I have realized that when I rejoice in other people's success, it pushes me to beat myself. But when I am jealous with other people's success, I naturally only want to beat the other person. Therefore, all my energy and thoughts are focused on the other person rather than on improving myself to succeed.
Thank you Rinpoche for explanation on Jealousy. What about if we feel that there is unfairness or prejudiced situation that is been practise? Is it a similar application or feelings?
Thank you Rinpoche for answering Plinio Tsai question. I am sure it will benefit a lot more people out there and not only we students. I feel that what causes people to have jealousy starts from the mind and also from their Karma. You create the results of unhappiness through your own doing by being jealous. And you cause it. You also can choose to be happy and have a lot of friends by rejoicing for what they have achieved through their hard work...
'Their success is not your problem'-- thanks that is beautifully said. It made me read AL question in a very different way than I would have before I heard it.
Thank you Plinio for posting this question and Rinpoche for giving a short and profound teaching.
In short, I think we must all comtemplate from time to time the law of karma. Personally I believe jealousy is the worst enemy of all, because from there arises anger and negative speech and actions that would create more negative results for us in the future.
Learning to rejoice may not seem to be at hand in the beginning but like what Rinp...
I felt I could really understand that Samsara is a meritocracy from this clear talk. Whoever achieved anything in any way, has done so because they have PAID for the result by their own efforts. Totally fair. If I make the same effort, I can achieve the same result.
Thinking about practical example, maybe it's a bit like two people wearing t-shirts. One of them made the effort to wash their shirt in washing powder, rinse it and dry it nicely in t...
Wow, there is so much Dharma teaching in this one single response. I know virtually nothing about Dharma and there are so many good ideas in here that I had never heard before, "May I always take refuge in the Arya Ratna Dharma in order to protect others from my own deluded thoughts", "May you my teacher remember me in all my future lives, and like today, bring me to the clarity and lucidity of Dharma with the hook of your compassion", etc. Very useful...
Tsem Tulku Rinpoche on Apr 27, 2011 at 4:57:15 pm wrote:
Dear AL,
Well it always takes two hands to clap as the saying goes......you have every right to feel angry and hurt for people who lie and cover up their actions, it has occured in my life to me from people and I was hurt too. So I can relate to what you are saying...I realize that I must have done that to others in the past and the karmas comes around full swing like a wheel of sharp weapons back to me and hence I should be patient. ....
Thank you for this enlightening talk on jealousy. I do understand the karma of it and I was wondering what about feelings of anger towards people who you discover constantly lies or covers up their true actions? Does it mean that it is my bad karma that instills people to lie or are they creating bad karma for themselves in the future?
There are many cases of jealousy where the person one is jealous of holds something as simple as wealth, power, etc., and of course that is subject to change and isn't an attribute one should be jealous of really. However it's all covered under Rinpoche's explanation of karma. It's the person's karma, whether it brings a good result or not, or regardless of how the person reacts to it in a...
Tsem Rinpoche, I humbly thank you for the amazing and pratical explanation! I have no words to express my gratitude and happiness towards your beautifull explanation...most of all very sharp and efficiently you have point out the self-cherishing mind without saying the terms, you have pointed out Pabongkha Rinpoche words with the eight wordly Dharmas, Patrul Rinpoche and Lama Tsongkhapa about karma and acceptance of law of causality, the text W...
You may have forgotten me, from Sera. What happened to you? You have gained so much weight, you look a lot better without it. Better get that prostration board out!
although I agree on the teaching I have to disagree on one point: in today's world unfortunately being rich is not as clearly the result of good karma, most ultra rich people became rich from exploitation and manipulation and not out of helping others, money and riches is too corrupted to be simplified like this and is getting more and more dirty with the transference of the worlds wealth to the upper 1%. Most rich people I see today are corrupt and outright thieves and murderers. Namaste
@trancemuter If the rich comes from bad causes, karma will correct it. They will either lose their money or they will suffer for it because bad things will have bad consequences. A good example of that is Maydolf, Enron and wallstreet.
Thanks...this was informative. Personally I have not been a jealous person and have rejoiced at anothers good fortune ,but I have withdrawn from speaking more due to the jealousy of others . I was encouraged by your words to come out and overlook this now and trust in the promptings from my heart! May the Buddha bless you.
Tsem, would you make a video about ANGER? Yesterday I felt very angry. I watched a video in which a Salafi community in Indonesisia went to a Ahmadiyya mosque and killed all the people inside and defiled the dead bodies on camera. At watching this I felt intense anger, and part of me wishing the people who participated in this may go to hell. But what's the point if I later have to go to hell to help this people leave the place? Don't tell me this isn't relevant in the Tibetan Budhist community
weeliang on May 10, 2011 at 4:19:05 am wrote:
Dear Rinpoche,
Thank you for the short teaching.
I have realized that when I rejoice in other people's success, it pushes me to beat myself. But when I am jealous with other people's success, I naturally only want to beat the other person. Therefore, all my energy and thoughts are focused on the other person rather than on improving myself to succeed.
with folded hands,
Wee Liang
tsemtulku 1 month ago
Doreen Teoh on May 6, 2011 at 4:11:59 pm wrote:
Thank you Rinpoche for explanation on Jealousy. What about if we feel that there is unfairness or prejudiced situation that is been practise? Is it a similar application or feelings?
tsemtulku 1 month ago
meng kiat on Apr 29, 2011 at 8:47:53 am wrote:
thank you Rinpoche, very nice and clear teaching on how to clear away our jealousy:)
tsemtulku 1 month ago
anila on Apr 28, 2011 at 10:39:57 pm wrote:
Thank you Rinpoche for answering Plinio Tsai question. I am sure it will benefit a lot more people out there and not only we students. I feel that what causes people to have jealousy starts from the mind and also from their Karma. You create the results of unhappiness through your own doing by being jealous. And you cause it. You also can choose to be happy and have a lot of friends by rejoicing for what they have achieved through their hard work...
tsemtulku 1 month ago
patsy on Apr 28, 2011 at 6:18:17 pm wrote:
Thank you Rinpoche for this clear and easy to understand explanations.
tsemtulku 1 month ago
Alejandra Arroyo Valerio on Apr 28, 2011 at 6:30:37 am wrote:
Thank you Rimpoche, this is so heplful to hear, please keep answering questions, we do need this remind over and over again.
tsemtulku 1 month ago
rr on Apr 27, 2011 at 9:00:15 pm wrote:
'Their success is not your problem'-- thanks that is beautifully said. It made me read AL question in a very different way than I would have before I heard it.
tsemtulku 1 month ago
Margaretlee on Apr 27, 2011 at 6:26:21 pm wrote:
Thank you Plinio for posting this question and Rinpoche for giving a short and profound teaching.
In short, I think we must all comtemplate from time to time the law of karma. Personally I believe jealousy is the worst enemy of all, because from there arises anger and negative speech and actions that would create more negative results for us in the future.
Learning to rejoice may not seem to be at hand in the beginning but like what Rinp...
tsemtulku 1 month ago
Den on Apr 27, 2011 at 6:15:51 pm wrote:
I felt I could really understand that Samsara is a meritocracy from this clear talk. Whoever achieved anything in any way, has done so because they have PAID for the result by their own efforts. Totally fair. If I make the same effort, I can achieve the same result.
Thinking about practical example, maybe it's a bit like two people wearing t-shirts. One of them made the effort to wash their shirt in washing powder, rinse it and dry it nicely in t...
tsemtulku 1 month ago
Den on Apr 27, 2011 at 5:13:39 pm wrote:
Wow, there is so much Dharma teaching in this one single response. I know virtually nothing about Dharma and there are so many good ideas in here that I had never heard before, "May I always take refuge in the Arya Ratna Dharma in order to protect others from my own deluded thoughts", "May you my teacher remember me in all my future lives, and like today, bring me to the clarity and lucidity of Dharma with the hook of your compassion", etc. Very useful...
tsemtulku 1 month ago
Tsem Tulku Rinpoche on Apr 27, 2011 at 4:57:15 pm wrote:
Dear AL,
Well it always takes two hands to clap as the saying goes......you have every right to feel angry and hurt for people who lie and cover up their actions, it has occured in my life to me from people and I was hurt too. So I can relate to what you are saying...I realize that I must have done that to others in the past and the karmas comes around full swing like a wheel of sharp weapons back to me and hence I should be patient. ....
tsemtulku 1 month ago
Adelyn Lim on Apr 27, 2011 at 4:27:58 pm wrote:
Dear Rinpoche,
Thank you for this enlightening talk on jealousy. I do understand the karma of it and I was wondering what about feelings of anger towards people who you discover constantly lies or covers up their true actions? Does it mean that it is my bad karma that instills people to lie or are they creating bad karma for themselves in the future?
tsemtulku 1 month ago
Steve Tobias on Apr 27, 2011 at 2:57:58 pm wrote:
Thank you Rinpoche very much for the explanation.
There are many cases of jealousy where the person one is jealous of holds something as simple as wealth, power, etc., and of course that is subject to change and isn't an attribute one should be jealous of really. However it's all covered under Rinpoche's explanation of karma. It's the person's karma, whether it brings a good result or not, or regardless of how the person reacts to it in a...
tsemtulku 1 month ago
Plinio Tsai on Apr 27, 2011 at 2:49:01 pm wrote:
Tsem Rinpoche, I humbly thank you for the amazing and pratical explanation! I have no words to express my gratitude and happiness towards your beautifull explanation...most of all very sharp and efficiently you have point out the self-cherishing mind without saying the terms, you have pointed out Pabongkha Rinpoche words with the eight wordly Dharmas, Patrul Rinpoche and Lama Tsongkhapa about karma and acceptance of law of causality, the text W...
tsemtulku 1 month ago
Hey man,
You may have forgotten me, from Sera. What happened to you? You have gained so much weight, you look a lot better without it. Better get that prostration board out!
Take care and be happy.
sunnyjam71 6 months ago
although I agree on the teaching I have to disagree on one point: in today's world unfortunately being rich is not as clearly the result of good karma, most ultra rich people became rich from exploitation and manipulation and not out of helping others, money and riches is too corrupted to be simplified like this and is getting more and more dirty with the transference of the worlds wealth to the upper 1%. Most rich people I see today are corrupt and outright thieves and murderers. Namaste
trancemuter 9 months ago
@trancemuter still, they create the karma to be rich, and we should therefore not be jealous of them :)
fyi karma doesnt mean good or bad it means causality, we create the causes and conditions in our live s to be exactly where we are now
fluxbunny1 5 months ago 2
@trancemuter If the rich comes from bad causes, karma will correct it. They will either lose their money or they will suffer for it because bad things will have bad consequences. A good example of that is Maydolf, Enron and wallstreet.
Ashitanoyuki 2 months ago
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teamshintaichi 10 months ago
Thanks...this was informative. Personally I have not been a jealous person and have rejoiced at anothers good fortune ,but I have withdrawn from speaking more due to the jealousy of others . I was encouraged by your words to come out and overlook this now and trust in the promptings from my heart! May the Buddha bless you.
urhart 10 months ago
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intezam 10 months ago
Tsem, would you make a video about ANGER? Yesterday I felt very angry. I watched a video in which a Salafi community in Indonesisia went to a Ahmadiyya mosque and killed all the people inside and defiled the dead bodies on camera. At watching this I felt intense anger, and part of me wishing the people who participated in this may go to hell. But what's the point if I later have to go to hell to help this people leave the place? Don't tell me this isn't relevant in the Tibetan Budhist community
intezam 10 months ago