E00514

E00514

A single cause requires the help of many conditions in order for its effects to come to fruition. When the time comes and all the necessary conditions are present, there will certainly be an effect. What kind of effect? It depends entirely on the wholesome and unwholesome causes that we create, which yield the effects of suffering and happiness. If the time has yet to come, there might not be an effect.

專輯: Daily Dharma

標籤: #Buddhist cultivation #Cause and conditions #Cause and Effect #Eradicate karma #Happiness #Karma #Suffering #Unwholesome deeds #Venerable Master Miao Lien #Wholesome deeds

E00616

E00616

Buddhas and all sentient beings are of the same true nature. Bhikshu Dharmakara was wise; he cultivated and became Amitabha Buddha. We, on the other hand, are victims of our secular cleverness and have converted ourselves into mundane people. What a waste! How pitiful!

專輯: Daily Dharma

標籤: #Avoiding evil #Buddhist cultivation #Cause and conditions #Cause and Effects #Emptiness #Giving #Kindness #The Buddha Way #The Great Compassion Mantra #True Nature #Vegetarianism

E00602

E00602

The empty nature of the universe is what allows infinite planets to come into and out of existence. Because all phenomena undergo arising and cessation, they are impermanent. Although impermanent, the cyclic nature of birth and death grants all phenomena continuity.

專輯: Daily Dharma

標籤: #Avoiding evil #Buddhist cultivation #Cause and conditions #Cause and Effects #Emptiness #Giving #Kindness #The Buddha Way #The Great Compassion Mantra #True Nature #Vegetarianism

E00605

E00605

You should not expect gratitude for your actions. You should be thanking those who enable your charitable acts. Understand that acts of giving are dependent on there being those in need, and your cultivation of blessings is therefore dependent on these people.

專輯: Daily Dharma

標籤: #Avoiding evil #Buddhist cultivation #Cause and conditions #Cause and Effects #Emptiness #Giving #Kindness #The Buddha Way #The Great Compassion Mantra #True Nature #Vegetarianism