The Living Journal - Be A Buddhist Outside And Inside the Temple.

I am going to share with you some of the very interesting teachings by His Eminence The 12th Zurmang Gharwang Rinpoche. Rinpoche indeed was one of my best teacher, and I had received many of His empowerments and Dharma teachings dated back as early as in the Year of 2005. 

Here are some of the interesting Dharma teachings by Rinpoche.

[In summaries] 

Are you really a Buddhist ?

Many people who believed that they are Buddhist,but they do not live as Buddhist. If you were to ask,;Are you a Buddhist? Do you live life as a Buddhist ? 

Rinpoche pointed out that there are four different type of people.

Four different type of people 

[1] Buddhists, but do not live life as Buddhists.

[2] Buddhists,and live life as Buddhists.

[3] Not Buddhists, but live according to * Buddhist tenets.

[4] Non-Buddhists, Who do not believe in Buddhism

* What is Buddhist tenets ?

[1] Believe in Impermanence.

[2] Pleasure will become suffering.

[3] Believe in selflessness. 

    (nothing is independent or solid or permanent)

[4] Believe that nirvana is peace.

Be A Buddhist Outside And Inside the Temple.

When practitioners differentiate the secular from spiritual, and their practice will never be perfect and successful.This is related to our attitude and actions.

Example,In your daily life, You get angry, jealous, greed, envy, you get attached to many things and you just don't care and continue to do horrible nasty things! BUT when you enter the Monastery, Temple, Buddhist center, you start behaving like a Buddhist! If you are a Buddhist , you have to be a Buddhist both outside and inside the temple.

How to be a Buddhist inside/outside the temple ? When you hold a mala , you "feel" you are holy, you feel you are a Buddhist, at that moment, you don't get angry, jealous, greed, envy and no more attachment, but once you have stopped chanting and out of the temple, it's a different story, everything is back, you are angry and irritated when people say bad thing about you, your desire for something that you used to, smoking, alcohol drinks,gambling. etc..

No time to practice
When your master asks you to practice, but your answer will always be; Rinpoche, I am so busy every day and I don't have the time to practice, and I can't even practice or focus for 5 minutes, because i am having backache, leg pain, headache etc..

But then again, when you are watching movies, TV or online, you are glued to it for hours  and hours without feeling any discomfort. This shows that everything we do, is just a matter of habits.

I have learned a great lesson from His teachings, sometimes i react the same ways too, when someone has said some nasty things or raise their voice to me. I am not a perfect person, but i will keep reminding me and trying to be mindful that the effects of the five poisons are actively within my body, speech and mind.

Thank you for reading and may you find peace and joyfulness within yourself when you are reading this Dharma.

Nagarjuna's Dedication of Merit:-

So nam di yi tham chay zig pa nyi

Thob nay nye pa'i dra nam pham jay nay 

Kye ga na chi'i ba lab thrug pa yi 

Si pa'i tso lay dro war drol war shog.

By this merit may we obtain omniscience then.

Having defeated the enemies wrong-doings.

May we liberate migrators from the ocean of existence. With its stormy waves of birth, old age, sickness and death.