This video begins with a continuation of Khen Rinpoche Geshe Thubten Chonyi’s life story and brief history of Kopan Monastery in Nepal. Lama Zopa Rinpoche begins this teaching, recorded on May 26, 2020, at Kopan Monastery, reminding us that we are unbelievably fortunate to be alive today. So many people died today, but we are still alive.
Within FPMT we teach individuals where suffering and happiness comes from, we teach them about karma, Rinpoche teaches. This is the most important thing and those working for the organization need to recognize this—whether you are a director, volunteer, whatever. It is all part of your practice to help sentient beings meet the Dharma by making it available, and it is “soooo important!”
When you see others buying nice things, living in nice environments, or enjoying nice partners—you must rejoice, rather than have jealousy. You can think: “How wonderful it is that this person has happiness.” Jealousy causes us experience hell, even while in the human body. Particularly with those we have a physical connection to, the suffering of jealousy with partners can cause the mind to completely freak out. This jealousy comes from cherishing the “I.”
We are all in the process of dying, running toward our death. So while some people are dying of cancer or from this virus, we think: “But I am alive! They are dying, but I am alive.” In reality, we are in the same process of death. Since the second we are born, we are constantly moving toward our death as well. In the morning you could be involved in conversations, but by the evening your body could be dead. By remembering impermanence and death, you conquer laziness and everything you do becomes holy Dharma.
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