A Brief Fantasy History of a Himalayan: Autobiographical Reflections by Thinley Norbu

Author:Thinley Norbu
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Published: 2015-01-05T13:00:00+00:00

Then, when the temporary benefits are exhausted, depression

comes and people say, “Why do anything? Nothing makes sense.”

But this is depression. It is not like the practitioner’s view of the

weariness of samsara. The sadness is that this idea that nothing

makes sense is just left there. They do not know how to go from

“nothing makes sense” to making sense, due to not believing in a

spiritual way.

Because America is a relatively new country, it doesn’t have a long

history. Because Americans don’t have a long history, they don’t

respect lineage and are actually proud of not depending on a

lineage. But it is not possible to learn anything without depending

on a lineage.

In America, because children do not learn respect for lineage,

they feel free to insult and dishonor their parents and teachers.

They have the freedom to publicly criticize and even slander the

people who taught them and who were kind to them. Even if

parents made mistakes, children should still respect them, since

they gave them a precious human birth. Even if teachers made

mistakes, students should still respect them, since they taught them

the point of view of what is wrong and right in order to increase

their intelligence. If they respect parents and teachers, then when

they become parents and teachers, they can benefit children or

students in future generations by keeping the lineage of noble

qualities.

In America, there are many students and teachers from the

Buddhist tradition who also don’t understand or respect lineage.

Actually, all teaching comes from unbroken lineage and all wisdom

qualities come from teaching, from the student honoring and

respecting the teacher through love and devotion.

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