To achieve the Buddha Path and escape from suffering, there are two phrases in Buddhism you must understand: “End all secular feelings; bury all saintly views” and “Slay the demons and Buddhas as they approach.” Whenever you cultivate virtue, you should have no thought of “self” or “other.” If you hold on to the notion of self and other, you will be unable to attain Anuttara Samyak-Sambodhi.

專輯: Daily Dharma

分類: Sweet Dew

標籤: #Anuttara Samyak-Sambodhi #Avoiding evil #Secular mind #Secular world #The Buddha Way

From a positive point of view, afflictions are Bodhi! However, you have to conquer your afflictions to discover Bodhi. If you do not conquer them, they are not only the root cause of birth and death, but also of hells.

專輯: Daily Dharma

分類: Sweet Dew

標籤: #Afflictions #Bodhi Cultivation #The cycle of birth and death

As for peacefulness, or ultimate peacefulness, we must abide by the law, give back to our country and benefit fellow citizens.

專輯: Daily Dharma

分類: Sweet Dew

標籤: #Peacefulness

If your circumstances do not allow you to live a monastic life, then you should support the Three Treasures and help maintain the monastery. As a layperson, you can help build monasteries for people to come and practice. By planting this cause, you will have blessings that will give you good circumstances for practicing as a monastic in the future. Good results come from good causes; please plant more good causes toward practicing as a monastic!

專輯: Daily Dharma

分類: Sweet Dew

標籤: #Buddhist cultivation #Cause and Effect #Cultivate blessings #Good deities #The Three Treasures

To understand the Law of Cause and Effect, we must learn the Buddhadharma, which teaches us that the Law of Cause and Effect applies across the Three Periods of Time (past, present, and future). The Buddhadharma clearly points out where we come from, when we are born, what we should do now, and where we will go after we die. From this, the Buddhadharma gives us the true knowledge.

專輯: Daily Dharma

分類: Sweet Dew

標籤: #Buddhadharma #Cause and Effect #Venerable Master Miao Lien

It is important to understand Buddhism so that you become content and create positive affinity with others by always leaving to others. Having positive affinity enables people to get along peacefully.

專輯: Daily Dharma

分類: Sweet Dew

標籤: #Buddhism #Peacefulness #Positive affinity #Positive relationships

Those who are arrogant have affinity to anger, not the Way. Arrogance breeds hatred, which in turn breeds anger, planting seeds of negative karma in people’s minds. You have to destroy the ivory tower of arrogance which stems from attachment to the self, even if it is difficult to do so.

專輯: Daily Dharma

分類: Sweet Dew

標籤: #Anger #Arrogance #Attachment #Hatred #Karma #Negative Karma #The Buddha Way #Venerable Master Miao Lien

Arrogance leads to jealousy, which absolutely must be avoided! It’s the worst for consuming blessings.

專輯: Daily Dharma

分類: Sweet Dew

標籤: #Arrogance #Blessings and virtues #Jealousy