Resolucin Colectiva De ProblemasEstudiante: Esta es una pregunta acerca de cmo trabajar con problemas .... Me parece que hay todo tipo de problemas en cualquier organizacin que se ha construido, como estoy seguro que usted sabe. Mi pregunta es, cundo realmente se tiene que tomar medidas para cambiar algo?
Chgyam Trungpa: En primer lugar, existe la idea de que los problemas no son considerados como monumentales, y que no somos derrotados de inmediato por ellos. Luego est la cuestin de tu propio estado de ser: puede que no seas necesariamente la persona que soluciona el problema;esa persona no es la mediadora. As que no tienes que asumir toda la responsabilidad, o asumir una actitud de heroicidad, pensando que vas a resolver todo el problema tu solo. En algunos casos, resolver un problema puede requerir un esfuerzo colectivo, por lo que deberas prestar atencin primero a la parte del problema que te corresponde. De esta manera, al menos un problema se resuelve, tu problema, lo cual afecta a todo el problema por completo. Probablemente entonces, alguien ms tendra que tomar el turno y de la misma forma, resolver su parte del problema.

Es como levantar una mesa grande. Sabes que solo no puedes levantar una mesa del comedor , pero necesita varias personas para sacarla de la habitacin. Se necesita un esfuerzo colectivo. En general, lo que intento decir es que no vas a poder limpiar o salvar al mundo por t mismo, sin ayuda. Aunque el voto del bodhisattva [salvar a todos los seres sintientes] es tomado de esa manera, sin embargo, necesitas la sangha, la comunidad, para hacerlo -junto con tu inspiracin, todo al unsono. As que, mientras que no consideres tu parte del problema como un problema grande que se extiende por todo el lugar, no puedes levantar una esquina de la mesa. Luego, cuando esa parte de la mesa se ha levantado ya, tus amigos pueden venir y hacer lo mismo, de modo que, finalmente, la mesa se mueve fuera de la sala .... Como yo recuerdo, cuando llegu por primera vez a este pas, no resolv los problemas simplemente por venir. Tuve que decirle a un montn de otros amigos mos, como vosotros y otras personas, la forma de resolverlos, de modo que luego todos juntos lo hicimos. Esto es lo misma cosa: necesitamos una sangha, una comunidad, para resolver los problemas ms grandes. Esa parece ser la nica manera de hacerlo.

From "Exertion," in The 1982 Hinayana-Mahayana Seminary Transcripts, pages 119 to 120.

Diana J. Mukpo. Used here by arrangement with Diana J. Mukpo and Shambhala Publications, Inc. Traducido por http://elBuddha.org

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Collective Problem Solving

Student: This is a question about working with problems.It seems to me there are all kinds of problems in any organization that has been built, as I'm sure you know. My question is, when do you actually take steps to change something?

Chgyam Trungpa: First of all, there is the notion that problems are not regarded as monumental, and you are not defeated right away by them. Then there is the question of your own state of being: you are not necessarily the problem-solving person; you are not the trouble-shooter. So you don't have to take all the responsibility, or assume an attitude of heroism, thinking that you are going to solve the whole problem yourself. Solving a problem might take a collective effort in some cases, so you should take care of your part of the problem first. That way, at least one problem is solved, your problem, which then would affect the whole problem area. Then somebody else would probably have to take their turn in the same way, and solve their side of the problem.

It is like lifting a big table. You know, you can't just lift a big dining room table by yourself, but you need several people to carry it out of a room. It takes a collective effort. On the whole, the point is that you are not going to clean up or save the world by yourself, singlehandedly. Although the bodhisattva vow [to save all sentient beings] is taken that way, nonetheless, you do need sangha, community, to do the whole thingalong with your inspiration, at the same time. So as long as you don't regard your portion of the problem as a big problem that is spread all over the place, you can lift one corner of the table. Then, when that part of the table has been lifted up already, your friends can come along and do likewise, so that finally the table is moved out of the room.As I myself remember, when I first arrived in this country, I didn't particularly solve any problems by coming. I had to tell a lot of other friends of mine, like yourselves and other people, how to solve them, so then all together we did solve them. This is the same thing: we need a sangha, a community, to solve larger problems. That seems to be the only way to do it.

From "Exertion," in The 1982 Hinayana-Mahayana Seminary Transcripts, pages 119 to 120.

Diana J. Mukpo. Used here by arrangement with Diana J. Mukpo and Shambhala Publications, Inc.