{"id":6914,"date":"2021-02-12T09:43:49","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T16:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/?p=6914"},"modified":"2021-02-12T09:43:49","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T16:43:49","slug":"patrul-rinpoche-use-the-time-of-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/12\/patrul-rinpoche-use-the-time-of-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrul Rinpoche – Use the time of your life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Use the time of your life
\nby Patrul Rinpoche<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Use the time of your life.
\nDevelop your inner happiness.
\nRecognize the impermanence
\nof all outer pleasure.<\/p>\n

Live as a Yogi
\nDo your spiritual practices.
\nWork as a Bodhisattva
\nfor a happy world.<\/p>\n

Become an Amitabha
\na Buddha of love and light.
\nTurn your world into the paradise Sukhavati,
\nby unfolding the enlightenment energy within you.<\/p>\n

Search you a spiritual master,
\nwho knows the goal of enlightenment.
\nChange your world into a place of grace,
\nby understanding all the phenomena as spiritual exercises.<\/p>\n

Dedicate your actions to the benefit of all beings.
\nSend all beings light.
\nLive for the happiness of all beings.
\nSo you get the energy of light.<\/em><\/p>\n


\/ Image by Hartwig HKD<\/a> \/<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

Today, February 12, is the beginning of Losar, the Tibetan New Year, a good time to release the old and welcome in the new.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t often feature poetry from the Tibetan tradition, even though I love this rich heritage. The reason is that much of the sacred poetry that comes to us from Tibetan practitioners can seem to the casual reader to be rather technical and philosophically didactic. It is rarely the fluid and ecstatic outpouring of the heart, like Rumi\u2019s poetry, for example. But, once you have explored Tibetan expressions of Buddhism a bit and understand some of the sacred terminology, then Tibetan poetry reveals itself to be a treasure trove of wisdom and beauty.<\/p>\n

For today, I thought I\u2019d choose a relatively simple and direct poem by Patrul Rinpoche.<\/p>\n

Use the time of your life.
\nDevelop your inner happiness.<\/I><\/p>\n

This poem is a direct appeal to seize the opportunity of our being. We have the blessing of life and awareness, so let\u2019s joyfully use them for what they were really made for \u2014 awakening.<\/p>\n

The outer satisfaction of pleasures and acquisitions, while they may have their place in our lives too, are always limited and, because of their exterior nature, never provide us with lasting fulfillment.<\/p>\n

Recognize the impermanence
\nof all outer pleasure.<\/i><\/p>\n

When we are wise, we cultivate our inner happiness, our wellspring of inherent bliss, which does not fluctuate with outer experiences.<\/p>\n

We can find parallels in the Christian tradition when Jesus advises his followers to store one\u2019s treasures in heaven where they are not vulnerable to decay or theft.<\/p>\n

Patrul Rinpoche gives us simple, clear guidance for a life of spiritual fruition:<\/p>\n

Live as a Yogi
\nDo your spiritual practices.<\/i><\/p>\n

He reminds us to remain engaged in the practices and activities that return our focus, again and again, to our higher purposes in life. Yes, we have our daily roles and responsibilities, but we must always return to the deeper meaning of our lives and find ways to infuse even our most mundane tasks with that extra spiritual magnetic charge so that increasingly every activity becomes a spiritual practice filled with inner purpose.<\/p>\n

Work as a Bodhisattva
\nfor a happy world.<\/i><\/p>\n

A Bodhisattva is one who has taken vows to work for the healing and spiritual awakening of all beings. In other words, he advises us to live in service and act with kindness, healing the world as we move through it.<\/p>\n

Become an Amitabha
\na Buddha of love and light.<\/i><\/p>\n

An Amitabha is a Buddha of light, a radiant and loving expression of pure awakening. The spiritual path is not one of drudgery or rigid progress. We blossom with love and light.<\/p>\n

Turn your world into the paradise Sukhavati,
\nby unfolding the enlightenment energy within you.
\n\u2026Change your world into a place of grace.<\/i><\/p>\n

As we discover our inner bliss, we unleash it into the world, letting it do its transformative work. Allowing that energy to move through us, we naturally strive to build outer manifestations of that inner joy, trying to awaken that awareness of paradise in others and in the social fabric we collectively weave.<\/p>\n

The well-lived spiritual life becomes a dance of inner and outer, in which kindness and joy are both natural and logical as we more fully recognize the interrelationship of being we all share. <\/p>\n

Dedicate your actions to the benefit of all beings.
\nSend all beings light.
\nLive for the happiness of all beings.
\nSo you get the energy of light.<\/i><\/p>\n

May this be a time of cleansing endings and joyful new beginnings. Happy Losar!<\/p>\n


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\n[BOOK LIST REPEATING]
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\n<\/p>\n\n\n
\n\"Patrul<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nPatrul Rinpoche<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Tibet (1808 \u2013 1887) Timeline<\/a>
\nBuddhist<\/a> : Tibetan<\/a>
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Patrul Rinpoche, Orgyen Jigme Ch\u00f6kyi Wangpo (1808\u20131887), a wandering practitioner in the ancient tradition of vagabond renunciants, became one of the most revered spiritual teachers in Tibetan history, widely renowned as a scholar and author while at the same time living a life of utmost simplicity.<\/p>\n

\u2013 From Matthieu Ricard\u2019s biography of Patrul Rinpoche
\npublished in The Lion\u2019s Roar<\/a><\/p>\n

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