Before we do short meditation, just to, the last, just continuation of previous talk, just a little bit on that. So, these thought transformation [pause], before I was talking only the problems, the undesirable things, transforming in happiness, making it meaningful, transforming in happiness, which means making it highly meaningful, beneficial, for whom? Beneficial for whom? To oneself, and other sentient beings. To oneself, the one person, and other numberless sentient beings, for whom beneficial, for whom meaningful, beneficial. The main goal or the idea is to make it beneficial for the others, numberless sentient beings.

So when one dedicate for them, even it's a problem, but when one experiences the problem for others, for other the numberless living beings who have the same problems, who have more problems than oneself, who have the same problem, relationship problem, whatever disease one has, there are numberless others who have same, then others who have more problems, much more worse and more problems than oneself. So when it becomes, when it is dedicated, the experience of the problem, whatever it is, the hard life, whatever the problem, experiencing this, dedicated for others, or experiencing this on behalf of numberless others who have the same problem or have much worse problem or who have much more, many variety of problems than oneself, and experienced it for them, who are numberless. So that this way, so that they can be free, the numberless others, so that to be completely free from all those problems and causes and to have ultimate happiness, the happiness, absence of the problems.

So dedicating the life for them, specially [pause], anyway, so while one is going through this, which one has to go through this, why waste it? The experience, why we don't make it meaningful, beneficial, for all the living beings and so, this way, by sacrificing for others, by dedicating, experiencing this for the sake of, for the benefit of all other sentient beings, like even Jesus he went through this, crucified for the sake of others, there are many stories in the life of saints, holy beings, sacrificed themselves for others, to free others, for others' happiness.

For example, three countless great eons, Shakyamuni Buddha's past lives, Shakyamuni Buddha before becoming enlightened, when he was, many of his past lives, when he was saint, called bodhisattva, who completely renounced, who has no thought working for self, besides there's no self-cherishing thought, no thought to work for self, no thought to seek happiness for self, only having the thought to obtain happiness for others, only to work for others, so that is the real saint, who has such an attitude of life, completely pure, unstained by the self-cherishing thought, even the thought working for self, no thought of working for self at all, no thought concerned one's own happiness, even the ultimate happiness, even the everlasting happiness, nothing slightest, no thought, only the thought is to obtain happiness for other sentient beings, to free everyone from all the obscurations, sufferings, to lead to highest happiness, full enlightenment. So that is called, that one is the real holy being, the one who has that attitude. No matter whichever religion it is, Christianity or what is called Buddhist, or whatever, Hindu, or different name that it's called, as long as the person has that attitude, even it's animal, even it has a body of animal, but mind is like this, that's a holy being. That is a real holy being.

So even Shakyamuni Buddha, three countless great eons, when he was a saint like this, he sacrificed his body to other sentient beings many hundreds, hundreds, hundreds of lifetimes, that when he was saint, gave holy body to the tigers, to the whole family of tigers starving to death, so gave completely. Then, made prayer to be able to reveal them, to be able to teach them meditation, Dharma in next lives. So these tigers, whom the Buddha, the past life saint, made charity his body, his life to the starving tiger family, one whole family starving to death, so then next life, because of the Shakyamuni Buddha made prayer, by that connection, their having eaten my body, then may they become my disciples in the future lives, may they be born as human beings and become disciple and may I be revealed right path to them, to teach meditation.

Then, next life they were born human being, by that connection they were born as human being and then hear teachings directly from the Buddha and then they actualized the path, and there is full of stories like this, gave the, gave blood to the blood- drinkers, the yakshas, the spirits, different types of spirits and then made charity and then by making that connection, then made prayer to be able to reveal right path the next lives and then they were born human being and become the first disciples, so there were five whom the Buddha turned, taught the first meditation, taught first time the meditation, in a place called Sarnath, so there were...

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...five monks who taught meditation, revealed teaching, the four noble truths, so the past lives were the yakshas, the spirits, you see, who drank blood when Buddha was saint. So there are hundreds, hundreds, so many life stories, just even only the Shakyamuni Buddha before becoming enlightened, taking that action, during so many lifetimes as bodhisattva.

So, then, so many lifetimes made charity the eyes to the people who want eye, blind people, limbs, who want limbs he made charity, so many lifetimes, part of limbs or eyes. So there are, not only the Buddhist saints, but there also happened, not only Tibet and India, but also there's in Christianity, there happened many saints that who, like St Francis, or many who really, who has this pure mind, only thinking, nothing else except only to cherish other sentient beings, except only the thought to obtain happiness for other sentient beings.

So, however, so then through this they achieved, they completed the path, they completed the cause of enlightenment, the two accumulations of merit, wisdom and method, then they achieved the peerless happiness, full enlightenment, and then they enlightened numberless sentient beings, in the past, in the present, and then continuously they are doing. So, like this, so why not, until, as I mentioned, as I described, as I gave rough idea of these three levels of problems, three types of problems, and the fundamental one, this samsara or these aggregates which are in the nature of suffering, that which is pervasive compounding problem, so until we become free from this samsara, we have to go through many of these problems, again and again, until we become completely free from this samsara, these aggregates which are in the nature of suffering, which experience death and rebirth.

Until that, we have to go through these problems, so while we are going through these problems, why don't we make it, like those saints, like those holy beings, take their example, renouncing oneself, cherishing only other beings, and the result what happened, quickly they became free from the whole entire problems and causes, this samsara, these aggregates which are in the nature of suffering, they quickly became free from all this and then achieved, they completed omniscient mind, perfect power, compassion for all beings, and able to enlighten numberless sentient beings continuously. So they themselves completely free and they are able to free other beings, they are able to free numberless other beings, every day, every hour, every second.

So therefore why don't I take, use the problems, use the life difficulties in that way, in that path, make it, use it in the way that it has infinite benefit, that one receives infinite benefit, that every other sentient being receives infinite benefit, achieving, brining to enlightenment. So however, so the best way to, so in this way, one is giving great meaning to one's own life, great meaning, great purpose, because you see that, this way one sees own life I am doing something for others, that I am offering, I am dedicating something for others, I am not taking all the time from others. I am not using others all the time for my happiness, I am giving something for them, I am sacrificing something for them this time. Other times I'm only taking from them, using them for my happiness, but now, with this new mind, I am giving, my life is different, that I am giving something to them.

So, therefore there's nothing more enjoy, there's nothing greater happiness than this in my life. Therefore there's nothing greater happiness than this life. If I had been healthy, if I didn't have this disease and so forth, whatever problem, then I wouldn't have this opportunity to make my life most meaningful by dedicating, I wouldn't have this opportunity to benefit to everyone, to benefit every living being, my life to cause happiness for all the living beings, specially then to bring the highest happiness, full enlightenment. This wouldn't have happened, and my life would be same, the old life with the same old mind, only the old mind that thinking only me, my happiness, my problems, every day the same old life.

So therefore this way then it gives satisfaction, using the problems this way, making meaningful by dedicating to other sentient beings, experiencing this on behalf of all sentient beings, then, who have the same problem, who have more problems than oneself, who has many more problems than oneself, so this way, then, one only purifies the mind, this way only purifies the cause of problems, which is within my mind, using the problem this way, transforming into the path, using in the path, only purifies the cause of problems, only purification, great extensive, it purifies unimaginable obscurations and accumulates extensive merit, every day, every hour, every minute, every second, so this way, one find satisfaction in the life, even there are this relationship problem or whatever problem there is, but the mind is able, this way one find satisfaction in the life.

The other way one cannot find satisfaction, with the old mind cannot find satisfaction, happiness, peace in the heart. So, even, like this, even one has headache, make it worthwhile, even though while one is taking medicine, but even one is taking medicine, but while one is experiencing, make it beneficial, while one has to go through this experience, make it beneficial, so, I am experiencing this headache on behalf of all other living beings, numberless beings who have headache, so experiencing the headache on behalf of everybody, those who have created the cause, karma, the cause, and experiencing headache now, and who will be experiencing headache in the future.

So, then, if one has toothache, then also same thing. By this experience, may all the other living beings, numberless beings, who are experiencing toothache now or who will be experiencing toothache in the future, may all their suffering of toothache be pacified and have happiness, absence of this problem, happiness, and especially ultimate happiness. So same thing, so also relate, so whatever particular disease one has, so the cancer, AIDS or whatever different, any different thing that one has, so make it, make the experience, use in the path, by dedicating the others, by dedicating to others it becomes path, the experience becomes the path, to free others from problems and to obtain happiness, especially ultimate happiness.

So however, our life, even we are happy, we make it beneficial for other living beings, even we are experiencing comfort, happy life, we make it beneficial for other living beings, even we experience miserable life, hard life, also that experience, we make it beneficial for all living beings. So even we are healthy, make the life beneficial for other sentient beings. Even one is not, even one is unhealthy, make the life beneficial for other sentient beings, whether one is sick or whether one is not sick, then, even one is poor, make the life beneficial for other sentient beings, even one is rich, make the life beneficial for other sentient beings. So even one is alive, make the life beneficial for other sentient beings, to become cause of happiness for other sentient beings. Even one is dying, make the life highly beneficial for all living beings.

So however this is the basic, even though I didn't get to go through many subjects so far, even though I didn't really come down in the main subjects, but main meditation, main subject, didn't really, it's just starting, but this is the main point, what I mentioned just now, this is the very basic, the very heart of the healing meditation. It's called healing, but it depends on how extensively we think about healing, whether we think only one particular disease or whether we think the whole entire problem, the experienced in the life, then all the causes.

So however, so this is the, the best, this way, by living the life for others, to free others from suffering and to obtain happiness for others, living the life for the others, day and night, life, living the life, from morning, getting up, wearing dress, working, eating, nighttime sleeping, the whole thing doing for others, so, whether one is sick or healthy, however, through this, then one find satisfaction, through this then one is able to enjoy the life, through this then one obtains happiness, through this then one is able to experience peace in the heart, peace of mind in the very inside of the heart. Not the happiness, not the hallucinated happiness, that kind of excitement, that kind of temporary excitement, not just that, but deep peace in the very inside of the heart. However, so the best way to enjoy the life, the best way to obtain happiness, peace of mind, is by, when one dedicate from the heart, not by forced by somebody but from the heart, when we dedicate our life with freedom from, by understanding, with compassion, loving kindness towards others, with this freedom, then when one dedicate one's own life for other sentient beings, this is the best way to enjoy the life. Then, with this, there's great enjoyment in the life, and this is the way to enjoy the life.

So even one is healthy, enjoy the life; even one is unhealthy, enjoy the life. Enjoy the life in best way, the best enjoyment and this is the best way to obtain happiness in the life.

So this is just introduction, the essence what we are going through, the subject, meditation, but this is the heart, the essence.

So, I stop here. Sorry, we didn't get to go through the meditation, the mantra. But if you have time at home, then the deity's meditation, the healing, reciting mantra of healing, white beams coming, can be done. It's not necessarily this has to be done only here, only in this meditation room, not that. If you have time, you can do. More it is done, of course, more powerful and more, there's more power, more benefit, more healing. Yeah, so I stop here.

Due to all the past, present, future positive actions that I do, and positive imprint that I leave on the consciousness, may the good heart, altruism, which is the source of all the happiness of myself, all sentient beings, may this be generated within my mind, within my heart, and within the heart of other beings. Those who have, may it be developed. [long pause]

Then due to all these positive actions that I have created in the past, present and future, may I achieve the highest happiness, full enlightenment and lead everyone to this state as quick as possible. [long pause]

And due to all these past, present, future positive actions that I've done, may anybody who hears me, who touches me, who remembers me, who talks about me, who think about me, may all these become healings for them, meaningful to behold to them; anybody who gives harm to me, who gives help, everything become healing for them, immediately may it cause them to be free from all the disease and the outside conditions, spirit harm, and the cause negative karma, obscurations, and quickly achieve peerless happiness, the full enlightenment. In other words, it's saying, may I become the medicine for all the living beings, not just medicine to cure only, not just to stop physical problems for temporary, not just that, but to heal completely, to never experience again, by healing even the cause completely, like that. [long pause]

[Dedication prayers in Tibetan]

Thank you very much.