Synopsis:
A commentary based on the text "Using Suffering and Happiness in the Path to Enlightenment" by the Nyingma lama Dodrupchen Rinpoche, Jigme Tenpai Nyima. This is a short but extremely rich compilation of advice from the traditional Kadampa thought transformation teachings.
Here in this book, Lama Zopa explains one aspect of these Lojong teachings - how to transform your problems into happiness.
"You use whatever problems you experience to generate the realizations of the path to enlightenment within your mind. Instead of disturbing you, problems can help you to develop your mind and continue your practice of the path...happiness and suffering are dependent upon your mind, upon your interpretation. They do not come from outside, from others. All of your happiness and all of your suffering are created by you, by your own mind...When someone is angry with you, by looking at them with compassion, you will feel how pitiful they are. Using thought transformation, you can see that person as unbelievably precious and kind, as the most precious person in your life, more precious than millions of dollars or mountains of diamonds. Among all living beings they are the most precious, the most kind..." Lama Zopa.
