Everything Changes – Geshe Michael Roach was born in Los Angeles and he grew up in Arizona, United States. He graduated with Honors from Princeton University and receive the Presidential Scholar Medal from the President of the United States at the White House. In 1995 he was the first foreigner in 600 years to receive the degree of Geshe or Master of Buddhism, after 20 years of study, at Sera May Tibetan Monastery. He is one of the founders of Andin International Diamond Corporation, New York, which now has sales of 250 million dollars and 10,000 employees. He is also the author of The Diamond Cutter; an international best seller that has been translated into more than 20 languages. And he is also the founder of Diamond Mountain University in the United States. Currently he is the Director of Diamond Cutter Success Institute.
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Geshe Michael Roach … I was thinking about telling you about a friend that I have. We met each other in 1968. I remember the first night that we met and it was like magic … the best time in my whole life and I felt something very special. So it was very unusual and the interesting thing is that was 42 years ago. We have been friends for 42 years and shouldn’t our relationship get worst right? … at least little bit (worst) … after 42 years. But, the truth is, it gets better every year. Every year we are more closer, more dear as friends. The first day was the most amazing day of my life and now after 42 years, everyday is more amazing for the last 42 years. Is that very strange? isn’t that a strange thing.
I’m a Buddhist monk, they told me you are speaking at SMU (Singapore Management University); You have to wear a business suit. You can’t go in your robes. I’m not sure why but it’s alright. Buddha say all things change, nothing stays the same. In my monastery we learn repeatedly, they repeatedly question – you have a relationship with somebody; maybe a friend, maybe he/she is a colleague, maybe she is your wife or he is your husband, so you have a relationship, boyfriend, girlfriend, you start a relationship. Then usually it gets worst … first day is very exciting, second month is still very exciting.
First you call them and you talk for an hour or two hours, nowadays you are lucky you have Skype because if you find a new person it is cheaper. As you talk you feel very special, no reason, just very special. You always call each other for one hour and then one day you call them and you talk for about 10 minutes and then you could feel they want to go somewhere. You can feel on the telephone, they didn’t say anything, but you can feel from the tone of their voice, they are distracted, they are thinking of something else and you ask well you have to go somewhere or something? They say YES, I’m busy. Then you feel something strange, they never said that before during the first week or first month.
They had never say I’m busy or I have to do other things, my boss is waiting for me or I have to go somewhere … Because you are the most important thing to them. They don’t say “Actually I have to go right now” but after two weeks or two months you are talking on the telephone and then comes the first time they say “Actually I have to go” or “Actually I have something else I have to do”.
Buddha said all things are like that, all things fall apart, all relationships, everything. People get old and relationships also get old, buildings get old, trees get old, automobiles get old and relationship gets old and there is a question in Buddhism; Why does a person die? What makes a person die? Buddha say the answer is “Because they were born”. He said that … why did the automobile break? because somebody made it. Why did the relationship end? Because you met them. They say no other cause is necessary. You thought something broke the car or typhoon hit the house or I got some sickness, I got cancer so I die. Buddha said if you take a new baby, and you take the baby to the bank, and you open the big vault and you put the baby in the vault, and everyday you bring organic food and vegetarian and extra vitamins and you only feed them good food, no cigarettes, not even chocolates, just feed them exactly what you are suppose to eat. Still that baby would get old, and still that baby will die. He doesn’t need outside person to come in and kill them or accident or cancer, doesn’t matter, they will die anyway. You just keep them in a vault feed them organic food, vitamins, they will die … WHY? Because the baby was born. We can see that is true. We understand that is true, no car last forever, even iPods doesn’t last forever, they break, mine broke. And the earphones always gets stolen by somebody, they borrow it and I lost three pairs. If a human being is like that, then what hope is there for relationships. Then relationship is impossible. It seems like … if you meet somebody then the meeting will break the relationship someday. It have to break. Buddha say everything changes. Buddha also say “I can show you a way to be happy” I heard some Buddhist teacher say in a relationship … don’t have too much hope … it will change, everything changes, so just be calm, your husband one day he will say I’ve met somebody at Starbucks and we both ordered Latte Chai at the same time ,,, I feel connection with them and I heard some Buddhist teacher they say okay this is in nature … Buddha say nothing lasts forever … Just calm down … to be continued.
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