But sometime we have to do that. But it doesn’t mean that samaya is broken, you have done some terrible things, we’ve all done some terrible things here and there.
I am not saying you are immune to any mistake, we all make mistake and sometime some people have to remind that person have done something wrong, you have crossed the line. And in order to keep the organisation or structure or certain things together, you cannot just say everything is open, right? But anybody who touches the topic of the samaya is, the way you cross, the way you say that’s the red line. Do you understand what I mean?
When I travel around, when I deal with people and so on, from my mouth I have never said “you have broken the samaya”. Whenever something was wrong I said “this is the proof that you have done wrong, this is the evidence that you said something wrong, that is incorrect in our perspective, in this world and so on and so forth”. You say what is wrong, you don’t have to involve the spiritual aspect. Do you understand?
Then the moment you bring that spiritual aspect then everything becomes “mixed”. Because sometime I can also make mistakes, who knows? Sometime the other person make more mistake, sometime I make mistake, who knows? But the moment you say “you have broken the samaya” that’s an unreasonable reason to put on somebody.
If somebody did something wrong, not clear management, not clear in a respectful manner or attitude or something, you say as it is. If it works, works, if it doesn’t work, doesn’t work, whatever. Sometime you win argument, sometime you lose, doesn’t matter. But you don’t have to bring the samaya into this, you don’t have to say “you have a bad karma”, you don’t have to say “you have a good karma”. Lets leave that along. That is for yourself.
You don’t have to say to other people “because of that you have a bad karma”, don’t say that! Karma, impermanence, Dharma is for yourself, it is not there to judge other people. Do you understand?
We don’t like to be judged. So the Dharma and the spiritual aspects should never be used as a tool to judge other people. Okay, some people are not good practitioner, oh so okay, maybe one day they should become good practitioner. They are some people who have broken samaya, oh okay, maybe you try to remind them but let them be. Let them have the path of playground, a little bit relaxed, fine. Let them find their path.
Never judge somebody based on religious and spiritual aspects. “Oh, you do this you have a bad karma, oh you do this you have a bad samaya”. Then you are squeezing the other person almost like a ‘no option’ and nothing to respond, nothing to regain. You are stopping them from improvement. Do you understand? So like that.
It is just in future because sometime in our Buddhist community we have this habit, somebody have bad something, “oh bad karma, oh bad samaya”. No need, we need to point finger on ourself, not to other people. That’s why we are Buddhist, you know? If you want to point finger other people you join other religion. [haha] Then “you, me” and so on.
Buddhist point left finger. That’s why we called ནང་པ་ “Nangpa”, “Nangpa” means “looking inwardly” and then we are not looking outwardly, we are looking inwardly. That’s the definition of being a Buddhist practitioner.
So that’s that. Okay, I think I should stop talking. [haha]
Six-Armed Mahakala Teachings – Vajradhara Ling France
July 13, 2024 – Morning session (1h 47′ 45”)
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