WORDS OF WISDOM AUTHOR: KHENPO TSULTRIM LODRO

Very often in our lives, suffering, contrary to normal expectation, motivates people to progress, to feel empathy, to control desires and persevere. But all along we have only  tried not to think about it, not dared to face it and more often than not simple evaded reality. As a result , our minds become weaker and weaker. This is why  the Buddha encouraged us to contemplate what he taught in the Four Seals of Dharma: All contemplated phenomena are of the nature of suffering.

~ Depicted from "The Four Seasonal Quotes from Khenpo"

The Buddha was a human, not a god or a deity. However, his supreme wisdom had surpassed all known human knowledge. The Buddha based his judgement not an conscious perception but transcendent wisdom. As a matter of fact, we can all transform our own consciousness into such wisdom.

~ Depicted from "The Four Seasonal Quotes from Khenpo"

To love family and friends is a lesser love. To love sentient beings is greater love. The nature of the lesser love is selfishness and hence the cause of all suffering and dissatisfaction. The nature of great love is dedication and hence be capable of generating  immense happiness and fulfillment. To exchange lesser love for great love is the right way for humans to find happiness.  

~ Depicted from "The Four Seasonal Quotes from Khenpo"

Buddhism holds that all physical phenomena, such as cobblestones, are arising and ceasing  every instant. Our senses perceive differently. But the truth of the physical world seen through a microscope corresponds to the Buddhist view point. Thus, we must acknowledge that physical senses are mistaken.

~ Depicted from "The Four Seasonal Quotes from Khenpo"

Do not fight the reality with weak mind, because the more you do, the more you suffer. Instead, one should first cultivate a strong mind before taking on all suffering in life. Only then suffering be transcended and possibly transformed into happiness as well.

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The Buddha said, “Human’s sense of sight, hearing and sense of smell are all inaccurate, neither are that of taste , touch and man’s consciousness.” If these senses were all correct, how would the path of the enlightened benefit anyone ?

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The face life with a different mindset is to embrace life with tolerance and compassion. To use another way to search for the goal is to learn from Buddha’s wisdom. Persisting in these direction in  life will undoubtedly gain a different kind of happiness, the ultimate liberation.

~ Depicted from "The Four Seasonal Quotes from Khenpo"

People are all afraid of suffering, want to avoid suffering and adopt every possible means to prevent suffering, but they only succeed in bringing more suffering upon themselves in the end. The Buddhist way is to know what suffering is, face it, overcome it and finally eradicate suffering altogether.

~ Depicted from "The Four Seasonal Quotes from Khenpo"

Our sense organ with their many flaws are like defective tools. It would be fundamentally wrong to ascertain the truth of life and the world through sense perceptions. What we should trust is the transcendent wisdom of the Buddha, instead of relying totally on our senses.

~ Depicted from "The Four Seasonal Quotes from Khenpo"