E00593

Once you understand the reality of True Emptiness, you should approach it through conventional means of practice, by eliminating evil and cultivating the good. Once you perfect your cultivation of the Bodhisattva Way, you will attain Buddhahood. As a Buddha, you will have complete and perfect blessings and wisdom. How honorable, liberating and impartial is this process! Otherwise, you can only envy others who have attained Buddhahood. Do you believe in my words? If you do, put them into practice right away, and one day, you will eliminate all your suffering.

專輯: Daily Dharma

分類: Master Miao Lien

標籤: #Buddhist cultivation #Kindness #Vegetarianism #Transferring merits #Three Treasures #The Five Precepts #Suffering #Prosperity #Offering #Karma #Calm #Health #Good fortune #Giving #Forbearance #Doing good #Cultivating merits and wisdom #Compassion #Cause and Effect #Wealth

E00594

Buddhist teachings are methods to end the cycle of birth and death; they are the fundamental ways to relieve all suffering and difficulty. How do we end the cycle of birth and death? It is not enough to take the lay precepts. However, taking the lay precepts is the first step toward taking the monastic precepts. To realize Buddhahood, we cannot leave out this first step! Is there any Buddha in the Ten Directions who did not begin with the Five Precepts? However, we need to advance toward the monastic precepts, which will enable us to be truly liberated.

專輯: Daily Dharma

分類: Master Miao Lien

E00595

Vegetarianism is an act of kindness towards others.

專輯: Daily Dharma

分類: Master Miao Lien

E00596

The Flower Adornment Sutra tells us, to accomplish the Buddha Way, we must cultivate the ten great vows of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva.

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分類: Master Miao Lien

E00597

The rich should nourish their body with virtues. Being virtuous is a basic requirement. When one does not build a solid foundation in cultivating virtues but instead only pays attention to the trivialities of decorating one’s house and one’s body, how misguided it is!

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分類: Master Miao Lien

E00598

Pay attention to the word ‘precept’. It means both ending and upholding. Ending means putting an end to all unwholesome deeds. Upholding means maintaining and holding to.

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分類: Master Miao Lien

E00599

Vegetarianism eradicates misfortune.

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分類: Master Miao Lien

E00617

Be vegetarian to avoid incurring the debt of life
Beware that the Chinese character for ‘meat’ contains two ‘human’ characters stacked on top of each other. You might be eating an animal now, but you must endure the consequences in the future. If you don’t eat them, you will not have created this negative cause. You do not need to repay the debt if you don’t incur it.

專輯: Daily Dharma

分類: Master Miao Lien

標籤: #Buddhist cultivation #Calm #Cause and Effects #Compassion #Doing good #Emptiness #Giving #Kindness #The Buddha Way #The Great Compassion Mantra #Transferring merits #True Nature #Vegetarianism

E00618

When cultivating, the emphasis is to stay in close contact with wise and virtuous people. In addition, you also need a monastery and good friends. None of these should be lacking!

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分類: Master Miao Lien

E00619

We see waves on the sea because wind blows on it. Without wind, there are no waves.
If we can get rid of the wind of ignorance, we can resume the true nature of no substance.
With pure mind and right conduct, we can perfect our blessings and wisdom and attain Buddhahood.

專輯: Daily Dharma

分類: Master Miao Lien