"When someone shouts at you, when someone scolds you, when someone is rude to you, when someone has abused you or is hurting you, when someone doesn't agree with you or opposes you - that is when you practise the Dharma."
-H.E. Tsem Tulku Rinpoche
LG: Thanks for posting this. It's very apt and very inspiration.
To me, the great Beings who really embody this wisdom and live it in their every day lives are those incredible masters in the monasteries who really show the essence of DS and the true beauty of Dharma by how they live. In the face of adversity, difficulty and outright attacks against them, they don't retaliate back, they don't speak badly back against the Dalai Lama or anyone. In fact, so many of them which I have had the great fortune to meet, just do their practices quietly while respecting Dalai Lama at the same time. I fold my hands to them for their endurance and strength and patience. When i see them, it makes me believe in Dharma and it makes me believe ever stronger that DS is nothing but goodness and compassion because his followers have such beautiful minds.
the monks of Shar Gaden, Serpom, Gaden Tripa, Trijang Rinpoche etc etc are to me, practising exactly those words by Tsem Tulku Rinpoche. They don't give up their own practice but they also don't defend and promote it by retaliating against anyone else, developing or showing anger, or getting depressed and down. They emerge even stronger and practice even more ardently. They really practice the teachings of the Lamrim of Je Tsongkhapa, which is what DS works to preserve and grow in our hearts. Therefore, they really fulfil what DS wishes for the world.