I did something right
I do not remember nor recall what I did or who I was in my previous lives. I was told I am a reincarnation of the abbot of Gaden Shartse Monastery. When I look at myself, I can’t confirm this. But one thing IS FOR SURE, I MUST HAVE DONE SOMETHING REALLY REALLY REALLY CORRECT, because in this life I was able to sit at the feet of the Glorious Kyabje Zong Rinpoche who is no other than Heruka Himself.
I was able to serve this great Being I refer to as His Holiness and recieved numerous practices and commitments from. Reflecting upon this I know I did something right and I rejoice. How can I come across something so incredible such as HH Kyabje Zong Rinpoche if I did not create the causes for it. Causes resemble results. Results resemble causes.
I love you Kyabje Zong Rinpoche and I keep my forehead touching your feet.
Tsem Rinpoche
I love this blog post a lot! To me, it speaks of hope, inspiration and the achievement of our highest dreams.
Though I have not done much in the last 40 odd years of my life, but I must have somehow accumulated enough merits to meet with the Guru and the Dharma in this life.
To be frank, such thoughts would not have surfaced in my mind before. Because I did not think that such things were a big deal. But after studying and understanding Karma a little more, I now know that to meet with the Guru and Dharma is not such an easy thing to come by.
I understand the value of this now. Hence, I will continue to work and build on my great fortune to have met with Rinpoche and learn the Dharma in this lifetime.
May every lifetime become better and stronger in Dharma. May each lifetime be blessed by being close to the Guru, the source of our very Enlightenment.
Thank you so much, Rinpoche.
How wonderful it would be for us to be there at KWPC and listen to Rinpoche’s teachings within KWPC’s walls, a dream made to come alive. How wonderful if we are able one day to look at pictures of ourselves sitting at the feet of Tsem Rinpoche, and think “we must have done something right”.
Wouldn’t that be a great end to a chapter and a great heading for the story of the next chapter to be told.
I do not dare phantom what or who I was in my past lives, I can only know who I am and what I have done in this life. Understanding karma and how actions affect karma, I can say that my karma brought me to be my mother’s daughter and it is through my mother that I met my Guru, Rinpoche.
Rinpoche once told me my Dharma is my mother and my mother says my Dharma is my Guru. Between them I have found my Dharma and whatever it may be, I only know that I must have done something right and must continue to have the motivation to serve Dharma i.e. serve my Guru and my mother.
We must all have done something very correct to, to be able to sit at Tsem Rinpoche’s feet, receive teachings directly from Rinpoche, even read this blog. I wish I could go back and see my previous life and give myself a pat on the head for that ONE little tiny thing I did right to be able to make it back here.
This is something to be grateful for every single day and all the more reason to continue practising so we can continue to generate the merit to stay connected (in this and every future life) and more importantly, to repay the kindness of our spiritual teacher.
Thank you Rinpoche for keeping us in your fold.
I must have done something right in one of my past lives for what I am today. This is the Karma that I am getting to be able to meet Rinpoche who is my Guru and who has help me a lot in the early years physically, Spiritually and Health. I can walk now if it is not for Rinpoche blessings and guidance that has enable me to do Dharma activities. Rinpoche has always told me that I would be in a wheelchair. I am now doing things independently through Rinpoche’s training which I feel sometimes I thought I cannot handle. And today I am commenting on his Blog which I had feared I cannot fulfill. Thank you Rinpoche for your care and concern.
Dear Tsem Rinpoche,
exactly I think and feel the same way of H. E. Kyabje Zong Rinpoche: “… one thing IS FOR SURE, I MUST HAVE DONE SOMETHING REALLY REALLY REALLY CORRECT, because in this life I was able to sit at the feet of the Glorious Kyabje Zong Rinpoche who is no other than Heruka Himself.”
Thank you Rinpoche for keeping the memory of this superior spiritual master alive. And I wish many people will have the opportunity to meet with the present Kyabje Rinpoche!
I am going to echo what everyone else is saying, because it is something i really believe. I met Tsem Rinpoche when I was 29, not early but not too late in life. And since that day about 4 years ago, I have had the opportunity to sit at Rinpoche’s feet, serve him, assist him, pass his messages, cook for him, learn from him… This is the best thing that has happened to me in my life, and it cannot be just a lucky chance that gave me this opportunity. I must really have done something good last life (lives) to be able to do this now.
I truly believe that I am lucky, I must have made prayers, I must have had a little merits.
How could I, the child of parents whose origin is a tiny polynesian island in the middle of the ocean, who migrated to a predominantly christian country New Zealand end up working closely with a High Tibetan Lama with a Lineage that stems all the way back to Buddha Shakyamuni.
I do meditate on the fact that there was no connection to Buddhism at all in my upbringing and now I am working in Dharma, doing Dharma work with Rinpoche and others. No other job comes close, nor as satisfying even thought the rewards are not financial.
Zong Rinpoche exudes so much grace and control. When I come across the pictures of many of the high lamas there is this feeling of them having full control of their lives and existence this is what I feel anyways.