Message from Dungsey Shenphen Dawa Norbu Rinpoche on judgment.

Message from Dungsey Shenphen Dawa Norbu Rinoche  ~ Below ~

Dear Dharma Friends,

Having read some negative comments on social media from students about other teachers, I feel it is my responsibility to guide you on the right path.

It is best not to criticize other teachers because you do not have the insight or the wisdom to do so. Your judgement is based on intellectual understanding and you do not have the depth of awareness or clairvoyance to see the many different lifetimes that a teacher has accumulated and practiced.

At the heart of the Vajrayana is the samaya that we need to keep. Having received empowerments, teachings and pith instructions we are no longer in a position to condemn those who hold the dharma teachings we have been given. The approach of the Vajrayana is to develop pure perception and bodhicitta at all times. To cause any dissention in the sangha is a very heavy karma to bear and the fruition of such karma can only lead to the lower realms. Therefore, by following the bodhisattva’s path and training, you should have no interest in searching for others shortcomings. In every empowerment we receive, we repeat certain lines whereby we agree to follow the lama’s command and instruction. We do so because we have understood that this is a path of the truth. Therefore, it is vital for one’s own path of realization that this commitment is upheld and respected.

At this moment, even amongst tertons and high teachers, obstacles can occur due to the forces of negativity which are becoming increasingly apparent during this Kali Yuga time  an age of degeneration of the dharma, quarrel and strife. Therefore, it is not fair to judge them. Don’t look at their faults but rather focus only on your own. If you have nothing good to say, then don’t

say anything at all. The teachings of the Buddha are based on having pure vision towards all. They are not based on intellectual categorization, so why accumulate adverse karma unnecessarily? If others are doing and saying negative things, then let them do so, but don’t let yourself get involved.

There are many stories of bodhisattvas behaving erratically in order to purify our perceptions shouting, beating and even killing others these are examples of countless ways to show how perceptions unfold.

This guidance comes from me now not as a reprimand, but as a result of the fact that I love you all and I am concerned. It comes because I don’t want you to cultivate more negativity which would bring about a narrowing of your mind.

In my lifetime, I have seen lamas who have appeared to be greedy or misbehaving in some way and doing all sorts of negative things. However, at the time of their death I’ve seen these very same lamas pass into the buddhafield with great signs of realization. My father, His Holiness, advised me, “Never judge anyone if you see or you think you see negative behavior, correct this with your pure vision. Don’t get caught in the display.”

I pass this message on to you so that you will not load more karmic pressure onto yourself. Try to see everything as display with no vital consequences in it. That is the teaching of the Great Perfection.

I hope you won’t take this as criticism but rather as sound advice that will benefit all.

Dungse Shenphen Dawa Norbu Rinpoche