To nourish your body and be healthy, you have to eat properly and take your vitamins. To nourish your Dharma Body, you have to cultivate virtues by upholding the Buddha’s precepts and following the patriarchs’ rules.
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Those without great determination and courage will not practice Buddhism; Lay Buddhists are truly honorable. They leave benefits to others while taking disadvantages themselves. This is the essence of Buddhism!
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There are so many ways to give. Even offering praise or showing sympathy can be forms of giving.
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Always play recordings of Buddha Recitation at home. That way, your home will also become a very peaceful Buddhist monastery. Your neighbors will also be subtly influenced by the sound of the sacred name. This is a very easy way of accumulating merits, so don’t miss out!
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With the merits and virtues you obtain through going on this pilgrimage, you can nurture those blessings and virtues which you lacked in the past and eliminate karmic offenses.
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Since human beings cannot live in solitude, we must follow the Middle Way: be open to those who are not passionate, but more reserved toward those who are overly passionate.
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The Buddha also teaches that once we become rich, we must actively give back to help the poor. Wherever there are people in need, we give our help. Giving seems to benefit others, but in fact, it is like farmers sowing seeds in a field, which will lead to harvests. Our contributions are seeds sown into the field of merits and virtues. If we want to have peacefulness, comfort and wealth, we must give.
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Prostrating to the Buddha is the best exercise for the whole body. It can make you healthy, eliminate your karmic obstacles, and increase your blessings and wisdom.
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“One moment of meditation can be greater than the making of seven-jewel stupas that are as numerous as the sand grains of a river. The stupas will decay away, but one moment of stillness can lead the mind to enlightenment.”
Deep concentration comes from meditation. So without meditation as the foundation of your practice, how can you ever achieve deep concentration?
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