If we would realize, Acharya Lhakpa explained, that objects seemingly “out there” or things appearing inside our mind are like rainbows and dreams, then attachment and aversion would no longer get hold of us, and we would neither cling to our happiness nor feel lost when we are facing pain and hardship.
We need to learn to take aggression and attachment onto the path and turn seemingly unfavorable circumstances into something beneficial, for the benefit of all beings, Acharya Lhakpa explained.
Commenting on the eighteenth and nineteenth verses of Ngulchu Tokmé’s Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva, Karmapa Center 16’s resident teacher pointed to the importance of our intention, and the qualities of mindfulness and introspection.
Commenting on the sixteenth and seventeenth verses of Ngulchu Tokmé’s 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva, Acharya Lhakpa Tshering pointed to a key practice found in all verses: to work with our own mind-stream and take any circumstances onto the heroic path of compassion. In this case: ingratitude and contempt, respectively.
How can we take denigration or criticism to the path? Especially in this twenty-first century, Acharya Lhakpa Tshering explained that we need to learn to take a step back and slow down before we react.