WORDS OF WISDOM AUTHOR: KHENPO TSULTRIM LODRO

Stress makes our life painful; desires evolve the pressures of life; hallucinations lead to various desires in space and time; and the wisdom of enlightenment can eliminate all illusions.

~Depicted from LUMINOUS WISDOM BOOK SERIES

What does “preliminary practice” of Tibetan Buddhism mean? It means preparatory practice. Despite the fact that ultimately we need to attain the wisdom of emptiness, without laying a solid foundation of cultivating renunciation and bodhicitta, we are not able to realise emptiness.

~Depicted from LUMINOUS WISDOM BOOK SERIES

Lord Buddha said, “You can pursue happiness, which is the right of humankind and the right of life. Nonetheless, happiness resulted from the material things is very unreliable. Therefore, while enjoying the happiness brought by material things such as eating, drinking, playing and so forth, we should be seeking for more noble and sublime happiness that comes within our mind. Happiness can also arise from pursuing meaningful work or the work that brings great contribution.

~Depicted from LUMINOUS WISDOM BOOK SERIES

When seeing the happiness of other people, two types of emotions might occur: jealousy and rejoicing. Jealousy makes us unsatisfied, while rejoicing brings us happiness and allowing our merits to increase.

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Everyone of us needs to practice dharma, including me. Because as ordinary beings, we haven’t dispelled defilements and are not free from cyclic existence. Having attained precious human life in this lifetime, we need to cherish it. If missing this opportunity, I’m afraid we’ll miss the only opportunity in many lifetimes and eons henceforth.

~Depicted from LUMINOUS WISDOM BOOK SERIES

Today the way we treat animals has reached to a rather cruel state, but everyone accepts it and sees it as natural. Such acts will come back to humans themselves. Eventually, humans will be divided into different three, six, nine or more castes. The underprivileged will be treated the similar way as animals are treated.

~Depicted from LUMINOUS WISDOM BOOK SERIES

From the perspective of material life, our era has the most abundance of material wealth in human history. We possess advanced devices and products such as airplanes, wireless, computers, etc. However, compared with ancient people, we lost freedom, which is the most precious thing in the world. We need to contemplate on this problem and make some proper choices, endeavoring to give ourself more freedom.

~Depicted from LUMINOUS WISDOM BOOK SERIES

If you want to get rich, the best method is to make offerings and give generously—giving to the poor and making offerings to the three jewels. This is the only way to see results in this world.

~Depicted from LUMINOUS WISDOM BOOK SERIES

If mankind has conviction in law of karma, it will not result in any loss, but rather mankind will lead a more peaceful, happier, harmonious life. The law of karma is the most justified law in universe, the hell realm is the most vicious prison in universe; these things can be verified.

~Depicted from LUMINOUS WISDOM BOOK SERIES