..續本文上一頁all your ill deeds. It is also said in Buddhist sutras that on each person”s right arm is Bora (male pa), on the left arm is Mora (female pa), separately recording your good and ill karma. How can we do more good deeds and cut off ill deeds

　　Answer: Firstly, I am very happy to see our Tibetan children studying at Central China Normal University. Yesterday I also saw that many teachers take great care of them here, for which I wish to express my sincere gratitude. For me, while I am of Tibetan ethnicity, through all these years I have cared greatly for Buddhists in the Han region, so between us we should connect with love.

　　As a Tibetan child, someone also said this yesterday that one”s own language and many traditions have faded. On this point, I wish to emphasize again with Tibetan university students: no matter which ethnic group, what place you go to study, you must not abandon your own tradition and language. In the past I have seen some Tibetan university students who have returned from inland China. They basically could no longer speak Tibetan, and also in their behaviours one could not see the fine Tibetan traditions. This is a real shame.

　　These days, so many intellectuals from the Han region are travelling to the Tibetan region to seek sublime Tibetan Buddhism and Tibetan culture. Yet we have wholly rejected what we originally owned as if it were worthless. Instead, we learn from the Han region, which in turn learn from the West, eventually we become completely westernized. This is really irrational. Therefore as a Tibetan, do not forget your inherent culture!

　　Take a look at the many Han students who have studied abroad in the US, Canada, Europe, although they have received western influences, they have not completely abandoned their own tradition. After returning home, they still speak their mother tongue, rather than only speak English. But for our Tibetan students, we can often see that after staying in the Han region for a few years, they cannot speak any Tibetan anymore. This is truly regrettable. Thus, I sincerely hope that for our Tibetan children, no matter which university in the Han region you are studying at, you cannot give up your own language and belief!

　　At the same time, I will also answer your question: when doing full prostration, you generally take refuge, chant the Seven Limb Practice, and “Konchok Sumla Chaktsal Lo, Namo Manjushri Ye, Namah Sushri Ye, Namo Uttama Shri Ye Svaha” – Chagme Rinpoche said that if you maintain the chanting of this mantra, the merit of one prostration is multiplied one hundred thousand times. Some people also take refuge and chant the name of Amitabha or others. Any name of a buddha or bodhisattva is fine; there is no particular limitation.

　　Also, on everyone”s shoulders are a male and female pa that records good and ill. This was also mentioned in the Bardo teachings. Actually there were great monks and masters in the Han region who when journeying to the Bardos or hell, saw that the dead had records of good and ill from their living days. It is for the same reason.

　　If we wish to move towards good and away from bad, there is a very good method taught in Words of My Perfect Teacher: Long ago, there was a brahmin called Ravi who examined his mind at all times. Whenever a bad thought arose, he would put aside a black pebble, and whenever a good thought arose he would put aside a white pebble. At first, he had more black pebbles and less white pebbles. Then, as he persevered in developing antidotes and in adopting positive actions and rejecting negative ones, in the end he had only white ones.

　　Of course, a good practitioner is able to do this, but not necessarily all of us. No matter what, on each person is a Dharma protector who cares about your wholesome and unwholesome k…

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