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The Wheel of Sharp Weapons ReviewAtisha (982-1054) with commentary by Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey, co-author of "Advice from a Spiritual Friend," plus teaching stories (e.g. p. 53, stanza 57), quotations from Buddhist masters, personal observations, and history of the book (page 37). Karma, law of cause & effect, like Newton's Law, is described with quotes (p. 43): Tsongkhapa said: "Miserliness is the way to become poor, not rich. Generosity is the means to become rich, not poor" & Sakya Pandita said, "The result of generosity is always richness, the result of miserliness is always poverty." Thus, what happens to us is the result of our own past actions in this life or prior ones:
"In short then, whenever unfortunate sufferings
We haven't desired crash upon us like thunder,
This is the same as the smith who had taken
His life with a sword he had fashioned himself.
Our suffering is the wheel of sharp weapons returning
Full circle upon us from wrongs we have done.
Hereafter let's always have care and awareness
Never to act in non-virtuous ways." (p. 12, stanza 46)
Bodhichitta is compassion for others (at the relative level) vs. self-absorption. Shantideva says (p. 57, stanza 46): "All calamities in the world arise from cherishing self, while all fortune arises from cherishing others." Thus, Bodhichitta, selflessness, and karma are related. As Dhargyey states "The enemy is self-grasping and his attendant is the self-cherishing thought (p. 62, stanza 53).
"We have selfish desires and horrible angerWhich fester inside us, we would never admit;
Yet without provocation we criticize others And self-righteously charge them with faults we possess.
Trample him, trample him, dance on the headOf this treacherous concept of selfish concern.
Tear out the heart of this self-centered butcher Who slaughters our chance to gain final release.
(p. 18, stanza 68)
Dhargyey provides a teaching stories: (p. 61, stanza 51): "Once there was an old cat who was no longer able to catch mice, so he told them that, as he had vowed against killing, they could circumambulate him every day. In this way he was able to catch the last of them." The text also describes Tonglen = mental giving and receiving-attuning with others' suffering and send them our happiness:
"As all that is wrong can be traced to one source-Our concern for ourselves whom we cherish the most- We must meditate now on the kindness of others.
Accepting the suffering that they never wished for, We must dedicate fully our virtues to all.
(p. 25, stanza 96)
The text is beautiful whether you agree with karma, reincarnation or not. The author points out (pp. 28 & 82, stanza 110) that things are not necessarily as they appear and states (p. 87), "We too should study the thoughts and tenets of others in order to understand our own school of thought."
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