Here is another example for someone who lacks faith. Let’s say that we tell them about how the American lifestyle is, about the beautiful houses and gadgets and so forth. That other person might reply, “I don’t believe you. I’ve never been there and seen them, so these things cannot exist. You’re lying: whatever I haven’t seen doesn’t exist.” This may sound absurd, but many, many people have said, “I don’t see any buddhafields, so they don’t exist. I don’t see any hell realms, so there are no such places.” The reason I do not think this way is that I trust in my main teacher, Buddha Shakyamuni. He could clearly perceive the three times and see the six realms of sentient beings and all the buddhafields in every direction. Because of the depth and profundity of his wisdom, I consider everything he said to be utterly and flawlessly true. Between Buddha Shakyamuni and myself there has been a lineage of great masters in whom I also have total trust. This trust extends all the way to my root guru, in whom I have complete faith from the very core of my heart. I have total confidence in all these beings; I don’t feel that any one of them ever told a lie. Since Buddha Shakyamuni there have been countless other practitioners who have had that same trust and confidence in the teachings of the enlightened ones. Through these qualities they were able to attain great accomplishment. They could fly through the sky, pass through solid matter and reach complete enlightenment in a single lifetime.
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Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
BOOK Rainbow Painting
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