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some little chicks of the same metal. These were offered
to me so that I could sell them and become rich. But I
had enough food, and if I possessed wealth I might
easily be killed by robbers. Later, I asked the local
inhabitants, "Is there any tradition of a golden chicken
and chicks buried under that mountain?" "Yes" was
their reply.
I have refused many such things offered to me for they
would only prove a hindrance. Now, instead of being
delayed by such worldly discoveries, many instructions
of the Dharmakaya have occurred in my meditations.
These are to me more valuable than the many
discoveries of vajras, images, and so on, made by sages
in Tibet. It is true that they do not keep such things and
give them to some holy shrine for veneration, but if we
have the highest goal of Full Enlightenment as our aim,
we should then put aside these matters.
d. Becoming a Leader Too Soon. Certainly one should
become a guru of others, and the Mahayana emphasis
on this matter is excellent; but in Vajrayana it is said,
"First attain Full Enlightenment, and then ultimately
save others." To be a leader of too many, too soon, may,
instead of leading to spiritual progress, lead to the
downfall of the leader and the stagnation of his
followers.
These four obstacles have been gathered from my own
experiences and have not been discussed by any of the
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