Whenever an unwholesome thought arises, no matter how trivial it may seem, we should immediately confront it by chanting the Buddha’s name. If you do not patch up a hole in a shirt while the hole is still small, it will eventually become too big to be patched.
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A vegetarian diet is nutritious and hygienic, with the benefits of eating meat, but without any of the negative effects.
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When you are mindful of the Buddha in the Saha World, your lotus flower will grow from the Pond of Eight Virtues in the Western Pure Land. I hope that you work more diligently so that your lotus flower will grow exceptionally well. As long as you continue to chant the Buddha’s name continuously, the flower will grow bigger and bigger and its color will become brighter and brighter.
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The proper way to cultivate is to be neither too lax nor too eager. You should maintain a peaceful and persistent mindset and be neither too rushed nor too slow. This is how you should cultivate.
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As a housewife, you should learn to prepare delicious vegetarian dishes, and take less care in cooking meat. Your family will naturally like to eat vegetarian food instead of meat dishes. You will prevent your family from creating negative karma at the dinner table, and enjoy blessings and longevity instead!
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To be able to forbear, without anger, the difficult circumstances such as being beaten and scolded is not true forbearance yet.
If you are able to refrain from greed and indulgence when the seven emotions and six desires are going your way, then that is great forbearance.
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People who chant the name of Amitabha Buddha set this practice as their main form of cultivation. The emphasis is on having faith and aspiring for rebirth in the Western Pure Land. Only when you reach this place can you perfect your blessings and wisdom, becoming truly capable of delivering all others. Chant the name of Guan Yin Bodhisattva to assist your cultivation as well; pray for your present obstacles to be eliminated and for your path of cultivation to be free of hindrances.
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The meritorious virtues of the Buddha’s name are inconceivable. When one chants the name of the Buddha, the secular mind is one with the Sacred Name of innumerable virtues. The resulting meritorious virtues will enable one to transform from an ordinary person into an enlightened being, and to turn a mundane mind into a virtuous mind. Chant the Buddha’s name with this mind. How great this meritorious virtue is!
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Putting compassion into practice, and turning the Dharma Wheel, are the real ways to save lives.
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Buddhists should respect not only Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, but also each other. It is said, “If you respect me one inch, I respect you one mile; if you respect me one mile, I honor you on my head.” We should bring forth a kind heart to change the way society is now. We should refrain from being jealous of and hindering others, competing against each other, and looking down upon others, as doing so is to find trouble for ourselves.
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