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Soundfile 20141129GRJHNLIMP02

Speaker Gelek Rimpoche

Location The Netherlands

Topic Four Noble Truth

Transcriber Lay Tin Ng Elsie

Date 16 November 2021

(Transcriber’s note: Prayers in progress.)

0:00:13.9

Rimpoche: Welcome back. And, so, to be, talking continuously about the life and it is natural with the four noble truth.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: So, earlier, I think we talked about the first noble truth. Right? We didn’t talk about the second noble truth. Did not. Okay. I am sort of, not try to give you here, four noble truth’s lecture but but the thing is, when you are dealing with our life, and then Buddha’s experience and Buddha’s teaching. And also today, whatever the, whatever the, whatever the difficulty what we face in our life, and, and, how we are going to face our life tomorrow. And all of them are, sort of the purpose of why you are here. So, I thought, I think it is very important to talk to you that, rather than, emphasizing everything is impermanent, you know that, and everything is impermanent, and even death and dying and all that. We are quite we are quite know about it. And, we don’t need to remind again, and you are going to your sick, we don’t have to remind again, you going to die, and all of that, we all know that. I am sorry I am reminding you, by saying you don’t have to remind.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:03:39.5

Rimpoche: And also, those of you been little longer time in Buddhism, we also have something more to, I don’t know whether learning new or but to pick up some more important point.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: So, that is what I am talking about it.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: So, now, second noble truth. There are people who think sufferings are just by itself can, by accident, and it happens to be suffer, suffering came, joy came by accident. And nothing is caused by anything.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:05:16.6

Rimpoche: And some people think, all sufferings are come from one cause, one particular cause, nothing. Nothing, nothing, sort of, just one particular single cause created suffering. And this interesting. Many of us, maybe thinking the same thing, you never know. So, many of us maybe thinking the same thing, one particular deed cause a particular suffering which is, in one way true but on the other hand, suffering also dependent or interdependent nature. So, interdependent nature really means, means, there are number of cause, conditions, number of things are together which make it possible. Otherwise, single cause will not create, create suffering, suffering or joy or anything.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:07:26.0

Rimpoche: These are the earlier, before Buddha, those early Indian Hindu teachers have many propagated those ideas, propagated in the sense, and their thinking and that what they finding.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:07:52.2

Rimpoche: Some schools, Indian schools, also say the suffering and the joy are at the discretion of Ishwar, the Ishwar, the, I don’t know, something look like that their God, or something look like, Ishwar it is said, it is the Ishwar is the choice and the decision that make you suffer. And Ishwar’s decision that make you enjoy, I don’t know whether the same as whether God make you suffer or not suffer. I don’t know whether the same or not. I don’t know. But early Indian schools, one of them taught, Ishwar it is sort of, same like creator, created all of those.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:09:11.8

Rimpoche: That what, as I said earlier, you know, we used to say, let there be light, and light come, let there be water, water come, you know all that type of thing. That’s one way of looking how, how the cause is.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: And then, nature of suffering or joy whatever it is. It is though it look like impermanent, but in reality, it is permanent

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: So, so, so the Buddha’s discovery is, Buddha’s discovery is, and all of them are not true.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: So, the criteria for the second noble truth, truth of cause of suffering is, cause itself is one. Cause.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:10:59.6

Rimpoche: Cause, source, condition, vary condition as four important criteria.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: Source

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: And the vary condition.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: When you explain it, you get it. So, what is it? What is it? It is the, it is our karma and attachment. Karma and attachment. Karma and attachment, is cause of suffering because they create suffering.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:12:24.0

Rimpoche: Karma creates suffering and attachment creates suffering. Why people suffer? Because attachment is, did not fulfill.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: Attachment brings in one way look like joy, but on the other hand it also brings suffering. Dissatisfaction. Not, not fulfilling your desire. All these are due to attachment.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:13:37.8

Rimpoche: In life, we have so many suffering because of attachment. Looks like attachment is giving you joy but attachment gives you tremendous pain.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: Joy is very little.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: Very little. It’s very little. But dissatisfaction is the longest.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: That doesn’t mean do not engage in attachment. I mean, as a Dharma teacher I should say do not engage in attachment. But, but, that doesn’t really mean you should not engage in that.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:15:03.6

Rimpoche: But, but you need to know how to handle the attachment, honestly.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: Is that Hanika? Oh. Okay. My eye is bad, I am sorry, I was wondering. You need to know how to handle.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: The, one of the biggest key is, one of the biggest gift, that Buddha give is satisfaction.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: And appreciation.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: And respect.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: Yes. And if you don’t know how to respect, and then you get all trouble.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: Everybody will ignore everybody it is very bad. But if you know respect, then you appreciate. When you appreciate and then you admire. And then when you admire, and then it is two-way street of admiration.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:17:01.8

Rimpoche: Two-way-street is very important.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: And there was an old Tibetan woman incarnated lama, very famous known as, I mean, her name is Songjin Jetsun Rinpoche. It doesn’t matter. The name for you, it doesn’t matter. And there are very few women incarnated lama and very rare to have, to became famous by her own, rather than incarnation lineage. (Transcriber’s note: At this point, there is noise in the background.) She become famous by her own deeds. (Transcriber’s note: Someone says sorry.) I suspender, where the big noise. I have a suspender, that’s what, because you know, I am losing weight and my pants going down so I have to hung that out. (Rimpoche and audience laughing.) People are working hard to lose weight and I am giving it all now.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: So, I have to wear the suspender, which is moving and so making noise, with the, the microphone. Sorry. So, anyway, she advises people, she advises people, what does respect mean in between two people. And she, she says, respect means, you know, in old Tibet, we don’t have today’s style, today if you go and buy egg, and there is a little box which protect egg and all that in boxes and all that. In old, they don’t have it. You go and buy egg, and they give you egg, there is no box or anything. So, if you don’t have a bag or anything to carry, you have to put the eggs in your pocket and bring it, right. So, she advises everybody, respect mean, you have to think other person has a quail egg in the pocket. Quail egg in the pocket. So, if you push a little bit, it is going to mess up everything.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:20:55.3

Rimpoche: That is it. I mean, if you know, if you have respect, and if you have appreciation and if you handle well, then it is joy. And if you don’t know how to handle it, then it becomes suffering. It is actually one little attachment, one little relationship between two people. If you handle it right, it is joy. If you handle it wrong, it is one of the, one of the most torturous relation suffering too.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:22:04.9

Rimpoche: And, it is cause, you know it is the cause, it is the source, because it keeps on giving it again, again and again. Just doesn’t end at one time. It keeps on giving, whatever, joy or suffering, keep on giving again, again and again. That’s what.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: (Rimpoche speaks in Tibetan) That is cause. The next is (Rimpoche speaks in Tibetan) or it is cause because. No, sorry. It is condition. Not only causes, it provided tremendous condition.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: Meaning there is a direct cause and condition make it work together. So, you know, earlier, we were talking about cause is not only one. There is direct cause, there is condition comes in. Things materialized, because all these are work together, you know, like that.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:23:55.8

Rimpoche: Not only, it is grow, it gives whatever result, joy or suffering again and again but also it brings very powerful and strong, and that’s why vary conditions. So, 4th thing ???

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: So, that tells us our life, our life and whatever we are experiencing it is not only we created, but we provided the condition. We provided the condition and also, we did not know how to handle it properly. And that’s why even could have been good joy, become suffering.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:25:31.7

Rimpoche: And that’s why, that’s how Buddha discovered our life is functioning in that manner.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: So, knowing what is happening is the tremendous opening. Otherwise, we keep on experiencing result but we have no idea what is happening. But knowing what is happening is tremendous opening and give us opportunity to provide, withdraw, cancel, everything. Give us room opportunity to handle is better.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:26:40.4

Rimpoche: So, there are, ya, that’s, so that, that sort of open, tremendous open for us. So, it is our job, it will be helpful to us, what deed bring what type of result. Good or bad. Since it is responsibility of individual self, what type thing I did it is created suffering. What type of thing I did it created joy.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:27:37.5

Rimpoche: And what I like to do. What I do. I like to do the good. But what I do is not necessary always good.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: I like to help. I like to enjoy but what I do, I will hurt. I don’t enjoy. So, we do that all the time.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: All of us, in our life, we get together because like to help each other. We want to enjoy each other. Then, we fight, and, we fight and many people ended up with separation. Not only once, but twice, thrice, four, five times in life. (Rimpoche laughs.) Those of us who are old ones, four, five times in life, we do that. Why?

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:29:25.6

Rimpoche: Some people may think, oh that is somebody’s else. I am not. Great you are not, you know. That’s is really great. Some people are, really, there are people who have, who have, 60 or 60, or 70 anniversary of a marriage anniversary and they are great. Because they knew, they knew how to handle it better than those who separated 4, 5 times.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:30:19.4

Rimpoche: This is, I am talking about one attachment. And there are so many other emotions. There is anger, there is jealousy, there is hatred. And, and, there is fear. All of them are them, each and every one of them are so powerful, dominated our lives.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:30:56.9

Rimpoche: And, each and every one of them in our life, we just use one example as attachment. Now take anger. There is even more than what attachment do. Attachment at least give you cool, but anger won’t give you cool. It gives you heat. Honestly. Angry makes you burning hot, screaming, rather than little cool, you know, cool in the sense of young boys, young kids’ conversations. Oh, it is cool. Attachment give you a little cool. Anger won’t even give you that cool. It is hot, burning, miserable.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:32:21.3

Rimpoche: What is happening in the war today, in the, in the Middle East, it is all because of anger and hatred. Everything. Even what is happening here in Ukraine. It’s all anger and hatred.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:32:52.4

Rimpoche: Everything. Honestly, everything. I mean, what is happening to oil today. That is also anger and hatred. You know what is happening with oil. You know who is playing what game. And you know why they are playing all these games. That’s because of anger and hatred.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:33:27.1

Rimpoche: Most of our actions are dominated by hatred or attachment oriented.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: And, that is why, that’s why trauma in our life.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: That’s why all this trouble in society. That is general life and individual life. Everything is dominated by that. Honestly.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: So, the results are not only powerful, but very strong very powerful. That’s why, that’s why, that’s why so many conditions got into this, and that’s what it is.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:34:40.9

Rimpoche: We all know, life is delicate. We all know, it has to be handled very delicately. But how deeply, how deeply it is involved. It is, it is a very, very, hard to see.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: This such, this such complicated emotions that we engage, these emotions make our, so, our mind completely control by these emotions

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:36:06.6

Rimpoche: As a person, each one of us are good, pure, that is what we are. Our mind is a, just like, I use this example, just like clean, clear, crystal lampshade.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: It is pure, it is clean, it is crystal, it is great. And then, we have these emotions within that lampshade, the anger, the red burning bulb, light bulb. The attachment cool, green, nice (Rimpoche laughs.) bulb, light blub, right? And then fear, the dull, mysterious, you don’t know what is happening, you know, it is sort of terrible, stone looking at it, sort of those shapes take place and changes our mind in that manner. The mind itself becomes red, mind itself, becomes the strong, mind itself becoming that way. And that is how our life is swinging.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:38:35.7

Rimpoche: Try not to swing so much. That’s our. Everybody laughing. Easy to say right? Ya. Try not to swing so much.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: How not to swing so much? How not to swing so much?

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: Is the wisdom.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: That is technical word, right? Wisdom, whatever it is. There is, there is two ways. One way, actually, developing compassion and love to yourself. As well as developing compassion and love to the others. That’s one way.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:40:03.3

Rimpoche: Another is, and even if your desire is not exactly fulfilled as you wanted to be. But if you meeting halfway through, satisfy.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: If you know how to handle, 50% out, and if you know how to receive, 50% in. And you will have good wisdom.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:40:54.2

Rimpoche: And if you don’t know how to handle, how to receive, or how to, how to give. And then, then, then it is problem.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: So, all wise people like yourself, all educated people like yourself, you do have that wisdom, you do have that technique within you. It is a matter of you would like to use it. Deep inside you, like to use it. Or you will simply say, my way is the only way. So, so, meet me with the 100% and listen to me, otherwise you know, my way is the only way. That’s how you handle it.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:42:15.2

Rimpoche: For love, it is also the same way. Same way. Love will give you strong basis of functioning your life respectfully.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: Love is in nature of, nature of respecting. You know, the respect to the others.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: Many of us think the love is nature to satisfy me. And that is very wrong. Yes, satisfying me, but also respect.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:43:30.6

Rimpoche: When you change the love only my satisfaction, only satisfy me, then, it is not love. Then it is, it is obsession.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: So, love appreciates. And enjoys and respects.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: When you have that in your mind, when your mind is occupied or influenced by that emotion, then, everything is better.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: Then, it gives us opportunity to have compassion and caring, it will come. You don’t have to push it. Because you appreciate it, you wanted to be helpful, you wanted do the best, and then sort of, that is how love brings compassion.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:45:21.3

Rimpoche: So, love, compassion now is the, another way of handling this whatever miserable life (Rimpoche laughs), or good life, whatever it is.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: So, truly now, sort of Buddha’s discovery, not message, I won’t say message, Buddha’s discovery, discovery of you know, it is not that some people decided to give you this life, good or bad whatever it is, or it is not that you have gambling or some, sort of lottery come out. And so, you have this. No. It is all very well plan produced, perfect result, that is what it is. And that’s why you have those difficulties, you have those enjoyments, and each one of them are not responsible of somebody else, it is our own. And how we handle it. It is the point where we depend our life going to be. And the lives, not only a life, but the lives going to be. So, and I think that is the, that is quite good thing in our life, honestly.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:48:05.3

Rimpoche: And how do I know it is true? I don’t know it is true and how do I know it is true? You said, Buddha discovered this, this, this. How do I know it is true?

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: So, the statement giving by Buddha for all these 26 hundred years, hundred years, came out to be quite true. There is nothing really wrong. Good brings good, bad brings bad. If you hurt people, you get hurt. If you, if you help people, you get help. And each one of those, type, everything, if you look little, those little statements, if you look at, it is always true. There is nothing really wrong.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:49:38.3

Rimpoche: It is definitely better, meet violent with violent, meet hatred with hatred. You know, there is one of those slogans, meet the gun, bad gun with good gun. (Rimpoche laughs). So, all of those, you know doesn’t work well. You know that. So, it is definitely better than those handling our life.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: So, if you hurt, if I hurt someone, people, I get hurt that’s for sure.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: I am not talking about I feel bad and so I get hurt. I am not talking about that. If I hurt someone, the consequences of that, I am definitely bound to get hurt, no question.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:51:01.5

Rimpoche: Yet, we continuously do that, continuously we do that. Not desire to, to hurt person, but the desire to satisfy ourselves. To some people satisfying is getting other people hurt. And all that. But for, for, for us, we have two reasons to satisfy ourselves, and to hurt other people. That’s what, that’s what many times we do.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:52:04.2

Rimpoche: Sometimes we call that justice.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: I do remember this American President George Bush said, either I will bring justice to them or justice, I bring them to justice or bring justice to them. What he is talking about is I am going to kill you, that all, that’s all, what he is saying. Right?

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:52:52.9

Rimpoche: And worse than that you know. He said, he said, either you are with us, or you are against with us. (Rimpoche laughs.)

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: So, all of those are the hatred. And the consequences, the whole world is suffering today.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: Yes of course, it is our own karma. Each and every one of us in this world today.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: Yes, it is our own deeds, no doubt about it. I mean, I can’t claim to be so innocent, have nothing to do that. Each and every one of us has his own contribution.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:54:09.6

Rimpoche: That’s why Buddha said, said, the cause and effect it is so subtle, and it is not easy to understand. It comes out to be really true.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: So, that is our situation, cause, effect, noble truth of second, and the result is the first. That’s how well I am in. Now the question comes. Is there way out?

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:55:10.6

Rimpoche: According to the Buddha, there is something called cessation.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: Some people say there is no cessation at all because, because everything is like this when it is going to end, it is never going to end, it will be like that, continue, looks like truth.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:55:56.7

Rimpoche: Liberation is only name. Nothing ever going to happen. Modern people say that. Believe it. And I don’t blame it. Because it is so long, so difficult.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:56:31.1

Rimpoche: Some people think certain contaminated joys are simply called liberation. Liberation is nothing really great, but some contaminated joy here and there.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: Some people even think certain delusions are liberation.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: Some think, you may be liberated today, but you will have a problem tomorrow. So, the liberation is something temporary ??? but nothing ever, sort of permanent.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:57:41.5

Rimpoche: So according to the Buddha and his own experience, he said the cessation is satisfaction, fully satisfied, satisfaction.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: And it is peace.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: It is total freedom

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: So, now we are talking about something, something, some state that we be able to obtain, like liberation. And that is, what is that? That is separation from the cause and, cause and result of suffering. Cause, not cause of everything, not result of everything, but cause and result of that, whatever it is.

Translator: (In Dutch)

0:59:35.2

Rimpoche: Why? That is cessation. Because it ceases all pain and cause, did you get it? Okay.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: This is called peace. Why? Because free of afflictive emotions.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: And this is also called satisfaction. Because it is a nature of health and joy.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: It is also renunciation because it renounces the suffering and its cause completely.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: So, that means, not only there is way out, but way out, is right here with us.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: Right in our own hands.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: It is not that you require to, to renounce go in to the I don’t know, mountains, or the forests, or, or, or something, you know, don’t have to. Don’t have to go to the Mt Kailash. Or (Rimpoche laughs) I am not criticizing going to Mt Kailash, it’s good, you went. But don’t have to. Don’t have to. The liberation is right in here in Nijmegen.

Translator: (In Dutch)

1:02:23.4

Rimpoche: Within your own house, within your own mind, within your own family. Don’t have to look for outside.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: Nor it is controlled by anybody else. No, no, no. Not control by Obama. It is not control by Bhutan. Neither the German chancellor also doesn’t control that. Okay. Honestly, nobody controls that.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: So, it is within our own hand, our own home, our own little area, in our own personal, inter-personal. It is inside ourself.

1:03:58.0

Translator: (In Dutch)

1:04:12.0

Rimpoche: I don’t know whether you have notice or not. So, I said by not hurting others bring happiness and joy to us. By caring others bring happiness, joy and satisfaction to us. By not being so egoistic, brings joy and happiness to us. And all these. I have mentioned within this statement for the last, I don’t know, two, three hours. So, I am not sure whether you have noticed it or not. So, you may not think, you may think, he pointed all the pains and sufferings and the cause, but did not tell us how do we get rid of it. Don’t think that. Because we have mentioned right from the beginning till this last hour.

Translator: (In Dutch)

1:06:22.3

Rimpoche: So, I have to briefly mentioned the four criteria of the path as well, otherwise, those of you seriously thinking it is going to be left it out.

Translator: (In Dutch)

1:06:55.7

Rimpoche: These are quite, these are quite little bit doctrine too. The four noble truth or the path to the truth. One way already mentioned, there is no such a thing called liberation ever exist. That is one wrong view. The second wrong view is, the selflessness or emptiness of individual wisdom, is not the way to get into liberation. That’s again. Third one, is some of the samadhi meditative state consider to be cessation. We have to say this wisdom of selflessness or wisdom of emptiness is the Buddha’s way of getting totally liberated. Did you get it?

Translator: No, I am sorry, I didn’t.

Rimpoche: Okay. The understanding of selflessness or emptiness is the path that liberates individual.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: You know, what does that mean? This, may be little difficult to some people. But actually, many of us, our, what we call it ego, that is not only selfishness but self-grasping. There is a difference being selfish and self-grasping. So, many of us, knowing or not knowing, that self-grasping is very strong. Many people just big open thing in there. But some people a little hidden, but biggest power and biggest protection we keep, and that is the self-grasping.

Translator: (In Dutch)

1:10:22.3

Rimpoche: So, not knowing what is really we are grasping. Not knowing what is we are really protecting. Not knowing, but we do, we really do that. And that’s why we become mean. And that’s why we become, we become not good person, in short. Because, we are tied to protect, someone, something, and very powerful, controller within ourself.

Translator: (In Dutch)

1:11:51.7

Rimpoche: So, to protect that, we do every wrong thing, every wrong thing. In long run, it hurts tremendously what you try to protect. But we don’t know, we are doing it.

Translator: (In Dutch)

1:12:25.6

Rimpoche: George Bush was good example. Good example. Because he wanted to protect America and Americans. I don’t know whether anybody going to agree with me or not. Probably, nobody will agree. But I think, he would like to, he wanted to protect, protect America and Americans. I am quite sure he thought, thought, by God I am not going to let it happen on my watch. So, went all out, all out, and created all these problems, sufferings. And not only suffering to other people he wanted to hurt, but also consequences of that, the whole world gets hurt, including Americans. And that is exactly how we function in our life, not knowing who we protecting, not knowing what we protecting, not knowing we are hurting, not knowing, and that’s why it is called ignorance, that’s within us. So, we are protecting that.

Translator: (In Dutch)

1:15:05.3

Rimpoche: When we defuse that mystery, when we defuse that within us, and then, what we call it ego defeating or ego negation.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: So, we begin to see, all these efforts we put in, all these tortures that we give ourselves, and all this misery we went through are actually for nothing.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: That realization is the path.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: That is what we call it wisdom.

Translator: (In Dutch)

Rimpoche: When we realize that, then, we found a way, doesn’t have to be religion. Buddhists or Judeo-Christian, doesn’t have to be. And that is wise, that sort of open tremendously to the individual and that opens up your perception of life, completely different.

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1:17:42.7

Rimpoche: I don’t know whether this is liberation or not. But it is definitely way to very different way of life.

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Rimpoche: So, all of them are within us, within our life, within each and every one of us.

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Rimpoche: So, it is important in this life to be able to handle that. Do we have, you know, if you can’t get in this life, you not going to get it at all.

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Rimpoche: As a human being, as an intelligent person, as an educated people, as this body, as this mind, have a tremendous capability which we all know.

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1:19:32.3

Rimpoche: If we didn’t get now, you not going to get it.

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Rimpoche: So, as you are been open mind. Think little more, more. Honestly. If you want to think little more, if you want little more mystical, meditate. But it is the same thing. Analyze your life. And a little more. Pay a little attention, and be little kinder, be little gentler, be little more caring, be little more loving. So, if you handle your life in that way, you going to go the right direction.

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1:20:53.2

Rimpoche: So, when we say liberation is in your hand, and that is under your control.

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Rimpoche: Help yourself and thank you for coming today.

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1:21:21.2

Rimpoche: Those of you coming tomorrow, we are going to about 10.30, tomorrow 10.30. And tomorrow is a, is a long, longevity initiation. So, there will be like visualization and the all mantra saying, and all those are there. So, that is one way of helping to lengthen your life and, and more-healthier than what we are. Though it is, it is the, the second noble truth cause and condition. However, there are ways of handling that through meditative state through divine intervention, through all that. So, the ritual is part of that. So, it will be great tradition and I have been great help even in our own life. And we do remember how late Dr Yet handled her life. You do remember, it is all because of White Tara tomorrow. White Tara tomorrow. Because all White Tara. So, tomorrow we are doing that. How many years she had prolonged her life, with the quality life. Retired yet lived life very comfortably when even driving to Paris and back, remember, and all of those, are divine intervention of White Tara. And many of you personally experienced that. So, that’s what we are doing tomorrow. So, if you have children around, bring it, it is good for them, though they don’t visualize, they don’t think, they will make more noise than anybody else. But, but, it is good opportunity for them, and I think others will not mind if the kids scream. So, they may disturb you a little bit in your visualization. But also, the parents are not fool, they know how to handle it. So, I guess that how we going to be, hope to do tomorrow. And 10.30, if I am not ready, it will be delayed a little bit. If I am ready, it will be done, and start with 10.30, and then probably it will take 10.30 to 11.30 one hour, 12.30 two hour, 1.30 will probably finish. We make coffee breaks, but we don’t think you have lunch. Do we? No lunch. Okay. No lunch. Coffee yes, lunch no. That is it. Thank you.

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