The small golden key

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION ACCORDING TO TRADITIONAL Buddhist doctrine, all positive qualities of phenomena, from small, instantaneous, substance qualities to vast, continuous, intangible qualities, come from Dharma. Many different categories and aspects ofDharma exist in order to benefit all beings who have either dull, intermediate, or keen faculties through their general group phenomena and individual personal phenomena. Any kind of Dharma, whether sutra or mantrayana, which originates directly from the Buddha's Dharma revealed by the Buddha's followers, is called sastra. The sastras have many qualities, but all these can be synthesized into two precious qualities. As Yig Ngen said, "The sastras' main qualities are to redeem or purify the enemy which is the passions and to guide from the lower realms to enlightenment. " There are countless different sastras written by countless different followers of the Buddha. For those like me who cannot write according to these two qualities, it seems unnecessary to write at all, especially when I remember Patrul Rinpoche's speech: "Even though hundreds of sublime and intelligent beings have left countless writings and doctrines behind in this world according to their points of view, still" all beings who have infantile mind create more and more appearances of contradictions from these teachings instead of benefitting from them-so if anyone writes more, the result will be just the same." Because of Patrul Rinpoche's speech, a being such as myself, with neurotic mind, became completely discouraged to write anything. But many sublime saints have said that even if beings do not pay attention to you, you must still try to express even one word of the name ofBuddha Dharma. Although, momentarily, beings may have bad conceptions due to their karma, ultimately there is no question that all beings' root circumstance Buddha nature can blossom into enlightenment from the contributing circumstance of their hearing. So, graced by Buddha in this life, I have had the opportunity to express his speech through previous karma, and also to speak freely according to the wishes of individuals through general American democratic free speech phenomena. Since I came to the West for medical treatment in 1977, at times when my energy was restored, I have written some books in response to the questions of many different Westerners. These books were written according to the capacities of their minds, whether or not they were a benefit for th

שנה

1993

שפה

English

הוצאה

Shambhala

מהדורות

1

עמודים

114

ISBN

9780877738565

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata