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CONNECTING AGAIN IN THIS LIFE

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After connecting again with Rinpoche in this life, wherever he happened to be I would try my hardest also to be – and the year I met him became unforgettable. My mind and head went into a tailspin that was painful and blissful at the same time. I think I had been blind for so long to the real nature of existence that the delusions of success, wealth, and glamor had made the ego and the self-cherishing mind excessively dominant. The cleansing process was painful and wrenching – it was all felt inside my head!

But Rinpoche was incredibly kind to me – in some past lives I must have done a few things right, for the good karma ripened magnificently. I met my Buddha and realized it. I recognized my teacher. I was ready for him when he materialized in my life.

So I did what he advised me to do. I chanted purifying mantras to cleanse away eons of negative karma. I changed my attitudes and made a real effort to show compassion for others. I watched my mind and made the effort to transform it. I studied the translated texts on mind transformation, attended precious teachings, took refuge and initiations that would bring me closer to the buddha-deities, and started practicing meditations and spiritual visualizations. It was all rather heady stuff, and many times my egoistic mind rebelled and I blew my top. But again and again I would come back to the path, to the Dharma (spiritual practice).

It did not take me long to see Rinpoche as an emanation of the great lineage of teachers who accept rebirth with the sole purpose of bringing the message of compassion and wisdom to many people. A special divine being, or holy bodhisattva, Rinpoche is one of the living buddhas who walk the face of the earth. Since beginningless time they have been among us, manifesting as humble monks or in other guises, and guiding those whose karma it is to meet and know them toward the ultimate bliss of enlightened existence. In meeting Lama Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche once again, I met my living emanation of Buddha, who was to show me amazing new pathways on which my mind could travel.

The Buddha Book: Buddhas, blessings, prayers, and rituals to grant you love, wisdom, and healing

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