Dear friends in
the Dharma,
I hope every one of you is doing well, in good
health and spirit. I am doing well here in Vienna as I was invited as a guest
professor at the University to teach for sometime.
In this great
auspicious month of Saga Dawa and today being Mothers day, I would like to
write few words to share with you.
On these auspicious
days we have to remember loving kindness and compassion and try to act
practically for the sake of all mother sentient beings.
Mother is one of
the kindest people in the world, so our responsibity is to repay their
kindness, we have to practice sincerely with loving kindness and compassion
regardless of our religion, nationality and culture.
We are all living
on this earth as such a big family and all our goals are the same as none of us
would like to have suffering and problems. In order to achieve peace and harmony
we have to cultivate the right causes and conditions. Without the right causes
and conditions of the right attitude, positive motivation and action nothing
beneficial can be achieved. Therefore, our Buddha Sakyamuni, the omniscient one
always emphasizes the law of Karma.
As every one
knows that this is a very special month called Saga Dawa as our Lord Buddha
took a birth, achieved enlightened mind and parinirvana. So, everyone of his
followers has to remember his kind teachings which are so very useful in
helping us to overcome our negative emotions, bring increasing inner peace and
happiness and deal with our day to day problems.
Buddha emphasized
not to harm others. It is especially important to respect the lives all beings
including the whole of the animal kingdom and to be a vegetarian. If being a
vegetarian is difficult please refrain from eating meat/flesh during Saka Dawa.
May Buddha’s
teachings spread all over the world.
May all the holy
Masters have long life and spread their Dharma teachings and bodhisattva
activities in the ten directions.
May all mothers
be happy and have their wishes fulfilled soon.
With lots of
prayers and greeting
Khenpo Rangdol
