«Дар освобождения», курс 39 «Ускорь своё сострадание», занятие 2

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Hi, welcome back to Lam Rim. I have a friend from Shenzhen. He told me I counted the seven wrong.

It's true. The first one is equanimity. We don't count it among the seven.

Then MAR SHES, which means recognize that all beings have been your mom. CHIN CHEN, remember all the nice things they did for you when they were your mom. CHIN SO, try to pay them back.

BYAMS PA, love them. SNYING RJE, they have, what do you call it? Sorrow for their troubles.

Compassion. And then I forgot to mention LHAG BSAM RNAM DANG, which is to take personal responsibility and take care of them. So I forgot to mention that one.

Then we're on number seven now, which is the result of the first seven. Make sense? No, it doesn't.

Yeah, okay. So it's really six and a half before that and we're on seven. All right, here we go.

SEMS SKYES NI DE LTAR KHUR DU SKYE BA NA RANG LA DIN DE NUS PA'I YOD LTAR NA I like to go through the Tibetan on the Lam Rim. My teacher went through it three times. And it helped me a lot.

Again, I do believe this is the greatest book ever written in Tibetan language. So as a, you know, a lot of the classics that we study in the Mixed Nuts, for example, they are translations of Sanskrit. They were not written in Tibetan.

So, and also the Shastras, the ancient commentaries. So we have 990 Sutras and Tantras written in Sanskrit. We have 3,700 Shastras from India, commentaries.

And then the Tibetan tradition starts. After 4,600 books, then starts the Tibetan tradition, which is roughly about 300,000 books. It's the largest scriptural tradition in the world.

And that's why we're trying to catalog them all and input them all and save them all. So that would take another 500 years or something. We finished 35 years.

We finished 16 million pages. It's online for free. But we still have a long way to go.

So if you want to learn Tibetan language and therefore open your mind to 300,000 spiritual classes, then this is the book to do it. So I'm going to keep mentioning the Tibetan words. It will plant a seed in your mind.

Three lifetimes from now you'll take an interest in it. Okay? All right.

DUM PA SEMS SKYEN GYI Here's the... We have reached the seventh of the seven step advices. DE LTAR KUR Say KUR.

KUR means a heavy load. KUR means a heavy load. KHYER means to carry it.

KUR KHYER means to carry a heavy load. What's the word in Sanskrit for a wife? KUR.

In Sanskrit, it's BIRTA, which probably came into BIRTA. Okay, I'm sorry BIRTA. But it means burden comes from the same root.

It means in the ancient times, in the less enlightened times, the boy was carrying the lady. So there's your KUR. Now, he says, this person says, DUM PA AYE YOD.

AYE YOD. Say AYE YOD. AYE YOD means, you can almost guess, it means I'm not sure I could do that.

AYE YOD means, now that I understand everything involved with planet jumping, I don't know. I think it's a little bit out of my skill set. I'm not sure I can handle that.

DUM PA AYE YOD means I don't know if I could do that. RANG LA NI SEMS CAN CIG GI BDUN BYED PA'I NUS PA'ANG MED, okay? $100.

RANG LA SEMS CAN CIG NUS PA'ANG MED. Come on, Stanley, $100. $99, $98.

That's a closer guess. But I'm happy. At least he's trying.

SEMS CAN CIG GI BDUN BYED, to take care of one living being, NUS PA'ANG MED. Yeah, I can't even take care of one person. Here's a picture for you guys.

Like, you want me to take care of all living beings? I can't goddamn take care of myself. Maybe two, three, impossible.

One is hard for me. I can hardly take care of myself, and you want me to take care of every living being? I mean, come on, it's kind of a joke, right?

And it's very funny, and it's so true, right? My god, I can't even pay my own bills. You want me to take care of everybody else's bills?

You must be crazy. It's like, I truly have trouble taking care of myself. And I don't really, I mean, it sounds nice, and I think it would be very noble to take care of everybody, but to be honest, I have days when I can't take care of myself, so I don't know about this day.

PA'ANG MED Okay. DEN NGON KYANG DON CHE BAR NUS KHYEN ZHIG RTZAL By the way, this is the definition of nupa, right? DON CHE NUS PA To be able to do a function.

It's the technical definition in logic for a functioning thing. It's able to perform a function. RTZAL means, what's CHAGS ZAL?

CHAGS ZAL means prostrate, but what's it literally mean? CHAGS means hand. ZAL means look for something.

And it means to, the word in Tibetan for prostrating means to to look for a gift from the hand of your Lama. ZAL means to search for. CHAGS means hand, honorific.

CHAGS, the word, it's interesting. The word for prostration in Tibetan means to seek something nice from the hand of your teacher. Okay.

So here we have ZAL. ZAL here means, is there a DON CHE NUS PA? Is there someone DON CHE NUS PA?

Is there anybody who has that ability? Like I'm open to the idea of trying to develop that ability. Right now, to be honest, I can't even take care of one person.

But I'm open to the possibility if you can show me one person who can do it. I can try to figure out how they're doing that. So show me one person.

ZAL means I'm looking for one person who can do it. And then I'll try to copy them. GO PHANG, I'll try to copy them.

So here's what the sentence is. Yeah, okay, take care of all their needs. Right.

I can't even take care of myself. But if you can show me, show me somebody who can do it, then I'll meet them, I'll talk to them, maybe I can learn. I'm open to learning.

Just show me someone who can do that. Then it says, RE ZHIG CI'I RTEN DU'I PHYIR BA TZAM LA DANG RGYA CHEN SOGS KYIS MI Then Pabongka Rinpoche says, well, let's just take those really super capable people in the world. Let's take those really strong people in this world.

You can find people who are really strong in this life. There are people like, I don't know, famous politicians or famous Elon Musk. There are people, special people, tough people, great people.

Let's take their example. And then here's a picture of them. Okay.

This picture has more meaning than you guess. Okay. What's the deeper meaning of this picture?

Yeah, in the end, they are just dead meat. Okay. All these Elon Musks, all these super powerful politicians.

Yeah, they look strong, but in the end, they are just dead meat. Okay. Same as you and me.

Not much difference. They can lift a little more stuff. They can run a little faster.

They can collect more money. They can attack another country. And in the end, they are just dead meat.

They are all the same. So that's what he says in African. CIG RTEN DUR CHE BA TZAM PA Take those big people.

SEMS CAN GYI DUR BYANG TZAM YANG MI NUS They are also helpless. They also cannot even take care of themselves. These big politicians.

These big power guys. These big business people. These wealthy guys.

He's considering a possibility and he's rejecting it. Well, how about Elon Musk? How about these big war guys?

These big powerful guys. Nuclear power. They must be powerful.

And they are like, yeah, they are just dead meat. They are just skin hanging on dead meat. They are the same as us.

They don't have any more power than you have. You can't even have a good day for yourself. Then guess what?

Neither can they. All the power they seem to have, there's nothing there. They are just meat waiting to die.

Same as us. They are the same as us. It's funny, Pabongka Rinpoche says, well, yeah, okay, I'll show you somebody who can take care of lots of people.

These guys. And then Pabongka in his own sentence, he says, nah, they are just dead meat too. They are just going to end up in some garbage pile like everybody else.

And they will be forgotten quickly, by the way. There's nothing more frustrating in translating the ancient books than trying to keep track of dead kings. you know, the sentence is always the same.

The most powerful guy of Bugundugu. And you are like, he's dead, he's gone. Bugundugu is dead and gone.

Where the hell is Bugundugu? And then it takes like a year to find this vast kingdom of Bugundugu. And the kingdom is gone.

The city is gone. The city is buried on 120 feet of dirt. Shravasti, where Buddha taught the diamond cutter.

Finally they found it. Not long ago. I went there.

It's 120 feet down. Shravasti means the biggest city around. Famous.

Vaishali, these famous cities. New York, Paris, Moscow. They are going to read them in a book and say, what's Paris?

What's New York? Some kind of ruins. You can go dig under the New Atlantic coastline.

And you can find this Manhattan. It will always be like that. So it's like, hmm, okay.

NYAN RANG DANG CHOG PA YANG How about arhats? Arhats are pretty powerful guys. Definition of an arhat?

Roughly? Yeah, what? Yeah, they have stopped their negative emotions forever.

I always think of it in terms of my little brother. We were four brothers in my family. And we were divided into, we called the big guys and the little guys.

And the big guys slept on two bunk beds and the little guys slept in another room. So we kind of had this division between the big guys and the little guys. And the mission of the two little guys was to irritate the two big guys.

And they actually would say in the morning, I'm going to make you mad today. I will piss you off today. And you're like, nah, you can't piss me off.

Now that you've warned me you can't piss me off. They could always do it. And by the end of the day you're like, argh!

And they would actually laugh at us. The little guys would laugh at the big guys. We pissed you off.

We did it. We got you upset again. And you're like, dang.

And I always thought the definition of an arhat is a big guy who can't be pissed off by a little guy. The person who can no longer be made upset is the definition of an arhat. They have defeated that enemy.

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They're also dead meat. They're also dead meat.

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They can't really help. It doesn't really help other people. They also die.

They also die. Being an arhat doesn't change this new body. They're also dead meat.

They reach nirvana but it's not enough to be of a real help to other people. It's not enough. MA SPANG PA'I SEMS RJE GYI BDUN YANG DE LTA BU ZHIG LAS MI NUS DE LTA BU ZHIG LAS MI NUS means they can't really help people that much.

They can teach them how to not get upset at the little guys but they can't teach them how not to die. They don't know that yet. They haven't got there yet.

Even nirvana. Not enough. Not enough to be able to help other people.

LTA BU ZHIG LAS MI NUS BYANG STEM SA LTA BU'O BA LTA BU'O SEMS RJE GYI BDUN ZAD PAR BZHIN DU RGYAL CHE BA YANG Then Pabongka Rinpoche starts going up the ladder of spiritual achievement. What's next after arhat? SA DANG PO SA DANG PO Bodhisattva on the first Bodhisattva level.

Ten Bodhisattva levels. On the day that you see emptiness directly, you reach a level called Rabdhugawa. By definition, when you reach that level, you also have bodhichitta.

You achieve direct perception of emptiness and you achieve bodhichitta. You're on the first Bodhisattva level of ten levels. BYANG STEM SA LTA BU'O BA LTA BU'O Can they help people?

He says, SEMS RJE GYI BDUN ZAD PAR BZHIN DU RGYAL CHE BA He says, yeah, maybe they can do some good stuff. SKYE BA'I PHYID RTOG GI BYANG SEMS KYIS But compared to SKYE BA'I PHYID RTOG That's a new word for you guys. I think Tim never saw it.

SKYE BA'I PHYID RTOG means one life to go. A bodhisattva with one life to go before they become enlightened. That's called SKYE BA'I PHYID RTOG.

The person who just reached the first of the ten bodhisattva levels compared to the person who's like on 9.9 or something, they're not really that helpful. I'd rather find a 9.9 guy than the guy who just saw emptiness. So he's going up through the ladder.

People who just saw emptiness, yeah, they can help you a lot. But compared to people who are half an hour from becoming Buddha, I'll take the second one. BYANG SEMS KYIS SEMS CAN GYI BRTEN DRIN BYANG SEMS CAN GYI BRTEN DRIN BRTEN DRIN means they can't compare.

Nah, what's next? One life to go.

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Is there anybody between? This is cute.

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He says, DE KYANG BYANG SEMS SRID PA THAMS SPA SRID PA THAMS SPA means well, try to imagine a guy who's in his final, his or her final life as a bodhisattva. They're going to be a Buddha in this life. And they are BYANG CHUB KYI SHING GI DRUNG DRUNG This is one of the twelve features of a true monk or nun.

They make their home SHING GI DRUNG at the base of a tree. A real monk, a real nun. The reason they have this cute shawl that's a sleeping bag.

They wear a sleeping bag. Nowadays it's all ceremonial and it's a big mess. You get caught without your shawl you get beat by the debate master.

You get caught folding your shawl the wrong way you get beat by the debate master. No one in the whole monastery has ever used their shawl as a sleeping bag. But that's what they were for.

That's what the shawl is for. So in ancient times if you stayed in a monastery you were breaking your vows. If you stayed in a covered enclosure you were breaking your vows.

You're supposed to sleep under a tree in your sleeping bag. That's why wool shawls were so popular. And we're going to talk about wool shawls by the way.

Anyway why does it come here? His BYANG CHUB KYI SHING GI DRUNG BYANG CHUB KYI SHING SHING means tree, right? What's BYANG CHUB mean?

Yeah, already sat down under the Bodhi tree. Already sat down. By the time they stand up they will be a Buddha.

They already sat down. Were you there? Did you go up too?

We went to Bodh Gaya. I translated Diamond Cutter Sutra. The first time I ever taught it was sitting there where the Buddha sat.

That's the first time I ever taught the Diamond Cutter in England. We went to Bodh Gaya and I sat, I put my bottom down where the Buddha put his bottom down and the Bodhi tree was over my head and I taught the Diamond Cutter. So now he says well you got this kind of Bodhisattva who's got one life to go but how does their ability to help you compare to the ability of the guy who just sat down and by the time he stands up he'll be a Buddha.

He or she will be a Buddha. Are they useful? He says not really.

I mean they also didn't cross that line yet. They cannot take care of countless beings. They are sitting down.

They are putting their bottom down in front of the Bodhi tree but they're not there yet. They didn't cross that line yet to where they can take care of everybody at the same time. They're still putting one bottom down on one tree.

It's beautiful how he goes up to the first he starts with us guys at the office like I can't even have a good day. Don't ask me to take care of all living beings. Well how about this big muscular Elon Musk and these other politicians?

They're just dead meat too. How about Arhats? Yeah great, Arhats.

They disappear in the weather. Great. Weather doesn't do for me.

Well how about these Bodhisattvas who just signed this? Yeah, you're getting there. They're pretty good but they don't compare to those guys who are in their final lifetime.

Yeah, well how about those guys? I mean among all the guys in their final lifetime I'd rather be the guy who's putting his butt down in front of the Bodhi tree and in half an hour he's going to be a Buddha. Yeah, but is he really helpful?

I'll take a full Buddha. I'll have what she's having. I'll take a full Buddha.

BYANG CHUB KYI ZHING DON DU GSUM DE NYID SANGS RGYAS KYI PHER YANG MI TSOS PA PHER MI TSOS PA MI TSOS PA means don't have patience. PHAS means example but PHER MI TSOS PA is an idiom which means matchless. You cannot find anything better.

Out of that whole list of cool people, I'll take the full Buddha. The guy after he stands up, after putting his bottom down at the Bodhi tree, I'll take that guy. PHER MI TSOS PA Then he says, here's your picture.

This is how you're going to remember. If you compare the square footage of the universe to the space in this guy's palm, that's the difference. A person who has become enlightened, who has stood up from the Bodhi tree, you compare their ability to take care of people, it's equal to the length and breadth of the universe compared to this much space.

This much space is everybody else. Even in our heart. Even someone who's on penis directly.

Even a person who's in their last life. Even a person who's sitting down at the Bodhi tree and they have half an hour to go. All of their ability to help people is this much.

Then as soon as you cross that line under the Bodhi tree and you become a full Buddha, then your capacity is equal to the universe. The endless universe. Your capacity matches the square footage of the endless universe.

That's the difference. He says, go for that one. Don't settle for less.

Come on, Nirvana. Arya. Go for the big one.

Because your ability is billions, it's countless. There's no measurement of how much people you can help. There's no measurement.

Sambha. RGYUD TSE DANG THUN PAR GZHAN DONG BAS MED GZUN DROD PA'I CHUNG BA Here's an important description of a Buddha's capacity. They say GZHAN DONG GZUN DROD It's a common Tibetan personal name.

GZUN DROD Geshe Zopa's first name was GZUN DROD, right? In Wisconsin. Great Geshe.

GZUN DROD GZUN DROD means it's the capacity to show up at the moment you're needed without premeditation. Someone gets a flat tire in Texas Canyon and you're there. You know Texas Canyon?

It's where all those boulders are on the way here from Tucson. That little hill where there's all these weird boulders? It's a great place to have a flat tire.

There's all these 18 wheelers and there's no place to pull off. If you ever have a flat tire, it's going to be there. GZUN DROD means you just show up.

You're the next car. You're in the next car. You're always in the next car.

Someone breaks down. They're changing their tire. You're always in the next car.

You stop and you help them. Next, her car went off the road there. She fell off a cliff.

Her car went off a cliff there on the way back one night after class. No one saw her. She just disappeared.

These two guys from Mexico were driving by and he said, hey, somebody's down there and they stopped and they took care of her. That's GZUN DROD. That means you show up at the right time in the right place.

Total GZUN DROD. Everywhere in the universe when someone needs you, you're boom, you're there. That would be better, right?

That's GZUN DROD. Try to imagine GZUN DROD. Now, what if what if somebody breaks down at Texas Canyon and somebody breaks down outside of Bowie, which is worse?

You're in both places at the same time. That's GZUN DROD. They break down out here at midnight.

I've done that before. You're broken down out here at midnight and your friend is at Texas Canyon just had a flat tire. GZUN DROD means you show up at both places at the same moment.

Then how many others? No number. No number.

That would be cool. That would be nice. That's BOD NI PHYIR.

BOD NI PHYIR means may I be the universe's tire fixer. I just show up. I'm always in the next car and I always stop for you and I fix your tire no matter where you are.

That's something. That's really cool. That's the difference between the space in your palm and the space in the whole universe.

This is fixing one person's tire and that's fixing everybody's tire at the same moment in the whole universe. That's not a bad example. That's actually correct.

All the flat tires in the whole universe you are fixing at the same time. That's something. And you have to think like that when you think of BOD NI PHYIR.

Because you are limited right now to one physical body, you naturally believe that you could only help one person at one time. And you have to get over that limitation. You have to stop thinking like that.

Stop thinking that I wish I could help somebody. You have to think could I automatically help everybody at the same time in different bodies? That's sexy.

That's something. Try to imagine it. Just try to imagine it and then that will help you reach that state of mind.

I'd like to fix all the tires at the same time. I'd like to sweep out all the cabins in the Diamond Mountain at the same time. By the way, I don't know who cleaned my cabin but it's really nice and I appreciate it.

I know what it is to clean a cabin. I'm sure they were done one by one. It's beautiful.

The place looks very beautiful. So thank you. You're blessed with special people.

SANGS RGYAS NYID YIN ZHING Only the Buddha is the universal tire fixer. DE'I GO PHAM THOB NA YIN DANG DI DANG DE ZHING NGAR KHYAM GYUR SKABS KYI YIN DANG RNAMS KYIR BYAR NAS Back in the teachings on going for refuge, we talked about how much the Buddha can help you when you go for refuge. So now he says, reverse that teaching.

What does that mean? You're not you thinking about how much the Buddha can help you. You are the Buddha saying, yeah, that's me.

Oh, that's a nice description. That's who I am. He said if you want to have some fun, go back to the refuge teaching and look at it from the point of view of the person they're talking about.

Not from the point of view of the person who needs help. But you know, SANGS RGYAS LA KHYAM SU CHEN PO'I I take Namo Buddhaya and Namo Dhammayaya. Now you're the Buddhaya that they're talking to.

Now think about how cool you are. He says, you might want to go back there and look up all those cool things that Buddha is supposed to do for you when you got in trouble. And now think of being that person.

So guess what Grandpa did? I went back and got you that list. I think when you teach you should prepare in a leisurely way.

Like the whole drive. You got to get Ellie to drive you around so you can prepare in the car. That's the story of my life.

And you should when they say think back you should go back. If you're going to be a real teacher you should take the time to go back and find it. So we're going to go through.

I actually not only went back, I got you pictures. Alright. Here's the first one Tim.

This is called RANG GCIG PA THAMS CAD MED DU'O means you are beyond all fear yourself. You are beyond all fear yourself. First quality of refuge object.

Now you are the refuge object. So before it was hey, take refuge in the Buddha. They are beyond all fear.

Now it's hey, take refuge in me. I'm beyond all fear. These guys.

You ever stood on places like that and you're going to be the first person to walk out there and the rock falls off? I always think that. I never get on those rocks.

I always step back. I'll be the first when the rock falls off. Totally beyond all fear.

Nothing to fear. Imagine. Not even death.

Nothing. Fearless. You will be.

You will be. You will be that. That's bodhichitta.

Now instead of refuge which is taken by wimps. Now you're bodhichitta. Now you're like I'm the one.

I'm not afraid of anything. I can help you. I can help you.

I can fix your tire. That's the first one. Second one, Tim.

GZHAN ZHIG PA THAMS CAD MED DU'O THAB KHAS Tim for $0.10. Okay, $0.12. $0.14. Yeah, skillful means, right? THAB KHAS PA Skillful means THAB KHAS PA Why are we showing this guy? I like the word agile.

I like the word agile. Agile means can do special stuff when it's necessary. Think like agile.

They're like, we got a problem here. I got it. I got that.

That's THAB KHAS. Buddhists are super mentally agile problem solvers. That's what to do what?

GZHAN ZHIG PA THAMS CAD MED DU'O To free all other beings from fear. They are super creative. Super computer creative.

Their mind is like a super computer. And if someone has a problem, they're like, okay, I got it. So that's the second quality of a Buddha.

Special figure router of solutions for people who are screwed up. I got it. I got just the thing for you.

I'll take care of everything. Isn't that nice to be able to say that? I love that.

It doesn't happen very often. Somebody is like, I got a problem. And you're like, I got it covered.

I got it covered. Don't worry. I got it.

Somebody comes to you. You just made $600,000 this week. Somebody says, can you loan me $200,000?

And you're like, I got it covered. Chill out. I got it all covered.

That's the second quality of a Buddha. I got it covered. Super agile problem solver.

THAB KHAB PA THAB KHAB PA means super agile mental problem solver for anything people need. You're like, I got it. I know what you should do.

They save you from all your problems. All right. We got four, by the way.

Here's the third one. You have a wag for everybody. That's the definition of a Buddha.

You have a wag for everybody. I have a dog. My wife's son has a dog like that.

He's got a wag for everybody. You can kick him. You can spit on him.

You can yell at him. I call it a wag for everybody. KUN NA THUB BYED CHEN PO Equal compassion and love for all loving beings and NYID RING MED PA NYID RING MED PA NYID RING CHAG DANG DANG BRAL NA CHI MA RUNG BRAL BA'I RGYUR CI BRAL BA'I RDAG GIS BRAL BA'I RGYUR CI BRAL BA'I RDAG GIS This is the definition of equanimity.

NYID RING NYID DANG RGYUN BA MED PA NYID RING MED PA NYID RING MED PA Definition of DANG NYONG SEMS DANG NYONG Immeasurable of equanimity. I give 50 cents for the sense. UG PA'I KHYA UG PA'I KHYA Overlook the differences.

German cognate, AUGEN English cognate, I overlook the differences. Anyway, NYID RING CHAG DANG means I'm incapable of treating some people as closer and some people as farther. I'm not capable of saying I'll take care of you, but I won't take care of you.

That's the third quality of the Buddha. So, equal wax for everybody. Probably lick also.

Probably lick also. They don't have favorites. They don't play favorites.

If you are a living being, you get a wag and a lick. There are dogs like that. You try to kick them and they are licking you.

So the Buddha has this quality of equal affection towards every other living being. There are dogs like that. You ever met dogs like that?

You try to kick them and they are licking your foot. Okay, equal wag. How many we got qualities?

Four. So we got one more, right?

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All right.

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The waitress who treats all diners the same regardless of the tip. The waitress who treats all diners the same regardless of the tip. This is a specific quality of Buddha as a refuge.

They treat everybody the same no matter how they treat the Buddha. They treat the Buddha nice. They treat the Buddha bad.

They yell at you. They yell at you. They praise you.

They kick you. They massage you. You treat them all the same.

So there is another kind of equanimity. It's called PHEN THAG MA THAG means whether you have done something for them lately or not. What's that joke?

Don't you remember I gave you $100 last June and the answer is, well, what have you done for me lately? Buddhists don't have this question. Buddhists don't say yeah, you ain't done nothing for me lately.

It's similar to WAG but different. It's similar to the universal WAG and LINK. And then the idea that even if she knows where is that waitress Tim?

I got to find a bunch of waitresses. It's on my mind. I don't have one.

I have a cafe and nobody is really in it. No customers and no staff. Right now it's equal.

But she is being nice to them and she's not worried about what they do. She's not going to get tipped or she's not going to get tipped. She doesn't care.

She's going to treat you the same. And that's the last quality of a Buddha that we cover here. I'm going to go through the pictures one more time.

Let's just go through them for this second class today. We'll have three classes today. Let's review the pictures.

And then we have a little extra time. I'll give you a preview of the next one. Are you ready?

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First picture Tim starts with it's the guy with the glasses at the computer.

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Tell me what it means. Yeah, it's a rhetorical question. I can't even take care of myself and you want me to take care of every living being.

You must be joking. That's the first thing to remember from today's class. Second one Tim.

Don't feel bad. Nobody else can help anybody either. Don't feel bad.

Every non-Buddha is in the same boat. Even up to Aryas. Even up to Arhats.

Even up to people sitting under the Bodhi Tree but didn't get up yet. They're all in the same place. They look strong but they are dead meat.

Look strong, dead meat. They're not... Guess what?

Nobody's better than you to help everybody either. Normal people can't help anybody either. Even Aryas, even Arhats, even people reaching nirvana, they can't really help people.

The total amount... What? Next picture.

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What's that?

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Is compared to the help that... Yeah, nice. The help that anyone who's not a Buddha yet could give to somebody is this much.

The help that you can give to people after you're a Buddha is equal to the boundless universe. There's no comparison. One is infinite.

How do you compare infinite to any number? Then he said, look, go back to the four things that made Buddhas a worthy object of refuge back in the refuge teachings and then reverse it and feel good about yourself because you're going to be that. Now we're not talking taking refuge, we're talking being the refuge.

That has four cool qualities. First one was totally fearless. Like you will...

Nothing can... Nothing can threaten you. Even death cannot threaten you.

The ultimate threat is meaningless for you. You have overcome death itself. Somebody is like, I'm going to kill you.

No, you're not. Chill out, man. I can't be killed.

I'm past that. What else could worry you? Oh, I'm going to steal your wallet.

I have access. NAM KHAG MDZOD I have access to the wealth of the universe like that. Take the wallet.

God damn it. I'll pick up 10 million in the next five minutes. I'm cool.

Take my wallet. Imagine you have these capacities. You'd be fearless.

Next one. Tim. Focus on the word agile and the idea of a supercomputer.

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You are a...

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Super agile mental creative problem solver. Like any problem people come to you with, you're like, oh yeah.

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They go like...

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They saw you were going to ask before you asked. They knew the answer before you asked. That's convenient.

But still they do this game. Oh, let me figure it out. Oh, I got it.

Don't forget when you become a Buddha. It's a polite delay. Oh, let me see.

Let me see. All right. Next one.

Ta-da. Yeah. Nyering mepa.

Nyering mepa. They don't feel someone's closer or someone's farther. They feel everyone's close.

They never meet a person who feels less intimate or more. There's always... Everyone feels the same to them.

They love everyone equal wag. Okay. Last one.

They don't care what you do back to them. They don't care if you ever thank them or they don't care if you kick them. By the way, when you get into this do-gooding business, you're going to get a good number of kicks also.

Like save someone's life and then they kick you. You're like, okay. This kind of equanimity.

They don't care if you pay them back. They don't care if you praise them. They don't care how you feel about them.

They'll help you anyway. They're just determined to help you. That's a nice way to live your life.

You help people without any expectations or even they hurt you back and you're like, yeah, okay. Here, have some more money. Here's some more Dharma.

If we could reach that kind of don't care what people think about you, just keep helping them, it's a very sweet place to be. Yeah, okay. You hit my gut.

Here's some more money. Yeah, okay. You messed up the cabin I cleaned up for you.

That's cool. I'll still clean it for you. Got it?

Okay. Next we're going to talk more about, next class, about this attitude of serving others no matter what they do back to you. All right.

We'll see you in the next class.