500 образов для медитации на шагах пути к просветлению, занятие 75

[Geshe Michael Roach]
The yidam's name is Planet Saver, Saver of Planets. What I need to be, and what I can be. If you sit through this lamrim enough, if you absorb a decent percentage of it, and practice it, you will become an angel of diamond.

Living diamond? So, I just want to tell you what happens on the first day. I didn't reach it, but I have some information.

They call you to the main office. Congratulations! You got your living diamond body.

Here's a planet to babysit. This is your planet.

They give you a planet, okay? It's kind of fun, okay? Probably you can negotiate, you know, I don't want a planet like that, I want this other planet.

And they give you like, you know, seven billion people. Oh Earl [?], can you handle seven billion on a pretty nice blue planet, okay? It's a decent assignment.

And I'm not kidding, okay? I'm not just making fun. It's real, okay?

Then you start taking care of everybody, okay? On the planet. We learned from the question this morning.

You know, somebody's depressed. Okay, so I will be the breeze that comes off of Lake Chapala through the tent and blows on their forehead and makes them feel a little better. Okay, you have this power.

You can be anything. I think I'll be a cushion on the chair in the tent so they they don't hurt when they sit so long. Weird stuff like that.

This is what Buddhas do, okay? I think I'll be a cushion today.

I think I'll be a breeze off of Lake Chapala today.

He's getting stronger, see? Okay, so you have the power.

It's your ...

you have the capacity. Okay, don't think you don't have the capacity.

You have the ending.