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In this section,
Rinpoche emphasizes how good karma can run out, how
to create it, and the importance of generosity in
improving our material fortunes.
In
order not to receive any kind of harm, we need
to purify past negative karmas, abstain from committing
them again, and create positive merit.
The ultimate
solution to prevent people harming
others and the world is to change their minds
from anger into loving kindness and compassion, and
to help them cease their delusions completely.
This
is also the ultimate solution in order not to
have any personal enemies.
Rinpoche shows
us how our experiences of misfortune, including natural
disasters,
come
as a result of self-cherishing thoughts, from
either
attachment or anger, rooted in ignorance. The
earthquake is not coming from outside, it is coming
from our
minds.
Thus, every day,
we need to purify past negative
karma and try to abstain from creating more. |
