Post by Neo on Dec 31, 2020 20:11:40 GMT -5
From Wikipedia:
According to Dilgo Khyentse (1910–1991), considered an emanation of Dampa Sangye, the story goes that the great pandit Śāntarakṣita, who was instrumental in transplanting Buddhism from India to Tibet, promised that one of his students would come one day to complete his work. Kamalaśīla (Tib., Padampa Sangye) fulfilled this prophecy. Khyentse Rinpoche in a 1987 gathering of students at Shechen Monastery, his seat in Nepal, offered a commentary on the Hundred Verses of Padampa Sangye.
In the esoteric oral tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, a version of Dampa Sangye's life-story has him traveling to China and teaching there for 12 years, where he was known as Bodhidharma the founder of Zen. Dampa Sangye is associated with the Tingri area of Tibet, where he lived for many years.
In the esoteric oral tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, a version of Dampa Sangye's life-story has him traveling to China and teaching there for 12 years, where he was known as Bodhidharma the founder of Zen. Dampa Sangye is associated with the Tingri area of Tibet, where he lived for many years.
Here is a sample of Padampa Sangye's poems from The Hundred verses of Advice:
Enjoy that most sublime of riches,
the treasure of the nature of mind;
People of Tingri,
which cannot ever be depleted.
Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche explained the above verse in his commentary:
With enormous effort and determination, you may manage to amass an immense fortune and innumerable possessions. But, can you keep hold of them forever? There are other kinds of wealth – such as, wisdom, compassion, confidence, generosity and diligence – that multiply as we use them. These precious jewels are in the very nature of our minds. They are free from all shortcomings of Samsara.
The ordinary riches of the world are difficult to obtain, but lost easily. Even when we possess those, they don’t satisfy us all the time. Even if we guard them with great efforts, we will have to part with those on the day of death.
In contrast, the most sublime of riches are hidden within us. These sublime qualities are innate to our minds. Wisdom, loving kindness (the wish to make others happy), compassion (the wish to alleviate other’s suffering), generosity (the ability to find joy in giving others), etc., are such treasures of mind. The more we use them, the more they manifest. This is so, because these wealths are coming from the unsullied nature of our own minds. Since they are in the nature of mind, and not coming from outer conditions, they can never be exhausted. As Paramabuddha (Padampa Sangye) advised, we shall enjoy these riches in their abundance.
We remain impoverished by not seeing such treasures that we possess. So, we look for many other kinds of riches. Once we discover these treasures in the nature of one’s own mind, there is tremendous contentment, wellbeing and happiness, no matter whether we stay in a palatial bungalow in a city, or in a cave in a jungle or even in a charnel ground. Then, we taste the original bliss of our own nature!
In contrast, the most sublime of riches are hidden within us. These sublime qualities are innate to our minds. Wisdom, loving kindness (the wish to make others happy), compassion (the wish to alleviate other’s suffering), generosity (the ability to find joy in giving others), etc., are such treasures of mind. The more we use them, the more they manifest. This is so, because these wealths are coming from the unsullied nature of our own minds. Since they are in the nature of mind, and not coming from outer conditions, they can never be exhausted. As Paramabuddha (Padampa Sangye) advised, we shall enjoy these riches in their abundance.
We remain impoverished by not seeing such treasures that we possess. So, we look for many other kinds of riches. Once we discover these treasures in the nature of one’s own mind, there is tremendous contentment, wellbeing and happiness, no matter whether we stay in a palatial bungalow in a city, or in a cave in a jungle or even in a charnel ground. Then, we taste the original bliss of our own nature!