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Suzette Sampierre
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Concerning Kalachakra Initiation
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...when one is bereft of inner peace the most pleasant external action is unable to bring happiness to the mind. |
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The notion and sense of 'I' is a mere projection on the four or five psychophysical aggregates which make up the person. Yet this sense of I, which is possessed by us all, even the smallest insect, innately seeks to find satisfaction and to avoid misery. | |||
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In order to establish desirable states of happiness and to eliminate undesirable states of frustration and sorrow, the various kinds of living beings apply themselves, according to their individual capacities, to the activities that will achieve these goals. The happiness which is to be produced and the sorrows to be eliminated are of many types. For example, people gain a type of happiness from food, shelter and social success, and they experience much suffering when these are taken from them.
However, were one to ask whether the limits of joy and sorrow end here, the answer is to the negative. No matter how much food, shelter and social success one has, these external conditions alone will not produce a lasting happiness if the mind is disturbed by spiritual unease. This indicates that in addition to concerning ourselves with physical and environmental well-being, we must try to create an inner basis of peace and spiritual balance.
Which happiness is stronger, that arising from external conditions or that arising from inner spiritual harmony ? When one has the latter, then suffering does not arise in the mind even when the external conditions of happiness fail to converge. Alternatively, when one is bereft of inner peace the most pleasant external action is unable to bring happiness to the mind.
by The 14th Dalai Lama - Tenzin Gyatso | ||
