Giving Happiness to Others

Giving Happiness to Others

Date of Advice:
November 2013
Date Posted:
November 2013

Rinpoche wrote a letter to each of the children at Tara Redwood School, Soquel, CA.

My most dear, most kind, most precious, wish-fulfilling one,
I am very sorry, I tried to come to see you different times, but I didn’t make it in time. When I was ready to come, it was your time to go back home. So I am very sorry. Next time I will try to come, then you can teach me.

You are so precious, so kind, so dear and so wish-fulfilling just like a flower bud about to gradually blossom and to shine, giving great happiness and peace to your family and your parents, who are most kind and precious to you. Not only that, but also giving happiness to your neighbors, society, country, and to the whole world and universe.

There is not only this universe; there are numberless universes. This is even mentioned by scientists, as well as by Buddha. So you are bringing great happiness and peace to all the beings in the numberless universes—to the numberless human beings and the numberless animals in the numberless universes. So there are all kinds of beings that we don’t see at this moment. They have their own world according to their mind, but some people can see them—especially omniscient ones and those with clairvoyance, who can see the different worlds and the different beings, according to their view and also through meditation.

Besides the future, even now you are giving so much happiness to your family by not harming others and not giving problems, and by giving happiness to others, who are numberless. This is the best way to fulfill all your wishes and bring happiness. Even if you don’t think that way, it just happens.

This is the real purpose of living. This is the best meaning of life and this is the root of our happiness. In this way you can fill up the world with happiness —not only your own family, but the whole world. So you are in this school to bring happiness to the world; you are in this school to learn to make the whole world happy, besides your family.

Thank you very much. I hope to see you soon.

With big love and prayer...