I really feel from the core of my heart that taking care of one’s own karma is really a profound way of dealing with what we are experiencing now.
The way I understand this is, the moment we are born—or one could say, from beginningless time—…we are naturally subjected to change, we are naturally subjected to impermanence…
Karma is basically a very simple, yet, at the same time, a very vast and profound way of describing change.
As practitioners, we must never give up—we have the best chance, the best solution, which is this time, this space, this rebirth that we have where we can finally accept change. For so many countless lives before, we have denied change over and over again. I don’t mean to say now that we are suffering its consequences in a sort of crude way—but out of that confusion, out of that denial, something beautiful has emerged, which is this life. So it’s not really our duty, it’s not our mission, but it’s sensible, it’s most interesting, it’s most beautiful, if we can make use of this life to accept change. And this is my fervent wish. This is what I wanted to convey.
As always I am praying for all of us, not only that we will be able to overcome this disease but actually that we will be able to understand change, how things function.
I would like to ask all of you, whenever you find time, to meditate…
No matter where we are, no matter how far we are from one another, the one moment when we are all together is when we meditate.
Regardless of distance and time and space, when I am meditating, I know that whoever else is meditating, we are there together. That is the case.
Please stay strong—not just putting up a good front—but to stay strong in the sense that you see that you have the best opportunity.
Thank you so much.
~ Thaye Dorje, His Holiness The 17th Gyalwa Karmapa
Dearest students and friends worldwide,
The essence of all buddhas is always the same, and their activity manifests as peaceful, increasing, fascinating and protective when it is needed.
In our Karma Kagyu Diamond Way centers, we always stay with our standard curriculum and we always practice that—it is our timeless power and gives the main direction for our growth. As you know, it keeps our Diamond Way transmission protected. At the same time, it allows our activity to be spread and inspires people everywhere.
This “digging deeply” in one place together with many other Diamond Way practitioners is very useful because it gives a major source of energy to the development we want to see.
However, it doesn’t mean that we lack extra power to do whatever comes up, in connection with the changes happening in the world.
Therefore, even with our busy curriculum and growth, we should look for extra private time to repeat the mantra of the Buddha of Loving Eyes, OM MANI PEME HUNG, which H.H. 17th Gyalwa Karmapa now also advises us to apply.
Compassion is the most important quality in the world and we should share and enjoy this whenever it is possible.
Yours from the Diamond Way Europe Center, Lama Ole.
