金剛乗中有一件事比生死之事更來的大；就是：學法最初時是依止上
In Vajrayana Buddhism, we have one key point that is more important than the matter of life and death which is when we initially engaged in Dharma learning, we build a relation with our spiritual teacher [Guru], after we obtained our goal of Enlightenment, we must benefit the others.
Two years ago, His Holiness Karmapa gave teachings at Hong Kong and a reporter asked,"is there any way to be liberated from the cyclic existence of Samsara?" His Holiness replied,"now, people are afraid of falling into the cyclic existence of Samsara, however, I feel that reincarnating is a practical matter. Why only focusing on the matter of our continuous involvement in Samsara; instead, we can think about the sentient beings around us and empathize with their difficulties in life? Then we can cultivate our compassion, develop ourselves on the Bodhisattvas' path and utilize Buddha Dharma to help those people around us, so that they can receive spiritual relief. "
Our responsibility as a Mahayana Buddhism practitioners is to remain by the side of a authentic spiritual teacher and practice the Bodhisattva path. From the start, "obtaining liberation from the cycle of life and death" is a quite serious matter, the ideal of "obtaining liberation from the cycle of life and death " becomes a problem at this time.
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For more information, please read "Four Ways to Authenticate a Genuine Buddhist Teacher" (http://www.bodhipath.org/
