Skip to content

May bodhicitta, precious and sublime, arise where it has not yet come to be. Where it has arisen may it never fail, but grow and flourish more and more.

  • Log In
  • Member's Site
  • Store
  • Search
    Close
  • Sign Up
Mangala Shri Bhuti
Mangala Shri Bhuti
  • Home
  • Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
    • Lineage
    • Calendar
    • Art
    • Books
    • Videos
    • Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Menu

      Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche

      Unbroken lineages of wisdom traditions are rare in these times, and Kongtrul Rinpoche descends from a pure lineage of the Dzogpa Chenpo Longchen Nyingtik tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.

      Learn about Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
      • Lineage
      • H.H. Khyentse Rinpoche
      • Calendar
      • Art
      • Books
      • Videos
      Menu
      • Lineage
      • H.H. Khyentse Rinpoche
      • Calendar
      • Art
      • Books
      • Videos
  • Programs
    • Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche’s Programs
      • Nyingma Summer Seminar
      • Pema Chodron: Special Live Stream Talk
      • Source of Mahamudra
      • Shedra
    • Dungse Jampal Norbuโ€™s MSB Programs
      • Lojong: Discovering Solidarity in Bodhicitta
    • Elizabeth Mattis Namgyelโ€™s MSB Programs
      • Living Dharma: Sacred World
      • Walking the Path of the Six Paramitas
    • Pema Chodron’s Programs
      • Pema Chodron: Special Live Stream Talk
    • Members Programs
      • Mahayoga Sadhana Retreat
      • Dechen Gyalmo Drupcho
      • Vajra Assembly
      • Ngondro Retreat
      • Rigdzin Dupa Drupcho
    • Programs Menu

      Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche

      • Nyingma Summer Seminar
      • Source of Mahamudra, VT
      • Shedra, CO
      Menu
      • Nyingma Summer Seminar
      • Source of Mahamudra, VT
      • Shedra, CO

      Pema Chodron

      • Pema Chodron: Special Live Stream Talk
      Menu
      • Pema Chodron: Special Live Stream Talk

      Dungse Jampal Norbu

      • Lojong: Discovering Solidarity in Bodhicitta
      • Lojong: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet
      Menu
      • Lojong: Discovering Solidarity in Bodhicitta
      • Lojong: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

      Elizabeth Mattis NamgyEl

      • Unshakeable Confidence on the Bodhisattva Path
      • Living Dharma: Sacred World
      Menu
      • Unshakeable Confidence on the Bodhisattva Path
      • Living Dharma: Sacred World

      Member Programs

      • Vajra Assembly
      • Ngondro Retreat
      • Dechen Gyalmo Drupcho
      • Rigdzin Dupa Drupcho
      • Mahayoga Sadhana Retreat
      Menu
      • Vajra Assembly
      • Ngondro Retreat
      • Dechen Gyalmo Drupcho
      • Rigdzin Dupa Drupcho
      • Mahayoga Sadhana Retreat
  • Centers
    • Phuntsok Choling, CO
    • Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, VT
    • Samten Ling and Sangdo Palri Temple, CO
    • Mangalam Groups, worldwide
    • MSB Japan
    • MSB Brazil
    • MSB Europe
    • Centers Menu

      Our Centers

      We have two main study and practice centers in America: Phuntsok Choling in Colorado and Pema Osel in Vermont. Rinpoche teaches the core MSB programs at these two centers. In addition, MSB has several city centers or groups around the world where people gather for group meditation and study, and to listen to the LINK teachings together.

      Learn More
      • Phuntsok Choling, Colorado
      • Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vermont
      • Samten Ling and Sangdo Palri, Colorado
      • MSB Brazil
      • MSB Japan
      • Mangalam Groups,Worldwide
      Menu
      • Phuntsok Choling, Colorado
      • Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vermont
      • Samten Ling and Sangdo Palri, Colorado
      • MSB Brazil
      • MSB Japan
      • Mangalam Groups,Worldwide
  • Online Learning
    • Courses
    • Program Streaming
    • The Link: Weekly Teaching & Podcast
    • Store
      • Study Sets
      • Books
      • Recordings
    • Online Learning Menu
      • Courses
      • LINK Teachings
      • Wisdom Productions
      • Program Streaming
      Menu
      • Courses
      • LINK Teachings
      • Wisdom Productions
      • Program Streaming

      Store

      • Study Sets
      • Books
      • Recordings
      Menu
      • Study Sets
      • Books
      • Recordings
  • Calendars
    • Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
    • Dungse Jampal Norbu
    • Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel
    • Sunday LINK
    • Phuntsok Choling
    • Pema Osel
    • Calendars Menu
      _DSC2645

      Calendars

      Browse to any of the calendars to find out more about the teaching schedules of Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Dungse Jampal Norbu, or Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel.

      View the upcoming events at Phuntsok Choling, Pema Osel, or find out who is giving the next LINK talk.

      • Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
      • Dungse Jampal Norbu
      • Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel
      • Sunday LINK
      • All MSB Events
      Menu
      • Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
      • Dungse Jampal Norbu
      • Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel
      • Sunday LINK
      • All MSB Events
  • Resources
    • Dharma Blog
    • Guided Meditations
      • Foundational Teachings
    • Crucial Point Journal
    • Books
    • Resources Menu
      Copy of 0H8A9936 copy

      Resources

      • Dharma Blog
      • Foundational Teachings
      • Guided Meditations
      • Crucial Point Journal
      • Books
      Menu
      • Dharma Blog
      • Foundational Teachings
      • Guided Meditations
      • Crucial Point Journal
      • Books

      Media

      • Watch
      • Listen
      Menu
      • Watch
      • Listen
  • About
    • Vision
    • History
    • Lineage Teachers
      • Dungse Jampal Norbu
      • Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel
    • Life Release
    • Prayer Requests
    • Giving
    • How to Become a Student
    • About Menu

      About Mangala Shri Bhuti

      MSB is a part of the Longchen Nyingtik and Khyen-Kong-Chok-Sum lineages. (Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye, and Terton Chokgyur Lingpa, collectively known as Khyen-Kong-Chok-Sum, were the heart of the Rimรฉ, or nonsectarian, movement, which did so much to preserve and harmonize all schools of Tibetan Buddhism in the nineteenth century.)ย 

      Learn More
      • Vision
      • History
      • Lineage Teachers
        • Dunsge Jampal Norbu
        • Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel
      • Life Release
      • Prayer Requests
      • Giving
      • How to Become a Student
      Menu
      • Vision
      • History
      • Lineage Teachers
        • Dunsge Jampal Norbu
        • Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel
      • Life Release
      • Prayer Requests
      • Giving
      • How to Become a Student
  • Home
  • Uncategorized
  • Bearing Chyoshe: Experiencing Sadness as Freedom

Bearing Chyoshe: Experiencing Sadness as Freedom

Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
March 15, 2017 | Topics: Meeting Life's Challenges

Get our latest articles in your inbox:

Sign up for our newsletter

When we feel negative feelings or aggression towards others, if we look at our mind honestly and very openly, we will discover that those feelings are nothing other than our own attachments manifesting.

Consider this: whomever we think is close to us now, and for whom we have warm feelings toward now, all these relations will eventually change. By the same token, someone who we feel aggression towards now, could later become close. Relationships always change. So that aggression, just as much as our attachments, has no permanent, stable basis, although we take it so seriously and often act it out. Reflecting on this irony can be a source of sadness, or chyoshe, arising in our mind.

Some might think that feeling aggression, or any of the other disturbing emotions, is a positive experience, but in some ways, there is that sense of sadness that attends them too, if you look openly. As we pay attention to it, and enhance it, that sadness becomes a great awakening. With our eyes open to the pain of samsara, we find a strong dissatisfaction with samsara, which in turn makes us seek something greater. So, this kind of sadness is a protection against the lifestyle of the god realms of just forgetting samsara and indulging in temporary happiness.

My point here is that we might misunderstand this experience of chyoshe. We might see it as suffering, or depression. Depression however, is often mainly about yourself and how unhappy you are. But this chyoshe is actually about your disillusionment with samsara and the suffering that people cause for themselves, as we, and they, pursue samsara and the samsaric way of life. So chyoshe is quite the opposite of depression, and it it protects from pursuing samsara, while also inspiring us to seek something much deeper.ย  This kind of sadness, or chyoshe, goes hand in hand with realization, and it ensures realization to become much more stable, rather than returning back into samsara and enjoying samsara while forgetting that samsara is samsara!

So please do not misunderstand chyoshe. It can become your opportunity to feel great freedom and happiness in your life.

Excerpt from:
Title: Venerable Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche teaching on The Words of My Perfect Teacher
Date: 14 January 2006
Talk: Chapter 2: Impermanence (Importance of Faith and Devotion)

You May Also Be Interested In...

  • The Practice of Self Reflection
    Learn More
  • Finding Freedom from Lenchak: Examining Our Obsessive Attachments
    Learn More
  • Longing for Happiness
    Learn More

Share this post:

Share on facebook
Share on twitter
Share on print
Share on email

Mangala Shri Bhuti

Mangala Shri Bhuti
PO Box 4088
Boulder, CO 80306

  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy
  • Customer Service
Menu
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy
  • Customer Service
Support MSB
Envelope Instagram Facebook-square Twitter