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Lopön Barbara Du Bois
April 1, 2023
10am-12pm and 2-4pm PDT (UTC-7)
ONLINE ONLY
From H.E. Garchen Rinpoche we are hearing this: We are living in times when beings are overcome by their thoughts of hatred, anger, and jealousy—and these are actually the causes of all harm in the world, even bringing us to try to destroy one another. These causes are within the people, created by the minds of human beings. “Therefore, it is most important to change this state of mind, to cultivate a mind of love and compassion for one another,” Rinpoche says.
He is speaking to us. We are the people of this world and these times, the human beings called to change our minds—and the time is now.
The Dharma gives us many skillful methods for cultivating the mind of love and compassion. They all work, if we actually follow them. Sometimes, however, our mental-emotional afflictions can appear to undermine our positive intentions, as if we are helpless under the weight of our karmic propensities. I have experienced this personally, and perhaps you have, too. Therefore, in our day together we shall consider the process we call purification, by which seeds of negative cause in the mindstream can be cleared away, allowing beauteous bodhicitta to be recognized and to flourish. For this, we will engage together the profound, gracious, cleansing, purifying, healing practice of Vajrasattva.
“Purify based on love,” the holy guru tells us.
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