HH Tulku Arik Rinpoche, a great wandering yogi, the Root Lama of HH Lama Achuk
of Yachen Gar, who HH Lama Achuk followed and served personally for over 40 years.
When someone treats you unfairly, you must find within yourself the means to accept theirfaults, to accept them as a person just the way they are. Look upon them as your very ownparents. This will make it possible for you to practice forbearance. The fondness and warmththat you now reserve for your close relations should … Continued
Only through sentient beings are we able to develop Bodhicitta; only through sentient beingsare we able to accumulate the store of virtuous deeds and merit required to attain Buddhahood;only through sentient beings are we able to attain enlightenment. Hence we should continuouslyremind ourselves not to give up on, harbor ill feelings toward, or distance ourselves … Continued
Understand your own pain and suffering, and thereby understand the pain and suffering of other sentient beings.Understand your own heart, and thereby understand the hearts of others.Understand your own life, and thereby understand the lives of others.Understand the Life that lives you, and thereby understand the Life that lives all sentient beings. FR
It is very important for everyone not to stray away from right awareness and right mindfulness. — GN Rinpoche If we are maintaining right awareness and right mindfulness night and day, then we are always in a state of practice.This being so, everything is in the true nature of mind, everything is in Bodhicitta. Il … Continued
When just one affliction arises, we have an opportunity to recognise our true nature of mind.The more opportunities we have to recognise our true nature of mind, the more our enlightened wisdom will naturally increase. — GN Rinpoche Therefore, the more afflictions Bodhisattvas have, the more intense their fire of wisdom will blaze.Through the experience … Continued
Belief, faith in the Guru, is so important. In the Great Perfection we rely on our faith or belief in the Guru. We do not attain liberation just by sitting in an empty state of mind or just by always learning. Most important is our belief. We take this energy of our belief, this power … Continued
Practice does not mean that we have to let go of everything, it does not mean that we have to change our whole life. You don’t have to let go of anything. Everything follows your mind! As long as you change your aspiration, as long as you change your motivation into bodhicitta, your whole life … Continued
Your Guru represents the essence of all the Buddhas and bodhisattvas, the essence of all the deities and all the Dharma protectors and all their qualities. This is your Guru. Just like a drop of water that enters and becomes one with the ocean, the Guru enters, dissolves into our mind stream.
Our mind is very, very complicated. When we recite the mantras or the sutras, how many thoughts are arising within our mind? And, in the time when so many thoughts are arising, how is it possible to know whether we really have bodhicitta or not? It is difficult to say. What about ourselves, do we … Continued
In regard to the standard for attaining liberation, what is the first requirement? Firstly, we must turn our mind to calm abiding. And, if we achieve this, if we turn our mind to calm abiding, then we will gain incredible practice experience. However, if our mind never turns to calm abiding we will always be … Continued