This word alert is quite often used in the United States. After bin Laden. After bin Laden then this word alert is quite, many time announced. But I don’t think they’re announcing the alert towards delusions, alert for enemy delusions and negative karma . I don’t think it’s announced for that.

“…by constantly being alert and mindful in my behavior.”

In Tibetan there’s ?tenpa she shing pa yo to yin, so you have to have that, you have to have all three in English. But alert is okay, the conscientiousness and…. Tenpa she shing, so remembrance and awareness, so when you do shi-nä, calm abiding, you need those two things. Anyway, because each one has a function so I think it may need to be translated separately.

“I shall examine my mind…. By constantly being alert and mindful in my behavior. I shall examine my mind…but praise those of others.”

Very difficult to do that, but anyway we have to , but anyway we have to try even one day once, two times maybe , even try, even though it’s extremely difficult but to try one time, then one time succeed then two times succeed, three times you succeed.

“Not seeking material gain…great Arya beings to be.” [pause]

It is interesting that quite a number of years ago when I was in Melbourne, Australia, there was one Tibetan boy who used to be translator for Geshe Doga. I think maybe first time, I think, when Geshe Doga arrived in Australia, he was translator for some time then [a few words missed]. Or maybe he was the second, I’m not sure. So this Tibetan boy found a job in the Japanese shop. So this Tibetan boy told me that, so they were taught by the boss, everybody in the shop, whenever a customer comes, when the customer comes, they must regard that customer so precious one. They should regard the customer very, something very precious. Then you become very kind to them. So I think, it’s still interesting that, very interesting. Of course, I don’t think, of course, that’s the policy, I don’t think it’s, the attitude is not, I don’t think it’s for the happiness of the other sentient being, but I think probably it’s a policy that, method, so that you’re able to sell your things, so that your business can be successful, make money. So make money for oneself. So it’s, of course, I guess, I mean I can’t say what the motivation of the boss is, but maybe it’s, maybe it could be self-centered mind so then externally, the method of being kind, mind think like that and then showing kindness. But of course, yeah, of course in Dharma, but of course here in Dharma, in Tibetan Mahayana Buddhism, here of course, why you do this is not because for your happiness. It’s for the happiness of other sentient beings, being kind. The main aim here is happiness of other sentient beings, thinking others are so precious and then being kind to others, respect. Mind thinking that they’re kind, precious, and then body, speech, help, and the speech, saying respectful words and body, respectful words and, so like that. So, I think, that attitude is not for your happiness, it’s for others. So this is sincere attitude, your kindness is sincere, it’s for others, being kind. Here it is not a political kindness. That way political kindness, it’s for yourself, but you act kindness to others. So it’s not political, self-centered, attitude being kind, showing like you care others, showing like that.

So, however, I think it’s very smart, this boss. I think this boss is very smart. His ?interesting technique, the people working he teach them like that, _____ them. But, however, so I think, so therefore, I think individually, if you’re living alone, one should practice as it’s mentioned here or as the Mahayana Buddhism, practice Mahayana Buddhism and that way, cherishing others. [pause]

So I just mention this. [pause] Like Nagarjuna explained, [Tibetan], something like that. So what he’s saying is that, there’s two things, in the daily life, so the first thing, in our daily life, the attitude we should keep, not only for your own happiness but for the happiness of all sentient beings, the numberless sentient beings for their happiness, however, so anyway, I already mentioned the last few days, so this person, this animal, this person, this sentient being, my wish-granting jewel, from whom I receive all my numberless past happiness, present happiness, all the future happiness, liberation, enlightenment, this is my wish-granting jewel. So that’s the first one. To think that’s most precious, most kind.

Then, after you discover this is most precious, then after that, you, then Nagarjuna explained, dag nyi, I myself, yeshe ?nordar, like a wish-granting jewel, fulfilling all the wishes of sentient beings. [Tibetan] However, so anyway, the essence, so first thing, that being, sentient being, is most precious one, wish-fulfilling jewel, fulfilling all your wishes for happiness up to enlightenment. Then, yourself to become like a wish-fulfilling jewel, fulfilling that sentient being’s all their wishes of happiness, yourself become wish-fulfilling jewel back toward that sentient being, like Nagarjuna said.

Then also like a wish-granting tree, fulfilling all, so oneself become a wish-granting tree, that like that fulfilling all the wishes of, whatever they pray, like in a pure land, wish-granting jewel, whatever you’re thinking, from the wish-granting tree, whatever you generate wishes, all your wishes get fulfilled. Everything get materialized or ?whatever.

So, [Tibetan] may I myself become like a wish-granting jewel, fulfilling all the sentient beings’ needs, what they desire. Then a wish-granting tree that fulfilling all the wishes. So yourself you become like that for those sentient beings, like a wish-granting jewel, like a wish-granting tree, fulfilling all their wishes of happiness. So, first you think of the other being, so kind and precious, wish-fulfilling jewel, okay. That you receive all your three-time happiness from them, okay. Then next, then yourself to become like a wish-granting jewel, wish-granting tree, to fulfill all the sentient beings’ wishes of happiness.

So this is what, even yourself living alone, this is what you should practice, and this is what should practice, especially you’re dealing with people, whether you’re working in a school or whether you’re in the office or family, Dharma centers, this is what should be practiced, this is what should be always there, as much as possible in daily life. So, when you remember this, when you think of that sentient being’s, how that sentient being is so, most precious, kind, when you think of that then naturally the respect comes. Naturally the respect, even you talk, very nicely, kind. The way you behave, very nice, very respectful, your heart cherish that being the most. So, yeah, during the day then you would, you become very kind, you would help anything to that person or that animal, to that sentient being, so you would do anything to help.

Now here I’m going to mention one extra thing is this, now here, for a sentient being, animal, non-human being or a human being, even a small help you give, there is some problems, even a small help you can give, with this good heart, whatever help you give, it’s offering to all the buddhas. It’s the best offering to all the buddhas, bodhisattvas. To all the buddhas and bodhisattvas it’s the best offering. Even you give a small pleasure, comfort, to that sentient being, whether it’s a human being, non-human being. It’s the best offering, most pleasing to all the buddhas and bodhisattvas. Why? Because this sentient being, whether it’s a human being or non-human being or insect, this is what the numberless bodhisattvas cherish most, this is what they have in their heart. Like the mother who has a beloved child in the heart, cherish most. So this sentient being, this insect, whether it’s a mosquito, bug, anything, a human being or non-human being, so this is what cherished most by numberless bodhisattvas and this is what is most cherished by all the buddhas, this insect, this person, this beggar, this person who is angry to you, who abuse you, who is angry to you. This is cherished by numberless bodhisattvas, like their heart. And day and night they pray, numberless bodhisattvas, for this being. They dedicate their merits, they work for, they try to achieve enlightenment, they try to achieve all the realizations for this sentient being.

Numberless buddhas they achieved enlightenment for what? For what? For the sentient beings, for this person, for this insect. So anyway, Guru Shakyamuni Buddha collected merits for three countless great eons for this sentient being, achieved enlightenment for this sentient being. So sacrificed his body, his life, being born as a king, wealth, everything, he sacrificed so many numberless times for countless great eons so made charity, then the six paramitas, achieved enlightenment, for this sentient being. So working for all sentient beings, but that includes this sentient being. So ?dying for this sentient being. So this is what is cherished most by Guru Shakyamuni Buddha and numberless buddhas.

So therefore, even though, even what you offer is a little help, even a small problem, then whatever, it’s the best offering to numberless buddhas and bodhisattvas, it’s more pleasing, so pleasing to them. So like the child that loved most by the mother, so even you say a few very few, a few very nice words, praise, to that child, it makes the mother so happy. If you say a few nasty words, a few criticisms to the child, that loved most by the mother, it makes the mother so upset. So Buddha said in the sutra, Do De ?Papai ?Che, ?Avatashika or what? I think ?Avatashika or something. In Do De ?Papai ?Che, Buddha said like that, Buddha said this. [pause] [Tibetan] I didn’t remember the exact words but the meaning…. So the Buddha said in the ?Avatamsika, the Do De ?Papai ?Che, Myself and sentient beings, any harm to the sentient being is harm to me. Any benefit to sentient beings is benefit to me, is supreme benefit to me. Any harm to sentient beings is a great harm to me. Any benefit to a sentient being is a supreme benefit to me. Myself and sentient beings are equal in the happiness and suffering. And I have achieved the rupakaya for the benefit of sentient beings.

So therefore, so this is also very important to remember in daily life. Very important. Then this also helps, whatever you do with the sentient beings, it affects the buddhas, bodhisattvas, numberless buddhas, bodhisattvas, whom you pray to receive blessings, to actualize the path. So, whom you try to become. So therefore, so then when you think of this, when you think of that, when you remember that, naturally you do everything whatever you can, small, big, great benefit, small benefit, whatever help you can give to the sentient beings, any insect or sentient being, however, human being, so you treat best. So therefore, even one is not doing organization to do this, even you’re living alone, then especially if one is working in the, dealing with people, working with people everyday life, must do this practice, must remember to do the practice, and especially Dharma organization, must, this is a key practice, because Dharma center, so it means to be kind to others, means kind to everybody. It doesn’t have to be rude, you don’t have to be rude, not that, you can’t show magic, give a billion dollars to everybody, you can give everybody that needs, you can’t do magic, can’t do that. Of course if you can do, of course, but everybody can’t do that, so anyway, can’t manifest. But however, even you can’t really help, you’re limited, but at least the way to talk, the way to behave, should be very respectful, very kind, that that _______ aspect doesn’t get upset, so that person appreciates, can see. Even you can’t help but at least the way you explain, how you are, like that. And a Dharma center is, of course, that, you have to do that because it’s called Dharma center, meditation center. Meditation is training the mind, meditation is subduing the mind, taming the mind, so of course this is totally different than company. Totally different than from a company, a company doesn’t have Dharma teachings or they have no opportunity. So as I explained the Japanese, this shop, so I think the ?Indian companies even they, could be their motivation is selfish motivation but can be not sincere, but still it’s good externally being respectful, kind. So that’s extremely essential, to, if there’s something to help, to help, of course, we can’t show, we don’t have psychic powers so that to give everything whatever they need, can’t, ordinary being you can’t, so but anyway, but whatever one can. But however, if it’s something one can’t, but at least should be, not being rude, should be very kind, respectful, mind cherish, like Nagarjuna’s, cherishing that being, person, that sentient being, most precious, most kind. If the attitude is that then naturally how you communicate is very respectful, very kind, so it comes naturally. So anyway, especially a meditation center, Dharma center, where it’s very different from a company or the business. So of course the company, business, that it works by money, on the basis of money, that you just kick out and you can pay money, somebody doesn’t do properly you just kick out, it’s simple, because you can pay money. So here it’s different, a Dharma organization is very different from that.

So also here, Dharma organization has to be example. It should be inspiration for people to practice Dharma, to practice good heart, it should be inspiration, example, inspiration, for others. Old students, new students, however, the new people, whether they know Dharma, whether they don’t know Dharma, however, should be inspiring example. So then the people see the practicing Mahayana Buddhism, so signs of practicing Tibetan Mahayana Buddhism, signs of practicing Mahayana Buddhism. So this part is very important.

“Whenever I meet others…with a smiling face.”

So this smiling face is not political, not diplomatic, smiling face. Sometimes because you can’t really smile so, you can’t really smile so you just move it up like this, so it doesn’t look nice. You know that it’s not natural, it’s just pushed up. You know it’s not natural, so it doesn’t make you happy. But this is not political smile, this is from the good heart. Smile not, goal, the purpose of smiling not for your happiness, but you smile for the happiness of the other person, other people, so then smile for that. Then that is Dharma, that is Dharma, that is pure Dharma. The smiling, the gentle face or smiling face to others so with the good heart it means, you do with good heart that, then cause to make the sentient beings happy. Not you make happy, not make you happy but others. So that causes next lives a handsome or beautiful body, that’s the temporary benefit. To make sentient beings happy you’re smiling so it has that result.

“Whenever I meet others…in isolation from others.”

This is translated by Geshe Wangchen, Geshe Namgyal Wangchen, one great scholar, great teacher in Drepung, Drepung Loseling, who educate His Holiness Ling Rinpoche’s incarnation and quite a number of incarnations, quite a few other incarnations of, whose past life is great scholars, most outstanding even from Tibet in all the largest monasteries, made well known. So he was the resident teacher for our, resident teacher in the Jamyang London center, he was there for many years, I think seven years or might have been even more, I think. He was alone there, there was no other Sangha living in this London, the big city, where there’s exploding delusions. The exploding delusions or the advertising delusions, anyway. So this city, big city of London, so he lived for many years alone, totally alone, so he’s a great teacher. So one of the great teachers in Drepung Loseling monastery.

So I think that’s, yeah, so I think that’s it. So we should chant some OM MANI PADME HUM and, because Saddam Hussein, Saddam hanged this morning. He was hanged this morning, so I think…. He was hanged this morning, so he died, so…. [pause] Maybe…. [long pause] I don’t know, probably, [long pause] yeah, so anyway, so he, as you know that, he killed so many people, so harming so many people in his life, tortured and unbelievable, unbelievable. I saw in the TV there’s like a football ground or something that, so then there was, that person whose head is going to, so his way of torturing many people, he cut the head [sound of Bodhicitta, the dog, whining] . So, the person, I think probably most the way he punished was cut their head, the person. So the person lay down and then the next person has this big knife, holding a big knife and then the family members they have to stand in front of that person, a few people standing, and they have to clap hands, when the head was cut, so it’s, the person whose head was cut is their family member, so after the head was cut then they have to clap the hands, the family members they have to stand and then they have to clap hands. Then there are many people outside, they clap hands. So yeah, saw on the TV this, one time showed that. So they have to clap hands, this is part of the punishment, the family members they stand right in front of the eye, the other guy cut with the big knife. So this is very unimaginable.

So recent times then he asked to be shot so that he die fast. He didn’t want to be hanged. It was before I left the United States, so the trial. So anyway, seems this morning he was hanged, so I think maybe did quickly. So this, due to ignorance, that all these people unbelievable they suffered in that country under him, and all this due to ignorance, him and _____ both.

So visualize Thousand-Arm Chenrezig and then nectar emitted to him, purified, all the six realm sentient beings, particularly him, okay. So we chant, so that came out beneficial to chant OM MANI PADME HUM. Then Namgyalma short mantra, one mala, and then the Medicine Buddha. Maybe we’ll do the Medicine first, recite each Medicine Buddha’s name then….

[Rinpoche chants the first Medicine Buddha’s name.]

Each one seven times.

[Rinpoche continues to chant the Medicine Buddha’s name.]

So nectar emitted from the Medicine Buddha, first one, and purified all his negative karma, as well as all sentient beings’ including yourself. Then whatever prayer you did in the past, Tsen Legpa, whatever prayer you did in the past, may it be ripened to me and all sentient beings and Saddam, particularly Saddam, then also ______ _____ right this second.

Then whatever prayer I do may it be ripened immediately.

So that buddha absorbed to the next, Rinchen Dawa. Now we recite that buddha’s name. Nectar emitted, purified him and all sentient beings, including oneself.

[Rinpoche chants second Medicine Buddha’s name.]

Whatever, Rinchen Dawa, whatever prayer you have done in the past may it be actualized to me and all sentient beings, especially Saddam.

Whatever prayer I do may it be actualized immediately.

Then Rinchen Dawa absorbed to the Ser Zang Drime, okay, then we recite this seven times doing the meditation, nectar emitting, purified him and all sentient beings also.

[Rinpoche chants the third Medicine Buddha’s name.]

Ser Zang Drime, whatever prayer you have done, may it be ripened to me and all sentient beings, especially Saddam.

Then whatever prayer I do may it be actualized immediately. Whatever prayer normally you do.

Now absorbed to the next, Cho Drag Gyatso. [pause]

[Rinpoche chants the fifth Medicine Buddha’s name.]

Cho Drag Gyatso or Cho Drag Gyatso Yang, whatever prayer you have done in the past may it be actualized immediately to me and all sentient beings, particularly, especially Saddam. [long pause]

Whatever prayer I do may it be actualized immediately.

[Rinpoche chants the sixth Medicine Buddha’s name.]

Whatever prayer you did in the past, Nya Ngen Me Chog Pal, may it be actualized to me and all sentient beings, especially Saddam.

Whatever prayer I do, may it be actualized immediately. Then absorbed to the _____ ?Gyalpo.

[Rinpoche chants the ?fourth Medicine Buddha’s name.]

Whatever prayer you have done in the past, may it be ripened to me and all sentient beings, especially Saddam.

And whatever prayer I do may it be actualized immediately.

Then next, absorbed to the Medicine Buddha.

[Rinpoche chants the Medicine Buddha’s name.]

Whatever prayer you have done, you Medicine Buddha, whatever prayer you have done in the past, may it be ripened to me and all sentient beings, especially Saddam. [pause] So all the negative karmas that he collected, completely purified, as well as all sentient beings, all the hell beings, all the hungry ghosts, animals, human beings, as well as including oneself, all the negative karmas completely purified.

[Rinpoche and group recite short Medicine Buddha mantra.]

Then Medicine Buddha melted in light, absorbed within you. Think that, absorbed within you. [pause] Received blessings body, speech and mind.

So now we visualize the Namgyalma on top, the very powerful for purification, then nectar beams emitted and purified the ?Saddam.

[Rinpoche and group chant short Namgyalma mantra.]

Purified all his defilements, negative karma, everything collected from beginningless rebirths. As well as all the hell beings, hungry ghosts, animal beings, [a few words inaudible] purified, and including yourself.

Now absorbed within Saddam, melted in light, absorbed to him, blessed his body, speech and mind.

Now visualize Thousand-Arm Chenrezig.

[Rinpoche chants prostration verse in Tibetan.]

[?Tibetan] the white holy body, who is devoid of stains, [Tibetan] who has the buddha Amitabha as a crown, [Tibetan] whose compassionate eye look at the sentient beings, [Tibetan] to you, the compassionate-eye looking one, I prostrate.

So taking refuge to Chenrezig to purify, to help Saddam and all sentient beings.

[Rinpoche leads chanting of OM MANI PADME HUM.]

All his negative karmas and defilements collected from beginningless rebirth now totally purified. Nothing slightest exist ?in him. Think totally, then generated the whole path to enlightenment, especially bodhicitta and the wisdom realizing emptiness within him. Then think purified also all the hell beings, hungry ghosts, animals, human beings, suras, asuras, intermediate state beings, and including oneself. Then generated all the qualities of Chenrezig, the whole path to enlightenment, ?within ?them, that’s also including oneself, bodhicitta, the wisdom realizing emptiness, all that. Then the Chenrezig melted in light, absorbed within him, blessed, and blessed him.

So, [pause] due to all the past, present, future happiness, how to say, due to all the past, present, future merit collected by oneself, three-time merits collected by all other beings, sentient beings, buddhas, may Saddam, wherever he is born now then, whether he’s in the intermediate stage or wherever he’s born, may he immediately to be born in a pure land where he become enlightened or receive a perfect human body, by meeting a perfectly qualified Mahayana guru, Mahayana teachings, then achieve full enlightenment.

Besides him then all the, there are numberless hell beings, hungry ghosts, animals and then any family members you have, passed away, then all those who rely upon me, whom I promised to pray, whose name is given to me, those who died, including the students, then any of those who are in the lower realms immediately, may they immediately be liberated from all the sufferings and to receive a human body and then from very young time, without wasting the life, then to live in ordination of renunciation then to meet, to find a perfectly qualified Mahayana guru and then on the basis of only pleasing, seeing only buddha, then only pleasing the holy mind, most pleasing the holy mind, most pleasing with the body, speech and mind, the root virtuous friend, then on that basis train the mind in the three principles of the path, two stages, and achieve the unification of Vajradhara, the seven qualities, as quick as possible. [pause]

So there’s some people who want to take refuge and then the precepts so then this, so it is very good that one of the methods, one of the ways to make this life very fruitful, very meaningful that is then, on the basis of taking refuge then living in the lay vows. So whatever one can, either all five, if not four, if not three, then two, even one, so that’s one method how to make the life meaningful, productive, beneficial for yourself, so to all sentient beings and then for the world peace, especially for the world peace. From your side, contribution for the world peace. And this abstaining from these harmful actions to others, harmful actions to yourself, to others, abstaining from them, such as the killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, that which creates so many relationship problems, then the telling lies, yeah, then another one is the intoxicants, that makes no shame, shy, very, totally uncontrolled, so abstaining from these, that which, from this alcohol, these harmful actions, harms to yourself and harms to other sentient beings, this is your best contribution for all sentient beings’ happiness and especially this world peace, this is what one can do practically, so that helps everybody, even the animals and everybody, the environment.

So the completed negative karma of sexual misconduct, for example one sexual misconduct that which is complete negative karma then it has four suffering results. Ripened aspect result, rebirth in the lower realms and then the three suffering results you experience in the human realm, that which is then the other, wife or the husband, the other person’s mind is not harmonious to your mind, become against to you, the way of thinking, other person’s heart is against to your heart, way of thinking, wishes. And then the family members they become against to you, not according to your wishes and the opposite. And same with the office, the people in the office also their mind is against to your wishes. So you don’t get along and then there’s all this unhappiness, disharmony and then fights and all these things, then also from that then separation or all those problems happens. So that is even in human realm, later when you are born as a human being, due to another good karma, then you get all these experiencing the result similar to the cause, so all these problems you experience.

And then the possessed result is that the unhygienic, dirty place, where there’s a lot of excrement or a lot of filthy, dirty, very unhealthy place somehow one has to abide, one has to live in such a place, or one has to experience such a place. Even for a few minutes you have to go through that bad smell place, even for a few minutes, still that is the karma of that past sexual misconduct, to do with the place, environment. So unpleasant environment.

Then in the future life creating the result similar to the cause, when you’re born as a human being you do the same thing again. So again that complete negative karma of sexual misconduct produces four suffering results, one of them is doing again, so that produces four suffering results. Then one of these is doing again, so like this, from this one negative karma of sexual misconduct it causes endless suffering, from life to life, endless suffering, no end. If you don’t purify that, that one negative karma of sexual misconduct, if you don’t purify that, if you don’t ?enter the path or if you don’t purify that with the remedy four powers, then this is what happens. Or you stop, or you live in morality abstaining from that. So one thing is to purify, purify all you’ve created, and the other one is to not commit again, that’s by living in the vow. You take the vow and live in that. So you can see even you abandon one sexual misconduct, then all the endless suffering which comes from that you don’t experience, so that’s unbelievable peace and happiness.

Then now living in the morality abstaining from sexual misconduct, then that has, that complete good karma has four result happiness: good rebirth, a deva, human rebirth, then _____ _____ , then the all opposite, such as the possessed result, clean, beautiful, like this, very clean, nice like garden or very clean, nice place, so possessed result like that. Then, as well as in the future lives the wife or the husband, whoever it is, the other companion is very harmonized, their mind, their thinking is harmonized to your wishes. So in the family, in the office, everywhere, people, their minds harmonize with you so then you have so much peace and happiness, long-lasting relationship and all peace and happiness, so much. So that experiencing the result living in the morality abstaining from sexual misconduct. And then this creating the result similar to the cause, so again in the future lives you’re able to engage in the virtue, practice morality. So like this, from happiness to happiness and then you go to liberation.