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File: 02 WWNN.mp3
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Teacher: Lama Zopa Rinpoche 1
Collection: y What the World Needs Now 1987 Audios (Lama Zopa Rinpoche 1)
Date: 1987 (exact day not recorded)
Recorded at: Buddha House Adelaide
Duration: 45.4 minutes
Words: ~3,578
He live, you know, outside the city. Where would he go? Where where would he live? You see? Person with meaning, you know.
Then all you see have to show what, you see, aspect, you know, appearance what comes appearance what comes as a result of the result of the the unselfish mind, you know, this unselfish attitude. Oh, you see? Then, in an unpleasant place. Darkness. So and then the you see, such a person, okay, who doesn’t practice good heart, you know, very impatient, very selfish and very impatient.
Then you see, even how much trouble he has, how much he’s seeking, you see, nobody wants to help. Even even others, they come to know. Even others even other people, they advise you, don’t don’t don’t help don’t help to that person. Don’t do anything to that person. Only even others, you see, you see, sad it is that he’s sick.
See? All the other people other people, you see, they rejoice. How good is it that he’s sick? How wonderful it is that he’s that he that he’s sick? On the club hand, you know, on, maybe to jump from the chair or from the, you know, from the bed, you know, on the floor.
Or then like this, you know, like this. Or then even they, you see, seem to die soon, you know. So therefore, now, you see, now we see. One doesn’t have all those even one doesn’t have all those educations. Even one doesn’t have all those sense objects.
You know? Okay? But if there is but if in the heart, it basically is a comparison. You see, the good heart, compassion towards others. You see?
There’s a peace of mind and happiness, satisfaction. So now so now, you see, the real essence of yeah. Real the real means of living, you know, the means of living. You see, that is the happiness. That that is the compassion, you know, the real means of living.
The the compassion. Even one has diamonds, you see, one owns diamonds, you see, mountains of diamonds, diamonds, you see, mountains of diamonds is equaling the number of the atoms of this earth, giving to one person. K? If there’s no compassion in the heart toward others, there’s no happiness. There is no happiness.
And you see, not even compassion towards others and mind is there, attitude is there, you know, a selfish, very impatient. You see? Now, you see, even the problem is such a even the problem is such insignificant, such as so small, I think you see, the selfish mind projects, you know, is a firm concern of I. So you see that even the small problem becomes, you see, huge, you know, like mountains. Nothing else to think about except I I oneself and my happiness my happiness.
You see? So therefore, You see, somebody decides something. You know? One is a little bit bad reputation. One is a little bit criticism.
Little bit, you know, criticism. You see? Then you see, suddenly, they you see? Suddenly, what comes in the mind? You see?
To the person to the person’s mind, there’s no other solution. Is it not a solution to control the mind? You see? Doesn’t know how to handle the problem, you know? Know the means to control the mind, doesn’t practice to control the mind using the meditation, by the teachings.
What comes? Immediately what comes? The only way to solve problem, only what you want only what you see, you see, to to come inside. So imagine it, you see, only what you can see to do, solution that’s coming to sight. The best thing is to die.
Okay? And then it’s a minute. You see? So even there even even there’s nobody who who causes, you see, even there’s nobody who comes to kill, you see? Okay.
Now one, you see, One’s self becomes enemy to oneself. One causes harm to oneself. Even there’s nobody there coming to kill. Something like this. Very you see, the pressure is sudden oh, like this.
One has you see, one has completely lost. Then that time, you see, one one has completely lost the precious human body that which that which is unconceivable, you see, opportunity. To bring it not only to obtain not only to obtain so much temporary and ultimate happiness to oneself, not only that, but unimaginable, you see, unbelievable opportunity that one can, you see, offer benefit, temporary and ultimate benefit, you see, to the uncountable numbers of sentient beings. So as he was practicing about it, you see, one is lost. So so now so now so we can see now we can see this is a compassion is a compassion towards others.
This is much more precious, you know. Now you can see how incredibly important it is. Incredible. First of think how incredibly important, you know, having compassion towards others. For happiness is the happiness of happiness for self.
You see, even for reason reason, you see, happiness for self. Unbelievable important. Not not so nothing of those which I mentioned before. You see, without compassion, nothing of this brings happiness. It is as it is our experience as it is experience of others in the world.
So now, So, you know, this compassion towards others and that much, I would say, mountains of diamond, equating the number of atoms of this earth. You see? That much that much, you know, possession, it is nothing. It is nothing. You see?
The value of that is is nothing. Comparing the value of the compassion, the benefit of the benefit of compassion, you know. Even just by feeling happiness for self, Not without telling the happiness for what happiness that which you offer to others by having compassion, without telling that. Just only telling happiness what you get from the compassion for yourself. For that much possession, you see diamond, a dollar, gold.
Okay. You see, nothing like dust. You see nothing. The value is completely lost. Compare to compassion.
You see, how precious it is. All the compassion is the most the good heart, the most precious, you know, That’s it. Price, you know, priceless, you know, priceless, most precious thing of the human life. And this is, you see, this this is something, you know, this compassion is something that one develops, one generates. One trains, one trains by one’s mind.
Develop, you see, with one’s is not it is not something that by spending many many thousands thousands millions of dollars, then you can see that the you know, by doing surgery, you see, by doing the so, you know, by the doctors and doing surgery, then you see one then one make up, you know, then one, say, you know, have compassion in the heart. You know, not like that. You see, this is to create even that practice. You see? Even that practice, I mean, but, I mean, it’s easy, you know, to say, to to create, to develop by one’s own, you know, by one’s own mind.
As I normally mention, one couple, person is compassion, even if both couple even both couple is not practicing compassion, but at least one person is practicing compassion. See? In life, in both of their life, there’s much less problem. Even the the husband does not practice compassion, you see, but if the wife practice compassion, you know, you see, she has more concern of him. You see, more concern, more situation him.
So you see now, if she has compassion, you see, towards him, if she has good heart, even if she gives give hard time to even if gives hard time to her, you know, badly upset her, you see, she does not retaliate back. She doesn’t retaliate back to him. So if she doesn’t if she doesn’t retaliate back to him, so, you see, she has much happiness, you see, much happiness in her life, you know. Also, the husband, even though she she harms to her, but because she doesn’t harm back to him, so therefore, he has more peace. You see?
She doesn’t she doesn’t harm back. She doesn’t harm back. So therefore, you see, he’s not receiving harm from harm. That is of the peace. That that is of the peace.
You see, peace in his life. Even he’s not practicing compassion with a good heart. So you see so there’s there’s very much harmony in their life. Now, if both of them are practicing compassion, you know, And then there’s good heart, you see, then there’s much incredible, you see, happiness or, you see, happiness in their life. Harmonious.
So now you see. Because because you because you practice because you practice, you know, good heart, so she so she doesn’t receive harm. Doesn’t receive harm. From her. Okay?
From her. From her. So therefore, now therefore, you see, it came from her. That is not receiving and that peace. That peace not having received from her.
You see? That can you see? That came from her. Okay? That came from Depends that depend on her.
You see now, she definitely has a responsibility. And so now you can see, she has she has definitely responsibility of his happiness. You can see from this example. See, his happiness depend on her, you know. You see?
Depending on whether she she come back or not. You see? So so therefore, we can see and depend his happiness depend on her. So she’s rest so she’s rest she’s responsible of his happiness. And she’s response same thing, her happiness depend on depend on his attitude.
His attitude and action. You see, what they practice good heart or not. So her happiness depend on him. It comes from comes from him. So his response to love his his response to love high happiness.
Very clear. His response to love of high happiness. High happiness depend depend on him. You see? Very clear.
So now in this family, you see you see, if there are twenty, twenty people in this family now this one this one person, you know, this one this one person, if you practice comparison, you see, to a long time. Only one person practice. Is it is it that the other twenty four, they’re not practicing good heart. Only one person is practicing good heart. Okay?
So because of one one person in that family, you see, practicing good heart, so therefore, the twenty four, they, you see, they receive they harm what they receive become they harm what they receive in the family, you see, or one harm become less. The rest of the people harm what they receive, you see, one harm become less. Because one person is practiced with heart. You see? So they have they have that much happiness, peace in their life.
So this came from him. This this people have that much happiness. He says, less harm. Less harm. You see, it depends on on him.
You see? He’s having good he’s practicing good heart. He came from that. So now so now if he when he when he stops practicing good heart, you see, follow self centered follow selfish mind, you know, anger, then this then this rest, the twenty four receive the harm from him. You see?
So therefore, now you can see very clear, these twenty four people You see. Now, as you can see very clear, this one person is responsible of the twenty four people’s happiness. This one person is responsible of twenty four people’s happiness, you know, depending on him. This is twenty four people’s happiness depends on him. Depends on him.
We can see very clear. Very clear. So now like this, so one person practicing good heart, such compassion. Now in one country, how many million people there are, you see? The rest of the people receive less.
One harm becomes less. Because one person in that country, even the rest, a million people not practicing good heart, but one person practicing good heart. So, you see, rest others, one harm become less, so there’s a peace. You know, there is peace. They receive you see, they receive they depend on this person who is practicing good heart.
So you know this one person is responsible, helping with this other, the millions of people in the country. Now Now, same thing is a one sentient being. One sentient being is to practice compassion, you know, have compassion in the heart. The The rest of the sentient beings, human beings, creatures, uncountable numbers, they receive less harm. The harm that they receive, they become less.
How much they receive from this one sentient being, you see, that does not that that is stopped. Do you see that? Because he has compassion as a heart. You see? So rest of sentient being, uncountable number of sentient being, how much they receive become less, So more happiness.
So you see, it’s complete. You see, you can see that can depend on this one person. His even compassion came from that. So this so this one person completely he’s completely you can see responsible of you see, all the sentient being happens. So now then, what am I saying?
We each of so each of us here each of us here. So if we have compassion, you see, each of us here, if we have a compassion, you see, now, as I mentioned, beginning. You see? Every action, even there’s no benefit, you know, on the top of on the you see, on the top of not giving harm on that on that basis. At least there’s no harm in the action.
There’s no harm towards others. That’s complete. That stops. So now, you see, object object, you know, object, you see, is not just one. It’s not just one.
It’s not just, you know, one million. It’s not just a, you know, a billion trillion. You see? It’s uncountable number. On set, you see, even you see, if this one person, this I, does not practice good heart, does not practice compassion, does not control mind, you see, danger that is that is, you see.
One person, you know, the service attitude gives harm. It’s an uncountable number. Who who would who so whom it gives harm is upset, you see, is an uncountable number. You see now, even every sentient being treasures all the human beings. Everyone is angry too.
Even everyone is angry too to oneself. They criticize the the you see, with speech, criticize with mind angry, dislike, with body beat, kill, you see, to to to answer. To you, not to you. You see? You are one person.
One person. So, you see, nothing nothing that much to surprise. Nothing that much to surprise. We want it. We want it.
And everyone angry, we see, or or hum with the mind, we speak, criticizing with the body, you see, badly treating, killing. Well, nothing nothing much to be depressed. This this is this one being. But if this one person doesn’t practice compassion, doesn’t control mind, how dangerous it is? How dangerous it is?
You see? How much how much harm? You see? How many sentient beings? It gives harm.
It’s uncountable number. It’s uncountable number. Dangerous that it gives harm to. How many sentient beings? Uncountable number.
So you see, from this from this, you see, again, one can see how extremely how extremely important, you see, to develop compassion in in the heart. For several others. By thinking the by thinking of the uncountable numbers of sentient beings that is that is that would be, you see, harmed. They want to come. Now the reason of genetic compassion becomes even more important, unbelievably important.
The reason, you see, is every sentient being, those who want happiness, those who do not want suffering. Starting from the family. As oneself, you see, as oneself which wishes happiness not suffering for oneself, every others which wishes happiness, not suffering. As as a oneself, you see, as a oneself, which wishes every other to love you, every others to compassion towards you. You see?
This this is what we like. It’s you see? Everyone in the creatures, you know, in the in the creatures, dogs, you know, it’s everyone, you see, birds, Everything, you see, what what one wishes everyone to not to not to not have fear to not have anger towards me. To not give harm towards me. Everyone to have loving kindness, compassion.
Everyone to benefit to me. Trust me. This is, you see, what one wishes. Now same thing now same thing, every other sent sentient beings, every sent other sentient beings, all these uncountable numbers of sentient beings, they’re all which is from all the same thing, which is, you see, from you, from you, you see, see, to to not anger, to not harm them. And they wish this from from you, which is not anger, to not receive harm.
And to see, to have loving kindness, compassion, you see, and to receive benefit, how, from you. So this is what you see, now same thing. One self, you know, wishes everyone to have loving kindness. You see? This this is, again, this one person, one being.
Nothing, you see, even there, they wanna help, you know, have loving kindness towards oneself. You see? You know, not not that nothing that much, you see, to be surprised. Now this is the need, sir. Alright.
Same, other beings who want you to have compassion and the action is not harming, action is helping. Not harm but helping. It is beneficial. So by this reason, you can see now.
How extremely important, know, to change the attitude, to to practice good heart, to train the mind in the compassion. So now you see, this is now, this this one this one person, you see, if one this one person doesn’t touch with heart compassion, now you can see it interferes. It it interferes to fulfill the wishes of all other sentient beings. All the other sentient beings wish, you know, you to have a kind of compassion and action to receive the benefit from that. So one so this one person doesn’t practice, you see, it interferes the happiness.
It interferes, you know, as uncountable numbers of sentient beings, they receive harm, they receive harm, and it is it interferes, you see, to fulfill their wishes, wishes for happiness. So you can see from this, you see, that you see, one’s self is responsible of all the sentient beings’ happiness. Now the same thing, even history, this earth, there happened, one person one person, you see, person one person who does not have practiced compassion, so has killed many many millions of people on this earth. You know, are human beings without counting, you see, or without counting an inconceivable number of the creatures. So, you know, because one person did not practice good heart, so uncountable numbers of sentient beings have received harm, unbelievable harm.
You see? Now if this person if he practiced compassion in his life, you see, now that has protected all these millions of people. That has protected all the you see? Mhmm. Protected.
Yeah. All these millions of people, all these uncountable numbers of beings to receive that harm. It’s protected. To receive harm to receive harm from him. You see?
So now you can see the clear, you see, all those beings, you see, would have longer life, you know, you see, happiness. You can see that it was dependent on that one person. Because for one person, did not practice good heart, so didn’t so so you see, rest of those beings didn’t receive that happiness. So similar so similar, you see, one is of us here is responsible for the happiness of happiness of all the sentient beings starting from the family. Starting, you see, from the mother, from the friend, from the wife, you know, or, you see, And the nearest person that whom one is a work together or live together, starting from that, you see, all the beings, you see, one is responsible, all the beings, you see, happiness.
So even if one this, you see, changed the attitude, you know, from, you know, from selfish from selfish attitude, see, to concerning others, cherishing others. You see, in the compassion, you see, every you see, uncounted numbers of other sentient beings, every other, you see, receives they don’t receive harm, they, you see, they receive benefits. Now, in addition, one’s own, the one person’s mind, one’s self, the mind is not changed, then you see the uncountable numbers of others, you see, they receive harm. They don’t receive benefit. Even if we don’t have in this life such history, you know, incredible history, historical story had given harm to many million people, you know, like like those like those person happened in the world.
Even we don’t have like that history, but since we were born since we were born, you see, see, with anger, gave harm, but not change the attitude, you see, from this following the self selfish attitude, you see, anger rising, pride rising, jealousy rising, you see.