DOKHAM

To All My Dharma Friends

Cultivate your mind and all will be ok. That is the essence of H. E. Khamtrul Rinpoche's teaching. At the request from the principal and teachers of Lungtenzampa Middle Secondary School(Bhutan), H.E. Khamtrul Rinpoche has kindly agreed to give teachings from the book Boddhisattva's Way of Life to the students and teachers

H.E. started with the introduction on Saturday 7th June 2008 with the first chapter, The excellence of Bodhichitta. H.E said that he will try to come once in three week and try to finish it. In the introduction H.E. said that Dharma, whether positive or negative, is determined by our mind and not the outer appearance. He emphasized that happiness and suffering are much to do with one's mind. We need to develop wisdom and compassion motivation in order to be happy in towns and cities or in the mountains, and to have a good or understanding relation with people, partner etc. To develop the wisdom and compassion within is the main priority and practices. Recitations, retreats, rituals and becoming nun or monk or going to mountain and comes second to this. If we have the wisdom one can be happy whether we are in mountain or in the city. After all, material things do not give you suffering; it is our ignorant and grasping at what is by nature impermanent and interdependent.

H.E also said that no matter whether you are Buddhist or not, a spiritual practitioner or not, appreciation is very important, appreciate your life, your teacher, work and etc. Appreciation is a great thing: you really need to have it. As said by Santi Deva that “it’s so hard to find such ease and wealth to render meaningful this human birth! If now I fail to turn it to my profit, how could such a chance be mine?” The Boddhisattva comes into being with the development of the ‘Awakening Minds,’ the pure altruistic wish to achieve the state of a Buddha, and with this motivation, he then proceeds to engage in a way of life that is conductive to the realization of his goal. In the first chapter “The Excellence of Bodhichitta” of this book we can see how Santi Deva introduces the aspirant to the Awakening Mind and inspires to develop it. “Boddhisattva’s Way of Life,” a short but significant book contains the essential points of Mahayana Buddhist practice and for over a thousand years, it has acted as a guide for the people throughout who have wished to follow this path.

My dear Dharma friends, if you all are interested to attain the teaching, kindly let me know. I will either put the schedule on the web or give you all the details of the dates.

Thank You
With best wishes
Karma Choden
info@khamtrul.org