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Soundfile 1995/05/14GRJHNLSL

Speaker Gelek Rimpoche

Location Netherlands

Topic Solitary Liberation

Transcriber Janet Diamond

Date (completed) 1/20/23

So, let me take the opportunity here to wish everybody Happy Mother’s Day. If you’re not a mother, (laughs). Don’t worry. There’s a Father’s Day too. Just doesn’t happen to be today. So, basically before the lunch, we’ve been talking about what to do. We said to do something, but then the question, comes, what to do. What happened there? Is somebody missing? Did somebody leave? Oh, you moved here. You two changed (places) and you came now. What happened to Robert? He had to go to a concert. OK. Anyway, I thought somebody was missing there. I keep forgetting your name. Martin. Martin Luther King? Incarnate. No. It’s a little too soon, isn’t it? Maybe. Who knows? In the spirit perhaps.

0:03:00.4 All right. So now, I think that should be enough about the first Noble Truth. We really spent a long time on it and then the Second truth, we mixed them together. I’d be failing if I don't say it. The Second truth is the cause of the First truth, which is the truth of suffering, which has basically a karmic cause and a delusion cause. And the karmic cause is just a lot of karmic teachings going on and karma is something that everybody talks about and there’s a karmic relationship between the individual and karma, a karmic relationship between the nature and karma, karmic relationship between the nature of reality and karma. So all sort of things are available around, so I don’t need to say much but one thing I would like to say karma is something that you don’t look separately from yourself and your actions, not so much yourself, but your own actions. A lot of people would like to look at karma as somewhere around the other side and some kind of mystical thing over there and somehow you’re connected or not connected. And that’s the wrong view. So karma, you must look within you, and every action that you do. You’re creating a karma, whether it’s good or bad, whatever it is.

0:06:08.9 A basic characteristic of karma is the four qualities. Karma is definite. And fast growing. One does not meet karma if you do not create it. If you create it, no matter , whatever the time it takes, somehow it will materialize and catch you, good or bad. That’s about it but basically, karma definite means… You have a question. A little one. Let’s see how little it is. Dutch translator: She says that you said that you do not meet karma if you haven’t created it and then she says you are continuously creating karma so you will always meet it. GR: Don’t look at karma as one thing. There are multi million karmas functioning together. It’s not one single little thing. It’s not one big giant monster called karma. It’s not. It’s multi million different things happening every time everywhere functioning together popping up everywhere creating and completing. It’s going on simultaneously, millions of them. That’s why I just now said “Don’t look at something over there.” That’s what it is.

0:09:04 When you’re very hot and the air is blocked, and tight and having difficulty, when somebody opens the window and door, then when you get relief, it is the result of one karma. And when somebody’s cold near there and they shut the door or window or something, and everybody gets stuck (hot?), that’s another karma. That’s what they mean, multi million different karmas. Or vice verse. Anyway, it doesn’t matter. So, that’s what it is. OK. So that’s what I mean by don’t look at karma as something giant over there. And it sort of has to deal with you. That’s what it means. And it’s not one big thing but multi different things functioning all the time. Every part of life, everything that we experience everything that we do, everything what we act, is functioning there, creating, completing, creating, completing, everything is going on all the time. Did you get an idea of karma? Anybody have any questions on karma? Have you ever met Mr. Karma yet? Or Miss Karma? Questioner: I don’t understand it. For example, from the moment you’re born you do all the wrong things. GR: Who said so? Questioner: I said so, as an example. Or you’re doing a lot of wrong things in your life. What is karma then? GR: Can you answer that question?

0:12:28.2 Dutch translator: Her answer is those things you do whatever pushes you. GR: is karma. Translator: That’s what she said. Yes. GR: It’s true. It is karma. Again, you might be born as a human being, with one karma but where you live is running, there are millions of different karmas running your life. It’s not (just) one karma that runs (it) throughout. And every time, whatever you’re doing, you’re creating a karma. And everything that you experience, good, bad everything even the cool breeze when you’re hot or the warm air when you’re cold, every single damn thing that we experience. Sorry about using the damn word but in our life, it is the karmic thing. So in other words, (what) you breathe, it is karma. You’ve got to call it this, karma. Everything whatever you do it (has) karmic consequences. Every single experience we have is the karmic experience. I’d also like to add up on this not only our daily life experience, but even extraordinary experience. Unusual experience, whatever it might be , any different experience with a light, Experience with, I don’t know- a ghost, experience with a god, god, ghost, light, what else do you have there, anything unusual, mystical experience, any one of them are again a result of karma.

0:15:38.5 . Then, there’s another question. If it’s my karma, then I can do nothing. I’ll let the karma take its own course in time. Wrong. Karma is definite. Karma is fast growing. One meets with the karma we’ve created. One will never meet with the karma if we didn’t create it. However, karma depends on conditions. So if the conditions are never made , the karma will not materialize. So that’s why you still have freedom. The karma is huge. Karma is powerful, karma is a monster, karma is behind you, karma is in front of you, however you still have control because if you avoid providing the conditions, karma can do nothing. Suppose you do have the karma to have a stomach problem, but if we take care of ourselves, eat the right thing , keep it warm and do the right thing, no matter how much karma we have from stomach problems, we’re not going to get stomach problems. So, karma depends on the conditions. Before we analyze, let (Carol-name? 0:18:19.6) Questioner: (Not sure if I’m hearing it all correctly): Well, there is some inconsistency. I don’t know whether it is true. I want to check with you. You can also argue that the rising of conditions, the law of the right conditions are also karmically predisposed so where is the freedom? Another point is if the karma is within samsara, it’s contaminated . How can it lead you to liberation? So what can you tell karma represents conditions (Dutch words 0:18:55.3) GR: The answer to the first question is does the egg or the chicken come first? That’s the usual question. Without a chicken, there’s no egg. Without an egg, there’s no chicken. That’s the question. That’s the nature of the question. As far as the second question is concerned… Questioner: You can also argue that conditioning is another name, that’s just artificially pulled out . GR: Not necessarily. Conditions are not another name, conditions are conditions. Whether it has another name or not , conditions are conditions. And it is very much like the egg and the chicken, which comes first. Absolutely, there’s no difference between those two. And then, let me say for the second question, I didn’t mean, I’m not going to dismiss your question by saying that it is a chicken and egg question but it is a chicken and egg question. But I will not dismiss that. I’ll try to come back and talk to you but as far as the second question’s concerned, it’s a very serious question, and serious in the sense that not every karma is definitely contaminated. However, you may think that since it is in samsaric nature, it is contaminated. Maybe so, but every karma is not a negative karma. There are positive karmas. And positive karmas, again , again like a condition, meets with the wisdom , when it influences and it becomes uncontaminated . I mean even the contaminated

(quotes in Tibetan 0:21:24.2) According to the Abhidharma, where you put the contamination and the uncontaminated differs, to the Chittamatra Mind Only school and there’s Buddhapalita differs with the Vaibhashika and all this, a bit complicated question. Even the word of contamination and uncontaminated basically, sort of a general view that when one (of them) is touched with the emptiness , it becomes uncontaminated and without being touched, it remains contaminated. Basic view, so won’t go into detail, but according to the Abhidharma, that is what is.

The (Tibetan word 0:22:15.1) is different on this matter. However, even with contaminated karma, the addition of the positive karmas will lead to the liberation because of the motivation, because of the influence. That’s why we make the motivations extremely important emphasized, because that makes a difference and about the chicken and egg question, I really don’t know what to say. Which comes first, the chicken comes first, or the egg comes first ? Questioner: I know but there is no answer to which comes first, the chicken or the egg. Translator : But It depends on which chicken and which egg. GR: She has an answer for that. She says It depends on which chicken and which egg you’re talking about.

(Inaudible response from questioner 0:23:34.9) GR: Well, if you kill all the chickens, then there’s no end of it. No more eggs will come. Questioner: If you have the karma to have stomach problems, GR: Just one minute (to let the translator say it in Dutch) GR: About the conditions concerned, it is true. The conditions are karma too. However, we have a choice to provide the conditions or not and there’s a lot of freedom in that. And definitely, we know we do know if you’re going to have a stomach problem, you eat the right thing and look after yourself and take echinacea liquid drops.

0:25:48.3 I also believe that karmic function is such a thing that it clicks like a clock. When it clicks on a certain time, it will go (makes clicking noise), right? It’s just like that. Karma also clicks. When it clicks, you can’t do anything. With the clock, you can hit it and it will stop, but with karma, you can not, no matter whatever you do, it won’t work. It’s because it’s been clicked. Before it clicked, before it made a noise, you always have the right and choice to do whatever you could. You can adjust or and try to put a stop on it or do whatever. It’s just like that. You do have , you can manipulate karma and some people think manipulation is bad but it’s not necessarily that bad at all. You can manipulate. I think that is the freedom that we have. Theoretically, it may have a problem but practically, it may not have a problem. Questioner: You say if you have the karma, it will be met, but now you say that if you can manipulate it, it won’t be met. How can you do research for a stomach problem and then not get a stomach problem if you have the karma for a stomach problem? (Not sure if I correctly heard every word of her question)

0:28:31.7 GR: Sure. But if you can avoid the condition, then you won’t get later either. Questioner: But I thought that karma is a definite. GR: It is. Definite means, the interpretation for that is once karma started functioning, then no matter whatever you do, you’ve got to go through it. That’s what it really means.

0:29:02.1. I know it is disturbing you. However, if you don’t do that, there’s a huge problem . You create another god , so that’s not the one. There’s not one. I shouldn’t have said it blank like that. Because it may help or may create a problem, but you know. That’s not the reality. It’s not. So, therefore, karma is also dependent arising. Karma is not a fixture. It is dependent arise. Karma depends on conditions. And we depend on , we’re all dependent arise. We’re not independent arise. Everything is dependent arise. Yeah. If you avoid right, early enough , the negative karma is avoidable, positive karma is avoidable and karma is not always negative either. There are a lot of positive karmas. Questioner: I have to ask. I thought you said it will be met sooner or later. GR: Yes. We said that but sooner or later, it will do. Yah. But the main thing I said is don’t take everything literally when the books come out, you know. So there are interpretations with meanings and explanation and analyzation, all of them. If you have to take everything literally, then it becomes boom. Then you have to interpret, then you have to make a new one , so then you become Old Testament and New Testament and you get all these problems comes up, you know. Really.

0:31:53.5 Ok. Now, Mr. Houpperman. Ed: Karma seems to be a strange thing to me on the word. You talk about karma now . You talk about things from the law of karma or the result of karma. To me, they are two very different things to understand it properly. For example, if the wind moves the curtains to the left, then you say that

(0:32:38.9 word?) but only we see moving the curtains, so can you explain a little bit when you say karma, where is the result you’re talking about? To me, it is not that clear because the 2 things go together now. GR: Very good question. It’s true. When you think about karma, what are you thinking? That’s really the question. Are you talking about the result or are you talking about the karma itself, or what are you talking about? When we’re talking about the karma, I think we’re talking about the karma that we create and the result , the casual karma and we’re also talking about the result that we experience and we’re talking about what had happened in between, the result and thing and when you mentioned that the wind blew the curtain, you see the curtain. You don’t see the wind. It is true. We see the curtain moving. The wind doesn’t have a physical appearance but it has energy which pushes so that the curtain moves and so we’re talking about the moving of the curtain. We’re talking about the wind itself coming. We’re talking about the wind circulation in the room, we’re talking about the still wind, all this. And very similarly, karma is the same thing. We’re talking about the causal karma, the result karma, function of the karma, the characteristic of karma itself. When we’re talking about the characteristic of karma itself, how it functions, what difference it makes to the individual. Actually, the most important thing is what difference it makes to the individual. That’s the very important point within the karma, whatever it might be.

0:35:19.7 Basically, when you say karma , there’s the general karma and the specific karma, general karmic system and specific karma. Both the general karma and specific karma also have a common karma and an individual karma. So if you started opening them up, there are a lot of detailed things to see but if you sort of leave it in general, then you can see the general things. So in talks like this, we’re probably dealing with the general karma. We don’t think we can open it up each of them and see how it’s functioning. I think it’s during the Lam Rim, during the meditation, I think you do pick up and you do need to look into it but basically when we talk about the karma part of the whole thing, it is the general functioning. And then, if you see the general functioning, and almost all karma functions the same way. The funny thing is almost all system of functioning is almost the same for all karma. Ok?

0:38:08.5. Mr. Houpperman? Ed: It makes a little bit more sense because I was confused about what you were talking about. I mean the part about the gravity. I mean if you know the law, then you have to take care not to fall, but there is nothing to say there is good or bad in the law part of that. I mean to me, I can accept the karma, the law. That’s ok. GR: OK. So let that be enough about that. Sorry, but don’t expect that we have answers . Don’t expect that we’re going to solve all our problems within 2 days. It’s not going to happen but it’s very good to raise those thoughts in your head, and then think about it and then come and deal with your life and see what category it’s following, how it is functioning, where one should make corrections,. Whether karma is right or wrong. No. I can’t say that. Whether the karma is blue or green, it doesn’t matter and what does matter is how it’s going to effect me and what karma effects me and that is the individual matter and that’s what we call individual responsibilities.

0:41:02.4 The individual responsibility comes out for the individual, saying if I don’t like my problems, and I’d like to see where it’s coming from. You see that it’s coming from karma. There’s no question. And what is that karma made of? Why did I make such a stupid karma? Or why did I do it? So you are taking one step back from the karma cause to the delusion cause, you know the 2nd Truth, the cause of suffering has a karma cause and a delusion cause. So it is not me, but my delusion made this. My attachment made me do this. I know it’s not good for me. I know it’s not good for her. I know it’s not good for him but I did it. I got to do it. I did it because my attachment made me do it. People say that all the time, don’t they? They always say this. I’ve got to do it . Otherwise I have to protect myself . I’ve got to do because I have to protect her. I’ve got to do it because I have to protect him. You know what I mean? People say that all the time. So, it is an indication that naturally, you’re knowing, your good human nature, you’re knowing that’s not the right thing to do. However, you can’t help it . You've got to do it. However, you’ve got to do this and then you don’t like it and then you cry. You fight with yourself. You do all these problems. This is something very usual in the west. Everybody does it. Not only in the west. Even in the east. East doesn’t mean

(Word-? 0:43:48.1 ). So this is what the delusion causes overtaking the karmic cause. the driver on this particular car is the delusion.

0:44:04.9 So, you yourself and your karma become the driver and you become the passenger (I’m not sure if that’s what he said but that’s what makes sense to me

(-0:44:21.5) Right? So that’s what happens. You know, Two people go in the car. One will say “I have to go this way” and the other one will say, “oh, no. that’s no good and blah blah blah but whosoever is driving has the right to make it go that way. So, anyway, that’s what happens. And it is very similar , intellectually or really deeply. You know it’s not the right thing to do but you can’t help it. You let it go. You can’t help it because your delusion is more powerful. Does that make sense to you people at all? It doesn’t correspond with you at all? I’m sure everybody has that problem. Who doesn’t have it? I’d be very happy to see any hands come up, who does not argue within yourself between knowingly it’s (not) right, but I’ve got to do it. Everybody will do it. Those who think they will not do it will also do it, ok? They will. Ok. One question. Questioner: If I say I have to do it. If that’s the reason,

(inaudible-0:46:17.0) GR: Whatever it is. You know the reason is a reason. Maybe a good reason, maybe a bad reason. That makes a difference, no doubt. However, good or bad, the reason is an excuse. Really true. Absolutely true. Whether it is a good reason, even then, it’s an excuse. Whether it’s a bad reason, even then it’s an excuse. Basically, you have the right to do everything , whatever you want to do. No one can make you to do something that which you don’t want to do.

0:47:02.0 And that is the bottom line. So, any other excuse is usual. You make yourself to do it or somebody else makes you to do it. Whatever it is. All are excuses. No one can make you do something that you don’t want to do. Keep that in mind. It is always like that. They can make you want to do it. That, again becomes a little bigger excuse. That’s really true. So, what am I talking about now? But you can’t help it sometimes. It’s because you lose the power to the delusion. Or you lose the power to the pressure. You get me? And that’s how delusion causes karma. That’s true. The attachment will pressurize you to say this. Attachment will pressurize you to do funny things. Anger will pressurize you to act as something funny. So you know you can’t do it, you know you shouldn’t do it, but anyway you do it. So this is the losing of independence or me. And you’re making your anger to do whatever the anger want to do. You’re not putting your foot down on for your own sake.

0:50:00.3 I know you’re picking that up, but the reason why is that you begin to pick up the life experience. Questioner: I think it’s a mistake, but I’m always thinking of extreme examples but sometimes…GR: Somebody’s got to do it. (laughs) Anyway, so that’s how the delusion force creates karma. Are you people with me? No problem? Ok. So, now. Let’s move up. This is the delusion, that is the karma, that delusion creates karma. Can we also create positive karma? Of course you can. And the difference between the creation of the positive karma and negative karma is that the creation of the positive karma requires training. And (for) creation of the negative karma you don’t need training. All true ,because we’re already trained very well, whether it is extreme or not extreme, but we’ve been taught quite well in that. Now for every positive karma that we want to create we have to put tremendous efforts in. First you have to acknowledge, second you have to be convinced that it’s a good thing to do, and third you have to fight with what you want to do (instead). So that’s why it’s a hard one. Now, let’s see what kind of positive karma can you do?

0:53:00.0 Let’s look into it. What do Bodhisattvas do? How many people are not familiar with the terminology called Bodhisattva? Ok. 8 out of 75 people. All right. What do I do? The Bodhisattva is a Sanskrit name. People who have a Bodhi mind are called Bodhisattvas. Now the question arises what is Bodhi mind? Questioner: Enlightened GR: No no no. That’s why I’m raising this question. Enlightened mind, Bodhi mind are two separate things, although it sounds like Bodhi is connected with the Buddha. How do I say? Bodhisattvas are the passengers with the confirmed ticket, the passengers with the confirmation number, the passengers who have a ticket with the confirmation number on it. The train is going to go to enlightenment. It’s like going from here to Amsterdam. And the train is going to go to enlightenment but they’re bypassing Arnhem.

0:56:16.0 . Like the Bodhisattva train, the train will go to enlightenment but it will also bypass seeking freedom and the principle of the Four Noble Truths, like 2 stations. And why are they called Bodhisattvas? Because they have a particular commitment, the commitment of helping others, no matter whatever it may take. And in order to help others, you need the best tool available , so you need to go to Amsterdam to get the tool. So the meaning of the word Bodhisattva is a totally committed passenger whose seeking the best available of enlightenment. Why you have to seek because you’re committed to do the best job for everybody. Sometimes I’m wondering what the senior people are thinking when I say funny things like this. He asked “Do you have a ticket?” I said, “Did you buy it?” Just joking. Get it now? A rough idea.

0:58:59.1 So, why do you have to buy the train ticket? This question comes up. Do I have a train ticket? I don’t know. You have to buy the train ticket. Why do you have to buy a train ticket? Because you care for it. You care for other people. This metaphor might not be working so well. You know, really. You care for the other people to help them, to do whatever you could do to help them. It’s not right when I say, whatever you could do, but you are committed to do, to deliver the enlightenment of total freedom, total joy, total knowledge to everybody. Why are you committed? To deliver enlightenment or total benefit to all people because of your compassion. This is what it is . Because of your love, because of your compassion, makes you to commit that. Get it? When you love somebody, you’ll go out of the way to please the person, don’t you? By the way, have you ever fallen in love before? (laughs) This may be too personal. Don’t answer it. So, that’s what it is. When you love somebody, when you care for something, you go out of the way, you do for the person because of your love and because of your caring. And if you have limited care, if you limited love, you will do the limited thing. And if you don’t care, if you don’t love, so why should you bother?

1:02:02.6 Are you with me? That’s what it is. Now, the Bodhisattvas are supposed to have unlimited unconditioned love and compassion. So it doesn’t matter whatever it may take, I am going to do it. Right? So when you want to do some big job, you need good tools. So you can’t function with hand writing. You need typewriter. You can’t function with a typewriter. You need a computer. And you can not function with a limited small computer. You need a huge capacity computer, you know? So, if you have them, you can work. If you don’t, you can’t work. That’s why the relevance of seeking Buddhahood really. And the Tibetan Buddhism will tell you, right from the beginning, your aim is to become a Buddha. But to hell with you if you don’t need it. Why? Why? Why? You know, my purpose is to seek freedom. Why do I have to become a Buddha? The relevance does not arise as long as you’re seeking freedom for yourself. The moment you have the so called love and compassion, then you become committed. I care for you, so I have to do something for you. And then you see how difficult it is to do something. The best thing to do with people is you can’t beat people up. They’re not like sheep or goats. You can’t drive them in one direction and whistle and drive it. You can’t do that, right? True. 1:05:15.5 So, what do you do? You communicate. The best thing is to try to communicate, right? Try to talk to the people, try to communicate. Do you what is the Buddha’s most important activity is? The most important activity of the buddha is the speech activity, talking. It’s not the magical powers that the Buddha has shown. The magical power is magical power. You perform magic and when it’s over, it’s over. So Buddha’s message of sharing the Buddha’s thoughts and ideas and development that he has gained experience is the everlasting message still going on 2,500 years. It’s becomes the living tradition. It’s because of that . It’s not dead message or philosophical books that have (word- returned? )

1:06:34.0, but becomes a living tradition. It’s still carried today in life, in bones and flesh, in life. That is because of the message. If it’s a returned something, it’s returned now and then said and tell it and write it down and then remain with the dust in the library. And that does not become a living tradition. (Dutch name- Orno?)

1:07:47.4 said this morning, why don’t they tell the truth? Didn’t you tell me this morning? Yes. You can’t tell the truth. You have to feel it. If you tell it and write it down, it is a written message. What a big deal?

1:08:15.6 Millions of them are available, but this is a living tradition and one coveys to the other. One talks to the other. The other understands and feels and it makes a difference to the life. Then you act and that makes it a living tradition. Can you see now? Thank you. Really true. So, that’s why the Buddha’s point is the most you’ve got to get the message, communicating and to communicate to one person how difficult it is. Basically, if you have one companion, or 2 companions, whatever it is. One companion you have, you like the companion, you like each other, you agree on a lot of things. You’re fine with each other. Even then how difficult to get the message across. How much hesitation you will take to say certain things. How many times do we go around and around to make a point, just to get a certain boom shot or hit or something? How much dancing around we do? In our life, that’s what we do. You might not have experienced it. You just got married yesterday. It doesn't matter. Just joking. Tell me three years later. Just joking. Anyway, so since it’s very difficult to communicate from one person to another. How difficult it is, right? Even though you live with the person, you know the person very well. It is your husband. It’s your wife. It’s your boyfriend. It’s your girlfriend. It’s your partner. Whatever it may be . Still, it takes tremendous effort and tension.

1:11:15.0 Even if you get this little message across, you need to have Marianne walking in there and talking to you. You know. Otherwise, you can’t get . To some people, yes but not to all. But, anyway the point is the Bodhisattva is there to try to bring this experienced message to all people. And forget about the usual difficulties people to people experience. In addition to that, there’s a tremendous amount of block. The limitation at your side , the block from the other side,. The block number one is, what is it? Just shut down. You’re not interested. I don’t even care. Why are you talking about it? Right? Block number two is you may be a little bit open but (have) tremendous suspicion. And tremendous hesitation. Communication gap. Less understanding, wrong understanding and all of them there. Even if you get the message across, people may take it, may not take it. If they take it, whether they gain any benefit or not get benefit. All of that. So there is no question (that) you need the best tool. So that’s why you need Buddhahood. From the Buddhist point of view, that’s known as the best . That’s why it’s called Buddhahood.

1:14:09.1 So, that’s why the relevance comes in. That’s why you buy the ticket. So, once you buy the ticket, once you’re on the train, the train goes in that direction. You get there. So that’s what the Bodhisattva meant. Ok, good. So I covered Bodhisattva with love/ compassion , both together. But still the love/compassion is also you have to be careful with the feelings. And with a tremendous feeling you need . If you don’t feel it, then it’s not good. And it is so important. Don’t make it a buzzword. It is so important, ok? I’m going to stop here. So let’s say you have the commitment. You have the Bodhimind. so, what do you do? Ok. We’ll have a 10, 15 minute break. So, we’re continuously talking about the Bodhisattva, Bodhimind and there are people who give you Bodhisattva vows. I don’t know whether anyone gives Bodhisattva initiation or not. I don’t know. Maybe somebody’s doing it. Who knows. There’s the Bodhisattva vow taking. And then there’s the Bodhisattva vow, but a very elaborate way of doing it too, you know. I don’t know all this, so the question really arises what makes the person become a Bodhisattva?

1:17:04.8. And that particular mind, which really( is) a a heart felt mind of ultimate compassion and love and seeking the best tool. When that mind grows within the individual, it grows in our tiny little fragile human body. It grows there, really. It grows and when it really grows within our mind, grows in the sense that it’s not an extra lump that grows at your heart level but the feeling of the mind and the principle mind functioning and all of them are sort of completely within the circle and

(word- film? 1:18:00.8) work and within the influence of that very mind, when it’s become, then it’s known as the Bodhimind has grown within you. And that person, then becomes a Bodhisattva. And the first Bodhisattva vow grows as a sort of not as the action form, but almost a praying form. It’s almost praying, I wish I could do it. I wish I could do it, sort of wishing form, you know really big wish, wish wish. A bottomless wish list will come out you know. Then, that wish will become (such) that you can’t sit there and keep wishing, wishing wishing. You’ve got to do something. So then, you pick up actions. And those actions make it action oriented Bodhimind rather than wish oriented Bodhi mind. And both, the action oriented (as well as) the wishing oriented Bodhimind are true Bodhimind but (they) are called relative Bodhimind.

1:20:01.7 The reason why it’s called relative Bodhimind, is because it’s dealing with relativity, rather than (the) absolute. And when the person becomes familiar (with) or encounters (it) or (is) in oneness with the absolute truth, then the Bodhimind will also become absolute Bodhimind. Now, what kind of action is recommended to Bodhisattvas? So, even if you are not a Bodhisattva, these are the same things you can do. So, this is recommended like the six Paramitas, or the six Perfections. Perfection number one: is generosity. So you don’t have a problem with generosity, right? Do we? No? Thank you. Perfection with generosity, Perfection with morality. OK. We may not a problem with that either. Perfection with patience. Perfection with enthusiasm and Perfection with concentration and Perfection of wisdom. All right? So which way we want to talk, up or down? Let’s talk backwards today.

1:23:02.5 He’s laughing. I don’t mean that way, ok? (laughing) I’m sorry. The wisdom, we taught already this morning by question of analyzing with Naomi . With her question, we really talked a lot about wisdom in the morning. And still, the wisdom is not limited to the knowing of emptiness, the wisdom, I mean every single thing that we pick up, every single thing that we do, doing wisely is a wisdom. True. It’s a wisdom. The wisdom, whatever ( is being done) wisely, whatever you think is the best for you, whatever you think is the best thing to do, whatever you can understand the best, whatever you can apply the best of understanding in your life, it is the wisdom. And one important thing is, discriminating wisdom. Wisdom that picks up what is good and what is bad.

1:26:00.4 And the wisdom that picks up that it is good for me and it is bad for me. And that is important wisdom. And another thing is (that) knowing alone is not enough. And you have to know it properly. You have to know it thoroughly. You need to concentrate because you can’t go half-hearted. You need to concentrate tremendously (on) whatever you think is good (for) you before you act. You need to concentrate. And you know when people tell me , “I would like to sleep (on) it”. And I like it because they’re thinking it over, they concentrate over it, they meditate over it. Yet, it should not be too long. It shouldn’t take 5 years to meditate on, the right thing to do or the wrong thing to do. So the wisdom, not only the wisdom of knowing, but (also the) wisdom of concentration. Once you’re concentrated, once you understand, once you concentrated, then you have to act. You cannot be lazy. You know laziness is a terrible thing to do, you know really. And if you spend your life in laziness, you have no idea how the days and time go. And before you do anything, there’s a knock on your door. And they say, “ Sir, your car is ready. So then, that is a problem. So, don’t let laziness take over you. You need to act. You need to function. Once you’re convinced, and that also, not half-heartedly.

1:29:01.0. Half-heartedly will never work. So you must go full speed with full enthusiasm. That is the enthusiasm of wisdom. And when you enthusiastically you go with that, you will encounter with a lot of resistance, with a lot of problems, and you can’t brush them out. You need patience. You need persistence, right? You need persistence, you need patience. That is the patience of wisdom, right? So patience is also not enough. You need discipline. And if you’re not disciplined, it is impossible to achieve. So consistent application of wisdom on whatever you’re doing. I’m not talking about the high level of the Bodhisattva level. I’m talking about our every day life. A consistent discipline. And that is what you need. Otherwise, you’ll do everything tomorrow. And that is your morality of the wisdom. And not only you have the idea. Not only you have focused , not only you have the drive, not only you have the patience, not only you have the discipline, you (must) be generous. You have to share with people. You have to take people with you. 1:31:17.7