We Have To Do Our Homework
Dearest Rinpoche, wish you well and in good health always. I am so happy and grateful that i am able to take refuge under Your Eminence during wesak, thank you for your kindness dearest Rinpoche. Rinpoche, in practicing dharma such as in doing dharma work, involving in any dharma activity and doing puja, it helps us to be a better person, to transform ourself, but in the process obstacles or negative karma manifest to hinder our practice of dharma to transform ourself, sometimes it is very tough to overcome such obstacles and emotion sometimes overwhelms. How can we practice it well and with result to transform ourself and serve others and benefit others sentient being? with folded hands. Om Ah Guru Kirti Daza Shasen Dara Kyandi Siddhi Hung Hung
From Frederick Law
Dear Frederick,
Whether you practice dharma or not you will get obtacles, problems and difficulties. It is part and parcel of ordinary life. It will come to you again and again like the summer rains. Why? We have all created causes for these problems in a previous times. Multitude of causes all dormant and waiting to be triggered.. Nothing comes without a cause. Nothing arises without an action. Nothing can be experienced without giving the experience.
I have had tremendous obstacles in my short life for the Dharma. From the time of my teenage years I experienced non-stop physical, mental and financial hardships. But I know, it was not created by the Dharma or an external force per se, but I knew it arose from me. If we cannot bear the problems we experience now, how can we progress in anything in life.
For money, food, relationships, fun we can bear so much difficulties automatically because we have been imprinted by society those are good and worth it.. To overcome obstacles, we must realize we have to change our attitude. Doing true spiritual practice is not overcoming obstacles, but accepting them as they come and not being hung up on them and letting them pass.
Be patient, learn more Dharma, apply the Dharma. If you do that sincerely, you will see a veil lift off your mind. Promise.
Don’t be afraid of obstacles, be afraid of obstacles when you don’t have a solution (Dharma).
I wish you luck and prayers, TR
From: http://blog.tsemtulku.com/questions#comment-18414
Shelly Tai on5June 2011 At 10:53am
Dear Rinpoche I can’t agree more,because I have same experience when I first started my practice. When I have problem I always blame others for this problem, after learning more about dharma I have understand that the law of Karma, all the negativity that we have is created by ourselves no one to be blame face it and solved the problem. By accepting it you will be more happy and lived with peace.
Thanks Rinpoche for all your effect to impart dharma in us, it do make our life more meaningful.
Dear Rinpoche, thanks you very much for the sharing, i will do more Dharma and apply it into my life, and face up to whatever obstacle which comes to me and take it as a experience and lesson for what i’ve created no matter in this life or in previous life, and able to apply it to help others as well. I am trully grateful that i have met Kechara and also Rinpoche, definitely has provided me a venue for me to understand Dharma to apply in life, i don’t know where will i be now if i have not met Rinpoche and Kechara. i trully appreciate that Rinpoche share’s the question in the blog, which will able to allow others to understand more and help them in their journey in practicing Dharma better. I thank you Rinpoche on behalf of all other who read this blog. With folded hands.
Dear Frederick, Send a picture of yourself. I will place it on my altar so you are blessed and protected daily. TR
Thank you very much Rinpoche for the the blessing, i will send in my picture to Rinpoche. i will do more for Kechara and the Dharma and other sentient being. with folded hands.
Dear Frederick,
I rejoice for you!! How fortunate we have our Lama close to us, and Rinpoche made himself available online for everyone eventhough Rinpoche was not so good in IT, internet in the begining, look at now how this Blog benefiting people. Wish you all the best to your spiritual growth.
Cheers,
James Long
Dear James, Thank You. we are truly fortunate to have Rinpoche close to us. it goes to show how Rinpoche is compassionate to all of us and using every way possible to reach out to many of us, to teach us, to guide us on our path of Dharma until enlightenment, which is one of the most greatest thing in the world for many of us. thank you for your wishes, hopefully one day i will be part of Kechara team working hand in hand to reach out to more.
I’ve always liked Rinpoche’s example that we push ourselves to the limit no matter to achieve worldly goals that only lasts one life. But for dharma or true happiness we are not willing to put in the effort or we are lazy to make the real difference for our lives. As always I am in gratitude of Rinpoche’s great examples.
I always contemplate on the following messages from Rinpoche:
Whether you practice dharma or not you will get obtacles, problems and difficulties. It is part and parcel of ordinary life. ”
So so true, wheather you are in dharma or not, you definitely have loads of obstacles, hideen or obvious problems and difficulties….this is part of our life.