Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings on thought

transformation. Here is a summary of a teaching given on June 25 from

Kopan Monastery, Nepal, at the request of Telo Tulku Rinpoche, Ganden

Tendar Ling FPMT Buddhist Center, Aryadeva FPMT Study Group, and the

Save Tibet Foundation in Russia.

The foundation of thought transformation is to stop harming others,

Rinpoche explains. When anything undesirable happens to us, we believe

it came from outside, we never relate it to our own mind. If we didn’t

harm others in the past, nobody could harm us in the present time. If we

are harmed by people or animals, anger arises and we want to harm them

back, we view them as an enemy. If we really want to stop experiencing

harm, we have to learn and understand karma, we have to stop harming

others.

When we practice Dharma, we take care of the world. If we think in a

positive way, there is peace for oneself and peace for others - we can

bring peace to the world and in our family by practicing Dharma.

Practicing Dharma means taking care of the mind and benefiting others.

Happiness follows a good heart and suffering follows a bad heart. With a

good heart, when we speak to someone or undertake any activity - it

becomes virtue, the result is only happiness. This is why it is very

important, in any action of body, speech, and mind in daily life, before

we start, generate a good heart, a Dharma mind. Then every action

becomes Dharma.