@Yvone, thank you. Yes, I think what I meant by that is that we are restless. We cannot live without change. It feels stale and lifeless. Of course, we fear it too. But it is also unbearable when things remain the same.
Thankyou Rinpoche-la for all your kindness, honesty and dedication. About sequence for the Bodhichitta vow. at the end, after inspiration to reinforce the vows comes dedication stanzas 17 to 22. Are those stanzas also from third chapter? didn't get it.
how do you mean addicted to change? like we always want more or something else? Because don’t we have rather fears of change?… we want things to be like they are, clinging to what we know, being too comfortable or ignorant to understand that everything is on constant change, impermanent and nothing is inherently existing.
I just want to make sure I understand what kind of change you mean. I could say I am addicted to hope of gain and so on.
Thank you so much Rinpoche for this inspiring beginning to the retreat. As always, you have given us so many things to think about. Thank you for teaching us. May you continue to do so for a long time.
@Yvone, thank you. Yes, I think what I meant by that is that we are restless. We cannot live without change. It feels stale and lifeless. Of course, we fear it too. But it is also unbearable when things remain the same.
@ Nuno Goncalves, thank you. Yes those stanzas are from the third chapter. Good retreat!
Thankyou Rinpoche-la for all your kindness, honesty and dedication. About sequence for the Bodhichitta vow. at the end, after inspiration to reinforce the vows comes dedication stanzas 17 to 22. Are those stanzas also from third chapter? didn't get it.
Thanks and sorry for this boring question hehe
Thank you, great teaching. Only one question:
how do you mean addicted to change? like we always want more or something else? Because don’t we have rather fears of change?… we want things to be like they are, clinging to what we know, being too comfortable or ignorant to understand that everything is on constant change, impermanent and nothing is inherently existing.
I just want to make sure I understand what kind of change you mean. I could say I am addicted to hope of gain and so on.
See you tomorrow…
Yvonne
Thank you so much Rinpoche for this inspiring beginning to the retreat. As always, you have given us so many things to think about. Thank you for teaching us. May you continue to do so for a long time.