15/06/2026
The Importance of Impermanence, Karma and Purification
Many people aspire to peace, happiness, and success, yet often overlook the causes that lead to these qualities. The Buddha taught that all conditioned phenomena are impermanent. Our body, possessions, relationships, circumstances, and experiences are constantly changing from moment to moment. When we fail to recognize this truth and cling to things as permanent, attachment arises, and with attachment comes suffering.
Reflecting on impermanence helps us develop a more balanced and resilient mind. By understanding that change is a natural part of life, we become less overwhelmed by difficulties and more capable of meeting challenges with wisdom and acceptance. Rather than becoming discouraged when conditions change, we learn to adapt and maintain inner stability.
The Buddha also taught that our experiences are shaped by karma. Positive actions create the causes for happiness and favourable conditions, while negative actions create obstacles and suffering. Therefore, Dharma practice is not merely a means of seeking temporary relief from problems, but a path of purifying negative karma and cultivating the causes of lasting well-being.
Practices such as Vajrasattva meditation are powerful methods for purification. Just as a dirty mirror cannot clearly reflect an image, a mind obscured by negative emotions, habitual tendencies, and karmic imprints cannot recognize its true nature. Through sincere practice, these obscurations can gradually be cleansed, allowing wisdom, compassion, and clarity to naturally arise.
Purification is not accomplished in a single day. Negative habits accumulate gradually over time, and similarly, positive qualities are developed through consistent effort. Even small daily acts of mindfulness, virtue, and Dharma practice contribute to profound transformation over the long term.
Another essential aspect of the path is cultivating pure perception. When the mind is dominated by ego and habitual judgments, it easily focuses on the faults of others. By training in pure perception, we learn to develop respect, appreciation, and kindness towards others. As our own mind becomes purer, we experience greater harmony, less conflict, and a deeper sense of inner peace.
Whether through meditation, recitation, visualization, or simply maintaining mindfulness in daily life, the essence of practice is the continuous training of the mind. Through the accumulation of merit, the purification of obscurations, and the cultivation of wisdom and compassion, we gradually move closer to genuine happiness and liberation.
-- Teaching by Ven. Dorzin Dhondrup Rinpoche during the Sunday Practice on Ngöndro – Vajrasattva Purification Practice, 14 June 2026. 🙏
# # # 无常、业力与净化的重要性
许多人都希望获得平安、快乐与成功，却往往忽略了产生这些结果的真正原因。佛陀教导我们，一切有为法皆是无常。我们的身体、财富、人际关系、环境乃至种种经历，都在刹那刹那不断变化。当我们不了解这一真相，并执著于事物恒常不变时，便会生起贪著，而贪著正是痛苦的根源。
观修无常能够帮助我们培养更加平稳而坚韧的心。当我们明白变化是生命的自然规律时，便不会因为境遇的改变而过度痛苦或失落，而能以智慧与接纳来面对人生的种种挑战。如此一来，无论顺境或逆境，我们都能保持内心的安定与自在。
佛陀同时开示，一切经历皆由业力所感。善业带来快乐与顺缘，恶业则导致障碍与痛苦。因此，修行并不仅仅是为了暂时解决眼前的问题，更重要的是净化负面业力，并培植未来幸福与解脱的因缘。
金刚萨埵修持正是一种殊胜的净业法门。正如蒙尘的镜子无法清晰映照影像，被烦恼、习气与业障覆盖的心，也无法显现本具的智慧与清净本性。透过真诚而持续的修持，我们能够逐渐净除这些障蔽，使慈悲、智慧与觉性自然显现。
业障并非一日形成，因此净化也无法一蹴而就。我们的习气与烦恼是在长久累积中形成的，同样地，善德与功德也需要通过日复一日的修持来培育。即使是微小的善行、片刻的正念，或每日短暂的修持，长久坚持下来，都能带来深远的转变。
修行中另一个重要的重点是培养清净观。当内心被我执与分别念所支配时，我们往往容易看见他人的过失，而忽略他人的优点与善德。透过修持清净观，我们学习以尊重、感恩与慈悲的心看待众生。当自己的心愈来愈清净时，也会发现与他人的冲突减少，内心更加祥和自在。
无论是持咒、观修、禅修，还是在日常生活中保持正念，修行的核心都在于持续训练自己的心。透过积累资粮、净除障碍，并不断培养慈悲与智慧，我们终将迈向真正的快乐、自在与解脱。
-- 多金东周仁波切于2026年6月14日星期日共修 四加行——金刚萨埵开示 🙏
