“We study to understand what was not yet understood, we contemplate to remove doubts, and then we meditate to gain experience, familiarize ourselves with the Dharma, and put it into action to liberate all sentient beings from suffering,” Acharya Lhakpa Tshering taught during this concluding session.
How do we know we are moving in the right direction on the path of a bodhisattva? In his reflections on the final verses, Acharya Lhakpa Tshering offered some guidance on how to put Ngulchu Tokmé’s 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva into practice.
In his commentary to verses 34 through 37 of Ngulchu Tokmé’s 37 Practices of a Bodhisatta, Acharya reminded us of the ultimate goal on the path of compassion and how to achieve it.
Under the power of mental afflictions like attachment and anger, we usually cause only harm to ourselves and others. In his commentary to verses 31, 32, and 33, Acharya Lhakpa Tshering explained how Ngulchu Tokmé points out how to prevent harming others and practice for the benefit of everyone instead.
Commenting on verse 29 and 30 of Ngulchu Tokmé’s 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva, our resident teacher, Acharya Lhakpa, explained how meditation can be considered the preliminary practice for wisdom to arise, and the main purpose of dharma practice to be realization of selflessness.