多杰雄登大护法新春开示

2020

今天依西藏传统过新年，先问候大众，吉祥如意。

疫病的发生，主要是因有情共业所致。五浊盛行的时代，药物效力减弱。也因有情福德衰微，故发生各种灾殃。这是「浊恶」所显现的众多现象。

经云：「世间诸衰损，根本为无明。」一切不如意，都是由无明而来。来自于爱自、舍他之念，总之就是贪、嗔二烦恼。如《入中论》所说：「最初说我而执我，次言我所则着法，如水车转无自在，缘生兴悲我敬礼。」贪爱我、属于我这一边的、我的父母兄弟等，把自己看得最重要。无始轮回以来已受多生，曾经历过数十万生，惟有痛苦，如是在轮回中轮转。对其他有情无慈无悲，起嗔心恶念，妄加伤害，也使自己内心不得安乐。凡由贪嗔二心所作所为，都会招致不如意事。

本师释迦牟尼佛，对其他有情修悲，发起最胜菩提心，成就佛位。我们追随本师世尊，又值遇妙音怙主法王宗喀巴大师的无垢教法。此时今生已过大半，应努力使余生有意义，勤修善法。如果未能做到，过去多次受生不曾过得有价值，此生如果未能从轮回解脱，又得再度于三恶趣等处饱受众苦，即使生于善趣，也是陷溺在轮回中。

遇到善知识，进入密咒金刚乘教法之门；而且不仅进入密咒金刚乘教法之门，又进入无上金刚乘教法之门，非常难得。已得无上灌顶，获得如本尊大威德金刚、瑜伽母等灌顶、口传、教授，如果不尽其所能努力，就空费了。不要自我欺误，当尽力精进努力。若然，则逐年逐月进步，终能调伏内心。

能做得到，应好好忆念自己上师善知识的恩德。凡夫有情难以值遇相好庄严最胜化身，金刚持等更难值遇。为我开示暂时及永久之道的善知识，所展示之道，应结合于心，尽力实践。于浊世中能见到凡夫形相的善知识，也是很大的福德。「未见善知识为骡或犬，其福大矣。」若善知识示现骡子、狗等牲畜形相，无法言谈，也无实益。

必须圆满二资粮——福德资粮、智慧资粮，才能成就佛位。对于菩提心、空性，要善加学习、尽力串习、思惟其义，如此福德甚大。总之，入佛教门，遇见甚深空性、无上金刚乘教法，要令此事真有意义。

时间短促，说得再多也有限。过去已多次听闻道次第等教法，八万四千法蕴的心要在于三主要道—出离心、菩提心、空性正见，好好学习，渐渐会有进展。

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The Great Protector, Dorje Shugden’s
2020 Losar Message

Today, according to Tibetan tradition, we celebrate Losar (Tibetan New Year) therefore, now I will greet everybody with “Tashi Delek”. (Editor’s note: a traditional Tibetan greeting wishing the other person blessings, good health and luck).

The occurrence of the recent epidemic is due to the collective karma of sentient beings. In this era of pervasive degeneration, the efficacy of medicine is reduced and the merit of sentient beings is also reduced, therefore, various calamities occur. This is a sign of these degenerate times.

In the scriptures, it says that the cause of all degeneration in the world arises from ignorance. All kinds of unhappiness are derived from ignorance, which comes from the thought of loving oneself and forsaking others. In general, it boils down to the two afflictions of greed and anger. It is just like what Introduction to the Middle Way by Chandrakirti says:

“First, thinking “I,” they cling to self,
Then, thinking “this is mine,” attachment to things develops.
Beings are powerless, like a rambling water mill –
I bow to compassion for these wanderers.”

Cherishing yourself and everything that belongs to you, like your parents, siblings and so forth, you value yourself as most important. Since time immemorial, you have reincarnated innumerable times and experienced hundreds of thousands of rebirths in cyclical existence (samsara) but there is only suffering. Towards other sentient beings, you have no compassion. You always allow anger and negative emotions to arise and then harm others which causes the mind to be not at peace and unhappy. Anything that is the result of the two afflictions of greed and anger will bring unhappiness.

Buddha Shakyamuni practised compassion for all sentient beings. The most supreme bodhicitta arose in him and he attained Buddhahood. We follow Buddha Shakyamuni’s teachings and furthermore, we have met Manjunatha, the Dharma King Lama Tsongkhapa’s untainted teachings. Now, you have passed through half of your lives, so for the remainder of your lives, you should strive to make it meaningful by diligently practising the teachings. If you cannot do that, it will be like reliving your past lives, never doing anything of true value and meaning. In this life, if you still cannot be liberated from samsara, then you have to descend down to the three lower realms again and experience much suffering. Even if you are reborn in the three higher realms, you are still trapped in samsara.

Upon meeting a guru, you enter the door of Vajrayana teachings and not only do you enter the door of Vajrayana, you even enter the highest teachings of Tantrayana, which is a very rare opportunity. After you have received highest tantric initiation, i.e. Yamantaka, Vajra Yogini and so forth; lung (oral transmission); and teachings, and you don’t put in the utmost effort, it will be a total waste. Don’t lie to yourselves, you should put in the utmost effort. If you do so, then months and years will pass and you will see improvement. Eventually, you can subdue your mind.

If you can do this, you should remember your guru’s kindness. For ordinary sentient beings like us, it is very difficult to meet a supreme emanation who bears the marks of a fully enlightened being. It is even more difficult to meet Buddha Vajradhara and other such beings. It is our guru who gave us teachings on the temporary and the ultimate paths. The path that he showed us, we should merge it with our heart. Try your best to practice. In this degenerate age, when the guru manifests in the form of an ordinary being, it requires a lot of merit. “When we didn’t see the guru as a mule or dog, we have a lot of merits.” If a guru manifests as a mule or dog, or any type of animal, they cannot teach and so, there would be no benefit.

We have to accomplish two types of merits, virtuous merit and wisdom merit. Only then we can achieve Buddhahood. We have to learn bodhicitta and emptiness. We have to practise bodhicitta and emptiness and also to try our best to study and meditate on their meaning. With that, great merits will be accumulated. In essence, we must make entering the Dharma and meeting the teachings of the most profound emptiness and the highest tantra to be most meaningful.

Time is short, I talked so much but there is also a limit [to how much I can say]. In the past, we have already listened many times to the teachings on the Lamrim. However, the essence of the 84,000 Dharmas all boil down to the Three Principal Aspects of the Path – renunciation, emptiness and bodhicitta. Practise well and gradually, there will be improvement.

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