Mirrors.

            

Living with a mirror is always in front, not be easy, but to understand and solve problems in our life, we need to endure some discomfort, frustration

Dr.Akong Tulku Rinpoche is a meditation master of line virtuous Karma Kagyu Tibetan Buddhism. He came to the West in 1963, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, and with, the establishment of the Kagyu Samye Ling Tibetan Meditation in Ireland, a Tibetan meditation center in western oldest. He is also a trained doctor of Tibetan traditional medicine.

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When we seek happiness outside, it was a mistake. How can I find new things to enrich their life experiences, even traveling around the globe, but then we still see things through the eyes "ex" of her. It is these thoughts and feelings create our vision of the world we live.

When I try to change the world according to the look or the expectations of their own, we will certainly fail. If rain, we can not just wish the sun, but what we can do is look at yourself to see what we have done in discomfort because of rain. That does not mean we have to change his personality - we have the right personality. Practically speaking, what we need is a mirror in which we know who we really are, and we can modify how to be better.

From so long we tend to create their own faces (masks). Every face a different situation, but we could never have inspired his true face, maybe because we are so close it is difficult to see the image clearly. Conversely we tend to look at those around you, and when they see a beautiful face that I imagined her so well.

However, the "mask" of the time we have fallen, we forget or do not bring it up, then I caught a glimpse of the new shape of it really is. Often the painful truth that we do not tolerate. I hurried to cover it up. Since we already know that things change we can not accept ourselves. Meanwhile, under the mask, my true face rotting because of lack of air, light, because we never thought about wiping it clean.

Superficially seem like a good person, but the man beneath the mask needs to be purified. If you're really interested in the morning, it was very helpful to people around us. However, good pretending the outside, but inside the evil, then no benefit for oneself and others.

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Behind the mask is atta we need to understand and remodeling. All of us are called to bring an "I" but in fact we do not know who you are. When I give someone something, even a small piece of bread, I thought I was too good, too useful, so let's just remember that action for a long time. Conversely, if we do something bad, selfish, we immediately try to forget. We tend to create a false image of their people in order to console myself. Action deceive ourselves very difficult to control - which is why we need a mirror.

In Tibet, there is a very famous ambassadors, he Ripoche Jamgon Lodro Thaye, has said on this issue as follows: "When I looked at the missionary position, I can see them outside dressed, Vivacious speaking, but when I look into their hearts, they are like poisonous snakes. Whenever they encounter difficulties, or obstacles, then their new center actually appears. Much like the snake 'll bite poisonous oil that it is calm outside, they will act if there is something obstructing, threatening them. "

That, of course, does not mean everyone is bad snake, snakes have the ability to become good or evil, but because of the fear, jealousy or ignorance, it can become dangerous when it feels threatened . Likewise, when we see the bad in us, do u create intelligent, we can modify it into wisdom. When we can go into the center to shed his self, and purify the mind, as we have found the path, and all the circumstances are naturally easier for us to respond in ways positive and effective.

It is important that we have a fair attitude towards what we see in the mirror. Just seeing the bad side is also harmful and useless as only see the good side of us. Just leaning on the negative aspects of personality can lead to severe depression and despair. We can observe yourself in the mirror, but not convicted of what we see, or want to smash the mirror. In contrast, ignored or concealed the ugly side of us, only makes them more powerful, leading to pent-up inside, and then one day it burst.

Today most men are indignant nuclear weapons, while it had a nuclear weapon is always present in our minds. Each day, atta create pride, envy, anger, lust and hatred, and fear leads to conflicts in all aspects, do harm to ourselves and others. To disable nuclear weapons or its effects, not only bringing buried it and wish it would go away. Also, to quell the evil in our motivation, we have to remove, pepper them with prudence and dexterity, by means of love and compassion. Hard work should be done with patience and unattached attitude.

What we learned by looking at the "mirror" can be helpful in directing the path , but first we have to make them a part of our life experience, rather than a What separately. Because if we do not actually dissolve into loving wisdom has been evoked, it is like we just brought a new mask.

And all our discoveries to be applied in practice. No benefit costs if we spent an hour sitting meditation about letting go of envy, and after their time meditating, we again to be drawn into the emotional jealousy is so futile. What we have to apply meditation in daily life, in the circumstances we face in life.

Furthermore, the oil we can learn, so many law professor level, with all sincerity, but if they are not related or can be applied in our own circumstances are equally useless. School education and the ability to share what knowledge can help us understand and cope with many situations in life, but there is an open mind is more important.

Oil in each of us who are also capable of understanding and love, but if we do not develop these virtues and not put them into effect in your life, it is by no. A rich man does not know to use their currencies, not by the poor but also know how to use the money in a useful way.

So we need to be mindful of what we use effectively. For example, only know to jealous feelings within us that is not enough. We also need a clever attempt to subdue and convert it. That way the confidence and strength of our growth, poverty and feeling useless will disappear in favor of the rich soul and self-esteem. If we use mirrors, gradually we will identify the progress of his demonstrated spiritual development, and the suffering we endured earlier will gradually disappear.

Step by step, step by step, we will be able to identify and neutralize the toxins interior, the negative state of mind has made life even more difficult to live. No one can master the outside world, but we can defeat hatred, pride, lust, hatred and jealousy ... These guys made our lives more distant. Then we will no longer feel the opposite of our lives. We will find yourself comfortable with, the world around us, and we will be able to help those who live around us. Everyone, everything becomes favorable, helpful for us, and vice versa.

Living with a mirror is always in front, not be easy, but to understand and solve problems in our life, we need to endure some uncomfortable, frustrating. The power of habit that we are trying to segment and modify others, so the face of his own errors and correct them can make us feel apprehensive. It is a natural thing when we fear what we do not know; solutions is to learn and make friends with ourselves, like the exercise interesting, we must first gain the trust of the animal.

Method for self-improvement is not the first word facile lip, it must be derived from the heart sincerely, fiercely. So let's get to work sorting their problems. We have to tame and train the mind itself. If not we will continue to find life difficult to live, and blame circumstances when we have jobs troublesome, frustrating. Then we had to classify millions of people to cope, not one. So instead of trying to change others, let us "look in the mirror", and modify yourself.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.31/3/2014.NAM MO SAKYA MUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).