Natural causation

Dear friends, when I visited Ladakh some time ago, I asked a lady what is meant by being Buddhist and she replied, 'To pray to the Buddha.' I told her that this is not all there is to our tradition. We must gain knowledge about Buddhism in the right manner and then practise it. You should reason out, analyse, apply logic and apply rationality to the concepts of views put forth by masters such as Nagarjuna and others and come to your own conclusion....

Please avoid destructive states such as 'self-cherishing', 'self-grasping' and 'ego' as they bring us only suffering. They are to be banned in all respects. Unfortunately, people start to appease and encourage these states of being bringing upon themselves more unhappiness and suffering instead of happiness and wellness, the things we want!...

Practise the Six Perfections at all times in your daily life. This will bring benefit to you and other sentient beings. (Buddhism lists the Six Transcendent Perfections as: Generosity, Discipline, Patience, Diligence, Concentration and Wisdom.) Be home-hearted and compassionate to other beings. These qualities relieve us and others from suffering. Believe firmly law of karm. I will slightly alter this and say that we must believe in the Law of Natural Causation, on dependent origination of forces, continuation of the mind after death.