2. DO NOT count on your life. Life is impermanent. You will eventually die; either in an hour or tomorrow; either naturally or unnatuarally. Therefore be diligent in practising dharma before your death.
3. DO NOT nitpick someone's faults. It is not your job to find other people's faults. Check your own faults. If you find that you are flawless, then be happy with yourself.
4. DO NOT pose any negative thoughts towards anyone, even a stranger. Nagative thoughts will only increase your negative karma
5. When blamed for something, try to clarify patiently and calmly. If your explanation falls on deaf ears, pity the person instead of treating him with enmity.
6. DO NOT listen to rumours. Rumours will only cause misunderstandings and eventually will turn each other into enemies.
7. DO NOT be over-assured of what you have heard from a second person. For example, you heard someone spreading rumours about you but this rumour did not come directly to you from the person involved. If this happens that you are in this situation, DO NOT get angry immediately.
The reasons are :
- the rumour might be true or false; or
- the person who spread the rumour might have misundestood the information which he or she received;
or
- someone is spreading the rumour purposely.
1.DO NOT be jealous of others especially your vajra brothers and sisters following the same sect, same lineage and same Guru.
2.DO NOT count on your life. Life is impermanent. You will eventually die; either in an hour or tomorrow; either naturally or unnaturally. Therefore be diligent in practicing dharma before your death.
3.DO NOT pick on someone's faults. It is not your job to find other people's faults. Check your own faults. If you find that you are flawless, then be happy with yourself.
4.DO NOT pose any negative thoughts towards anyone, even a stranger. Negative thoughts will only increase your negative karma
5.When blamed for something, try to clarify patiently and calmly. If your explanation falls on deaf ears, pity the person instead of treating him with enmity.
6.DO NOT listen to rumors. Rumors will only cause misunderstandings and eventually will turn each other into enemies.
7.DO NOT be over-assured of what you have heard from a second person. For example, you heard someone spreading rumors about you but this rumor did not come directly to you from the person involved. If this happens that you are in this situation, DO NOT get angry immediately.
The reasons are :
- the rumor might be true or false; or
- the person who spread the rumor might have misunderstood the information which he or she received;
or
- someone is spreading the rumor purposely.
8.Even though you do not like someone from the centre, DO NOT leave the dharma, DO NOT leave the centre and DO NOT leave your Guru. It is extremely unwise of you to do so.
9.Never ever differentiate or discriminate your vajra brothers and sisters from all other places as we are following the same sect, same lineage and same Guru. All of us are one big family.
10.Never ever change or give up your sect, lineage and Guru. Even though if the Buddha appears in front of you to persuade you to give up. DO NOT abandon your sect, your lineage and your Guru.
