Lama Zopa Rinpoche

In short, practicing Dolgyal is harmful to Tibet, harmful to Buddhism, harmful to our own
life and harmful to the world because it destroys this life. And it is not only harmful to this
life; it affects the next life and the life after that for hundreds and thousands of lifetimes. The
harm, the negative result, goes on and on, for many, many lifetimes. The essence is that we
destroy ourselves.
His Holiness is the one to reveal the complete teachings
The last time I visited His Holiness in Dharamsala I thanked him on behalf of Tibet and the
Tibetan people and also on behalf of practitioners of Buddhism and I think I thanked him
on behalf of the world. I thanked His Holiness even though many learned lamas and geshes
continuously criticize him so much. From His Holiness’s side, he bears all the difficulties
with much compassion. And His Holiness continuously advises us to not practice Dolgyal,
no matter how much those people are against him, how much they criticize him. I think it is
so important to thank His Holiness, who is the one to correct our life, showing us the
unmistaken Dharma we should practice and the mistaken Dharma we should avoid.
He is the one to do this, not just because of his Nobel Peace Prize but because in the world
he reveals not only the Hinayana teachings but also Mahayana sutra and the Mahayana tantra
teachings. In reality, he is the Buddha. In the past there have been buddhas and now there is
Shakyamuni Buddha in the aspect of His Holiness. What was in the aspect of Shakyamuni
when the Buddha was giving teachings in India is now in this aspect, as His Holiness.
He is the one who has complete Dharma understanding, so he is the one who can correct us,
correct our life and explain what is right and wrong. He’s the one to show us logically what
path to follow instead of just doing whatever we like and not doing what we don’t like.
I gave the example at the beginning of Dolgyal in the aspect of the oracle monk who went to
see Trehor Kyörpon Rinpoche and asked to be accepted by him. This is what Dolgyal did
with Pabongka and many other lamas. That is according to our impure karma. The gurus
don’t have mistakes, but the aspect of practicing this is our projection that decorates the
reality; it is our hallucination. It is decorated by ignorance, as I mentioned yesterday.
Decorating is such a good term, like decorating with paint, putting white color on the wall so
you don’t see the bricks.
Can I ask that you please read the foreword I wrote for the Mongolian book. Please read it
well, not just like reading through a puja or something in order to finish it but thoroughly,
thinking about what I have written.
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