Having given a liberty to three poisoning afflictive emotions and due to not having a control over oneself, a notion that “I a victor” and “other are looser” is arisen. Then without being aware of law of Karma, if one only commits negative deeds for the sake of only this very life, then the immeasurable consequential suffering going to be fallen on the one’s head. The person who commit such acts is one’s own enemy.
Through having a devotion in the three sublimes and law of Karma, lets benefit others with a sincere benevolence-mind. Having realized the mind is root of cyclic existent and by turning the mind inwardly and when skilful-in-means and meditative contemplation called “developing and completing” are (skyed rim rdzogs rim) embraced to conquer one’s own mind then one would experience the taste of calmness & peace in this present life. The person would also experience varying happiness and rejoices thereafter lives, therefore, those who makes effort towards these, such person is one’s own master.
Without need of consulting with divination or astrology or mind reader whether one’s own mind is good or evil, since one’s own mind is not obscured to itself, that for reason whatever activities is upheld whether wholesome or unwholesome, they are always vividly visible to one’s own mind. Hence, oneself is one’s own witness.
Therefore, without turning against one’s own self as an enemy, you need to be master of your own-self, but this is not for the reason to show others instead building a faith for oneself is the vital practice of Buddhism. This is what I believe.
At Bodhgaya, Khenpo Kalsang Nyima Rinpoche on 07-09-2017.
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