and refuge and purifying negativities and rejoicing to accumulate merit and requesting to remain. Report an error in the passage at 2:34:47 Highlight the passage at 2:34:47

2:35:13 But the most important point in this is purifying the negativities. Yes, that is a first one like you can read verses. Verse one again? Yeah. So again, it's in order to uphold that precious mind, I make excellent offerings to the Tathagatas, to the sacred Dharma, the stainless jewel and to the children of the Buddhas, the oceans of excellent qualities. Report an error in the passage at 2:35:13 Highlight the passage at 2:35:13

2:35:42 You two can read. Oh, sorry. No, it's okay. It's good to hear. Yeah, that is because why offering for Buddha's, Bodhisattva's ten directions, all holy beings, that is why you wanted to take Bodhisattva's commitment, wishing Bodhisattva. And commitment to bodhisattva or generate bodhicitta, wishing bodhicitta, commitment to bodhicitta. Report an error in the passage at 2:35:42 Highlight the passage at 2:35:42

2:36:25 Therefore, you need merit, you need negative purification. Yeah, these seven limbs need you. Therefore, all Report an error in the passage at 2:36:25 Highlight the passage at 2:36:25

2:36:45 Buddha and all dharmas. All bodhisattvas, all holy beings, I offering preparation. My money won't belong. You have some buying flower or something, whatever, you know, water and whatever. you ever did that, uh, Report an error in the passage at 2:36:45 Highlight the passage at 2:36:45

2:37:21 You buying that offering, you make preparation, that is offering, you have something, things you offering, you know, you have banana, you have something, apple or something, you must yourself buying. Report an error in the passage at 2:37:21 Highlight the passage at 2:37:21

2:37:51 That is offering, you make that offering. Then second you read. Whatever flowers and fruits there are and whatever kinds of medicine, whatever jewels exist in this world and whatever clean refreshing waters. Report an error in the passage at 2:37:51 Highlight the passage at 2:37:51

2:38:09 Also third chapter. Jewel mountains and likewise forest groves, quiet and joyful places. -hmm. Report an error in the passage at 2:38:09 Highlight the passage at 2:38:09

2:38:17 Heavenly trees ornamented by and bedecked with flowers and trees with branches laden with good fruit. Report an error in the passage at 2:38:17 Highlight the passage at 2:38:17

2:38:28 Fragrances and incense of the realms of gods, wish-fulfilling trees and jewel trees, uncultivated harvests and all ornaments that are worthy to be offered, lakes and pools adorned with lotuses and the beautiful cry of wild geese. read, please. Report an error in the passage at 2:38:28 Highlight the passage at 2:38:28

2:38:44 Everything unowned within the limitless spheres of space, taking these with my mind, I offer them to the supreme beings, the munis, as well as their sons. O holy objects of offering, compassionate ones, think mercifully of me and accept these offerings of mine. Oh, yes. Report an error in the passage at 2:38:44 Highlight the passage at 2:38:44

2:39:06 Oh, yes. That is like know you belong. belong things. That is, you not allowed if they have grocery store and they have so many good things, you sit there offering, not allowed. That is other people belong, you stalling. But that means nobody belong good mountain, nature good flower, good leg. You know, they have nice duck and bird and mountain, nobody belong, you know, just nature. Report an error in the passage at 2:39:06 Highlight the passage at 2:39:06

2:39:58 That is you appearing, this world, other world, other world, they have nobody belong, flower, nobody belong. But if somebody garden, maybe not okay. Report an error in the passage at 2:39:58 Highlight the passage at 2:39:58

2:40:15 Also somebody have in, you know, shop and they're good. Then you make tsokhpakti and not okay. Not okay. That is then easy. You don't buy it. Over there have lot in grocery store, lot food. You can groups go there. Not allowed to this. Not allowed. That is offering, you must buy all natural good things, you offering, you know. Report an error in the passage at 2:40:15 Highlight the passage at 2:40:15

2:40:53 That is, yeah, offering look like that, yeah, offering. Report an error in the passage at 2:40:53 Highlight the passage at 2:40:53

2:41:07 Then, how, yeah, Report an error in the passage at 2:41:07 Highlight the passage at 2:41:07

2:41:14 yeah, then I don't know, number seven, we read that. Not having merit, I am destitute, and I have no other gifts to offer. Thus, O protectors, you who think of others' welfare, through your power accept these for my sake. Report an error in the passage at 2:41:14 Highlight the passage at 2:41:14

2:41:32 Oh yes, I am very poor, they say. Oh yeah, yeah. I have no things, but not allowed to lie. If you have something, buy. You can't just lie and say you're poor. If nothing, then really like Malarepa, similar. And in Malarepa, in Whole Life Mountain, he's really high yoga practitioner. Report an error in the passage at 2:41:32 Highlight the passage at 2:41:32

2:42:05 He have no dharma, no things, nothing, nothing, everything nothing. Yeah, I think his offering is just... and a practitioner. Report an error in the passage at 2:42:05 Highlight the passage at 2:42:05

2:42:17 Just nature, maybe. Nature and also imaginary offering. Imaginary. You know, you make minds and make a lot of things. Imaginary offering. Also, if you have miracle, you have miracle offering. You make many emanations offering. Yeah. Report an error in the passage at 2:42:17 Highlight the passage at 2:42:17

2:42:47 Yeah, that is, yes, that offering look like that. Offering also, offering, what kind offering need? Things look like without killing, without stealing, without... Report an error in the passage at 2:42:47 Highlight the passage at 2:42:47

2:43:22 what rob robbing Robbing. Stealing, rob, different, you know. Yes, slightly different. Stealing like slowly, yeah, go there, you know, people can't see, that is stealing. Rob means you can't see, just do, you know. Something like that, yeah. Rob means like this. And killing we know. These things are not allowed offering because they come from killing. What kind of substance is needed? Report an error in the passage at 2:43:22 Highlight the passage at 2:43:22

2:44:04 Without killing, without robbing, without stealing. Very pure need. Otherwise, killing, stealing is not okay. Report an error in the passage at 2:44:04 Highlight the passage at 2:44:04

2:44:19 Offering. Report an error in the passage at 2:44:19 Highlight the passage at 2:44:19

2:44:24 Offering like this. Now, Ed. Eternally, I shall offer all my bodies to the conquerors and their children. Please accept me, you supreme heroes. Respectfully shall I be your subject. Oh, yes. That is offering me or my body or service. you know, like. Report an error in the passage at 2:44:24 Highlight the passage at 2:44:24

2:44:56 I offering of Buddha, Bodhisattva, I do your service. You are doing very beneficial job. You can using my body and you can using me. I can do whatever you say. I can go around. That is offering like that. Then? Through being completely under your care, I shall not fear conditioned existence and shall benefit sentient beings. I shall perfectly transcend my previous negativities and henceforth shall commit no more. Report an error in the passage at 2:44:56 Highlight the passage at 2:44:56

2:45:45 I have negative, all I do is purification and don't do any more. Next time I don't do any more negative karma, negative. You know, that is like... Report an error in the passage at 2:45:45 Highlight the passage at 2:45:45

2:46:13 To very sweetly scented bathing chambers with brilliantly sparkling crystal floors and exquisite pillars ablaze with gems, having canopies above aglow with pearls. Yeah, that is bath offering. I think that this is house look like how to take care shower room. Report an error in the passage at 2:46:13 Highlight the passage at 2:46:13

2:46:42 Shower room? This is not America shower room. That is long ago, 2000 years ago, India king and queens have their shower room. But Shantideva, his idea like this. But today shower room, this shower room different. Today shower room have hot water, but this have no hot water. Maybe it's a spa. Spa we call. Spa similar, right? Spa is similar to this. I see. Report an error in the passage at 2:46:42 Highlight the passage at 2:46:42

2:47:22 Yeah, yeah. That is a shower offering, you know, a bath offering. A spa offering. A bath offering, yeah. Yeah, that is a kind of offering, you know. We have, you know, that Chinese Buddhists doing Buddha's baby one. They put water, some. But Tibetan tradition doing in marrow. Report an error in the passage at 2:47:22 Highlight the passage at 2:47:22

2:47:55 Then they have reflection and then they put water, you know, all the, but not putting in statue. Some statues washing and then all gone, colors, danger. Yeah, yeah, anyway, that is, yeah. Report an error in the passage at 2:47:55 Highlight the passage at 2:47:55

2:48:24 Yes, then? I beseech the Tathagatas and their children to come and bathe their bodies abundantly from many jeweled vases filled with waters scented and enticing to the accompaniment of song and music. That is the India king. But I think American music don't need to take shower. Report an error in the passage at 2:48:24 Highlight the passage at 2:48:24

2:48:52 We sing in the shower. We make music. on. Report an error in the passage at 2:48:52 Highlight the passage at 2:48:52

2:48:57 Yeah, that is India king. All, you know, Buddhist cultures like come from India. Not Chinese culture, not Tibetan culture. You know, all India kings, you know, feed, washing, mouth washing, yeah, yeah, flowers and that is then. Eating music and also bath time, also we using music, usually ritual, something bell or something, that is instead of music. Report an error in the passage at 2:48:57 Highlight the passage at 2:48:57

2:49:35 Yeah, that is offering, good offering. offering. But I think Buddha's bodhisattvas are not dirty, but they don't want maybe shower. But we are doing our best, you know. Report an error in the passage at 2:49:35 Highlight the passage at 2:49:35

2:49:56 yeah, that is a true chapter. Let me dry their bodies with incomparable cloths, clean and well-anointed with scent, and then may I present them with fragrant, well-dyed garments, manifold thin and soft clothes. Report an error in the passage at 2:49:56 Highlight the passage at 2:49:56

2:50:13 Yeah, then take shower. After need, what say? Towel. Towel. Towel. Need. I don't know what that means. And take water. Then offering new clothes. New clothes. You offering new clothes. Yeah, old clothes changing. New clothes offering. Report an error in the passage at 2:50:13 Highlight the passage at 2:50:13

2:50:45 Also, honor man, you know, something, honor man. I adorn with hundreds of this and that supreme ornaments the arias Samantabhadra, Manjugosha, Avalokiteshvara and so forth. Report an error in the passage at 2:50:45 Highlight the passage at 2:50:45

2:51:03 Yeah, yeah. That is it. Report an error in the passage at 2:51:03 Highlight the passage at 2:51:03

2:51:09 Some Buddhas don't need ornament. Some Buddhas need ornament. Yeah, yeah. Maybe Shakyamuni Buddha don't need some ornament. Some Buddhas, some Bugakaya need ornament and crown or something need. I think that is our opinion. Like India, queen, king. How we, long ago, they respect. Similar, that is best, like best doing, you know. Report an error in the passage at 2:51:09 Highlight the passage at 2:51:09

2:51:50 But reality, I don't know that. But anyway, best one do. Okay. Yeah, some bodhisattvas say, Avalokiteshvara, Manjushri, they need ornament. mind. Report an error in the passage at 2:51:50 Highlight the passage at 2:51:50

2:52:10 Then what say? Like polishing pure refined gold, I anoint the bodies of the lords of subduers that blaze with light with the choicest perfumes whose fragrance permeates throughout the billion worlds. I think that is a good smell and also maybe something lotion shine or something. Like beauty, similar one. Like makeup? Yeah, little bit makeup. Yeah, like that. Report an error in the passage at 2:52:10 Highlight the passage at 2:52:10

2:52:51 Yeah. Yes. That is shower offering and cloth offering and ornament offering and also scent. Scent. Yeah, smell, scent appearing, also something, appearing. Hard to know. like that. Yeah, anyway. And to the highest objects of giving, the lords of subduers, I offer all enchanting, sweet-smelling flowers, such as mandara, lotus and utpala. Report an error in the passage at 2:52:51 Highlight the passage at 2:52:51

2:53:38 And beautiful, well-arranged garlands. Oh yes, that is India tradition. You know, flowers. Like a wreath. Yeah, yeah. You know, rosary. Flowers. Like a necklace. Like she's similar to something. Like a lei. Yeah, flower, you know. Report an error in the passage at 2:53:38 Highlight the passage at 2:53:38

2:54:08 Then what say? I think incense. I also offer clouds of incense whose pervasive sweet aroma seals away the mind. I offer to them the delicacies of the gods with a variety of foods and drinks too. Yes, that is then flowers and then incense. Report an error in the passage at 2:54:08 Highlight the passage at 2:54:08

2:54:34 Then bring. incenses you know Report an error in the passage at 2:54:34 Highlight the passage at 2:54:34

2:54:37 I also offer them jeweled lamps arranged on golden lotus buds. Upon ground anointed with incense, I scatter loose pleasing flowers. flowers. Report an error in the passage at 2:54:37 Highlight the passage at 2:54:37

2:55:06 is a... But like candle, like lamp, that is also offering, I think that means purify, you know. Otherwise that lamp is just that water make dirt going, also fire make also dirt, something burn. You know, like that. Here, that is the offering. Then, yeah, maybe we today stop here. Wow, many offerings. But today, five o 'clock, maybe everybody tired. Report an error in the passage at 2:55:06 Highlight the passage at 2:55:06

2:56:03 Tomorrow we go this. Then, yeah, yeah, third chapter, we, yeah, yeah. Report an error in the passage at 2:56:03 Highlight the passage at 2:56:03

2:56:20 Would you like us to say... Oh yes, thank you. That's better. So if we turn to the back of that page that we started with where it says dedication prayers in English, right? Report an error in the passage at 2:56:20 Highlight the passage at 2:56:20

2:56:38 So we can recite together. May the supreme jewel bodhicitta that has not arisen arise and grow. May that which has arisen... Report an error in the passage at 2:56:38 Highlight the passage at 2:56:38

2:56:51 To all these merits, may all father and mother send you peace, all darkness, and may all the lower realms be emptied forever. Wherever there are bodhisattvas, may all their prayers be accomplished immediately. In the land and circle of Silla Matos, who are the source of all happiness and good, all power, fortune, wisdom, things and gifts, all these remain until saṃsāra ends. Report an error in the passage at 2:56:51 Highlight the passage at 2:56:51

2:57:16 You who are all the senders of all the way. who serveth the bountiful career of all, who stand in his ignorance and in his doctrine, masterfully accomplish my needs and prayers, honouring the rituals, saving myself and others from disciples. So we can go to the other handout, which is the 10th chapter. Report an error in the passage at 2:57:16 Highlight the passage at 2:57:16

2:57:46 That is it. I don't know if we see how much. Okay, so we'll start. So we can read together. together by whatever virtue there is in which we have been composed engaged in the deeds of the Bodhisattva may all my creative needs engage in the deeds of the Bodhisattvas however many sick people are in this world may all be well may all be well may all be well may all be well Report an error in the passage at 2:57:46 Highlight the passage at 2:57:46

2:58:16 Lama Tsongkhapa, Shantideva, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. by the infant who will rise from the great bounds of the world. Report an error in the passage at 2:58:16 Highlight the passage at 2:58:16

2:58:54 May it be beautified by the melodious calls of wild-eyed geese and swans. May the regions of Harlequin, China, do the pulls of the large and sweetly-framed odysseys. May the heaps of coals also become piles of jewels. the burning iron ground be revealed as crystal floors. May the mountains of mass destruction not become celestial mansions above those filth. Report an error in the passage at 2:58:54 Highlight the passage at 2:58:54

2:59:20 the rain of gold cinders and I will become a rain of flowers may the striking of each other with weapons from now on be a playful tossing Lama Tsongkhapa May those drawing me far out where they will unfold, their flesh untied and disintegrated, their witness the color of the flowers, which in bodies of gods are the force of my virtue, and in them dwell with goodness and light will follow streams. Report an error in the passage at 2:59:20 Highlight the passage at 2:59:20

2:59:52 Wondering why all the nations of the world, with their horribles and cultures of fear, whose strength is the false strength that would really dispel darkness and genius and ice and joy. Lama Tsongkhapa I pray indirectly in front of us as the one who strengthily or briefly suffering the force of joy emerges, the one who thoroughly protects all our needs and has shared virtue and mercy, that he would flow on through the ways of thought and not ruin or solve fears. Report an error in the passage at 2:59:52 Highlight the passage at 2:59:52

3:00:51 Behold him in attractive mention, sounding with the melodious eulogies of thousands of goddesses, the portraits of God's great homage of his close feet with the cries, Lama Tsongkhapa May the hungry ghost be as happy as the human beings of a pleasant sound. May the hungry ghost be satiated by the full of love, descended from the hand of God in love with the dish of love. Report an error in the passage at 3:00:51 Highlight the passage at 3:00:51

3:01:41 And by washing it, may the loaves be refreshed. May the blind see and the deaf hear his songs. Just as it was one day, may pregnant women give birth with a happy heart. May the naked take clothing, the hungry take food. May the thirst keep you in your dark and delicious dreams. May the deserts retain you. May the wretched with sorrow and joy. May the depressed be comforted and the tapered with steadfastness. Report an error in the passage at 3:01:41 Highlight the passage at 3:01:41

3:02:09 However many successes there are, may they quickly be free from their illnesses. May all the diseases without exception and great injuries never occur again. May the frightened be fearless. May the strong be released. May the weak be strong. May their minds be mutually friendly. May all travelers be happy in their direction whatsoever. May their aims for which they travel be effortlessly accomplished. Report an error in the passage at 3:02:09 Highlight the passage at 3:02:09

3:02:36 May those who sail in boats and ships fulfill their wishes. May they happily return to shore. May they be joyfully united with their relatives. May their ambushed followers who have gone astray in deserts meet with other travelers and without fear of robbers, thieves, divers and others. and they proceed easily without fatigue. May the unprotected children of the other, lost in anxious and desolate places and the like, those intoxicated with sleep and the insane, be watched over by the gods. Report an error in the passage at 3:02:36 Highlight the passage at 3:02:36

3:03:08 May these be liberated. Report an error in the passage at 3:03:08 Highlight the passage at 3:03:08

3:03:13 I think it's okay. Okay here. About half. then half tomorrow we do. Okay, so we'll start tomorrow for 27. Oh, yes. Thank you very much. Report an error in the passage at 3:03:13 Highlight the passage at 3:03:13