Please bless the minds of all beings to turn towards Dharma.
Please bless us that Dharma may become the actual path.
Please bless us that our path may be cleared of delusion.
Please bless us that delusion may arise as timeless wisdom.
Buddha gave a simple summary of his teachings:
Do not commit any non-virtue.
Persevere in perfect virtue.
Fully subdue your own mind.
This is the teaching of Buddha.
Not just for Buddhists, if people would, at best, practice these four lines, or at least think about them, it would definitely bring peace and happiness to countries and nations, society and neighbors, households and individuals. The world these days does not acknowledge those who are humble, honest, and truthful; everyone seeks power, wealth, business, and so on, and they disregard the truth. Under these conditions the super-power nations of the world voraciously compete with each other for nuclear weapons and the happiness of the seven billion people on the planet is in the hands of a few people. It is a frightening time. If you think about it, this all comes down to people not being able to control their own minds. Even in the country of America, where I have sought refuge, there are serious problems with guns. Whenever gun-violence occurs people think guns are no good, and the protests and the movement for gun-control grows. If people have love, compassion, and altruism in their minds I think that it is impossible for them to ever commit such wretched acts. It is good to control access to guns, and it is even better if people could control their own minds with love and compassion. Then gun-violence could never occur.
As said in Guide to the Bodhisattva Conduct,
Where could I find enough leather
To cover the surface of the earth?
But wearing leather just on the soles of my shoes
Is like covering the earth with it.
In any case, if people these days do very little good, and their bad actions increase day by day, the problem is their minds not moving towards the Dharma.
Excerpt of “A Brief Explanation of the Four Dharmas of Gampopa,” written by Khenpo Karten Rinpoche in 2014, presented on page 178 of his book Precious Teachings.
