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Now that you have taken the Bodhisattva Precepts, you should cultivate the Bodhisattva path well. Practicing the Bodhisattva path requires a sense of urgency, because our lives are short. In fact, life is like the sparks created by rubbing stones together, or flashes of electricity and light. If you do not take hold of your time, then once it passes by, it will be difficult or perhaps impossible to practice even if you wanted to. That is why we should seize our time, causes and conditions.

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分類: Master Miao Lien

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You are now precept disciples of the temple. As for the areas that you find the temple does well, you should maintain them and learn from them. As for areas that you find to be lacking, you should resolve to take on the work! This is your own home temple where you received the precepts, so you should cultivate the Bodhisattva Way by helping to make it flawless and complete. After you have taken the precepts, you also need to practice them. Practicing the precepts means to not do anything unwholesome, but it also means to practice all kinds of good deeds! The first step is to support and protect the Three Treasures. By doing so, you will be benefiting countless sentient beings.

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分類: Master Miao Lien

E00591

Vegetarianism is a beauty secret.

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分類: Master Miao Lien

E00592

We must also resist the temptation of the Five Desires, as they pave the path to hell. When you are liberated from the Five Desires you will gain happiness and comfort.

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分類: Master Miao Lien

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.

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分類: Master Miao Lien

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.

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分類: Master Miao Lien

E00595

Vegetarianism is an act of kindness towards others.

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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