Message from Patrul Rinpoche
Written by Patrul Rinpoche, Brussels, 09 January 2007
For the Precious Students on the Single Path

Now, in this world, due to inner emotional ignorance, everything has become polluted. This pollution is not like normal pollution. This pollution is the chemical of disturbing emotions. It is very dangerous because this chemical pollution easily destroys the outer and inner world. Because the users of the chemicals are jealousy, anger, rivalry, pride and desire-attachment.
These beings don’t have any compassion for other sentient beings. They make beings confused and stupid, and in this way, they bring them to destinations of extreme sufferings. Even they themselves come from the very dense, dark ignorance of dualistic self-concern. Therefore, they create chemical pollution and they put their heads in it. Then there is so much suffering, but when they put other sentient beings’ heads in it, they are happy because they don’t understand the situation of other sentient beings.
Therefore, I think self-concern is not beneficial for any sentient being. We must put self-concern after altruism because altruism becomes the guide of sentient beings. Then it leads all sentient beings to a happy state. Altruistic mind never cheats us, never creates chemical pollution. It always supports and helps all of us. Therefore, the altruistic mind of sampa zangpo, the good heart, should always occupy our minds and we automatically are in the natural condition.
When we are in the natural condition there’s no opportunity for the user of the negative chemical pollution to enter in. Therefore, I wish any kind of mind would be occupied by sampa zangpo. Any kind of mind means childish mind, adult mind, old mind, sad mind, happy mind, dull mind, confused mind, pure mind, impure mind, stupid mind, intelligent mind, anguished mind, relaxed mind, weak mind, powerful mind, negative mind, positive mind, ordinary mind, realised mind, sentient beings’ mind and enlightened mind. All these minds should be pre-occupied by sampa zangpo.