Buddha sends a postcard home #6 of 7

Dear Everyone,

I hope you are all well and happy. In my postcards I have said our minds are usually disturbed with thoughts of regret, hope, anger, worry, lust and all the rest of it. Most of these thoughts and feelings that arise are self-centred. Then the actions that follow the thoughts can be self-serving, arrogant and greedy. With these deluded minds we imagine we are better than everyone else, that we are the most important person and that getting our own needs met is always the top priority. Or we indulge in self-pity.

On my path of awareness we come to understand that we are not separate individuals, not separate from the other people in our world. Instead, we see that we are interconnected and interdependent. Then our relationships can become less competitive and more cooperative treating other people with loving kindness instead of with dislike, mistrust, jealousy and hostility.

This is my way of mindfulness, using contemplation and meditation to overcome suffering and realize liberation. We learn  how our minds work so we can control how we respond to the continual thoughts and feelings that arise.

Yours with a joyful mind,

Siddhartha

Peter Limbrick October, 2025

See: Asanga’s Abhidharmasamuccaya by Traleg Kyabgon

Joyful Path of Good Fortune by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso