E00523

Do what you can to build Lingyen
Do not say, “The economy is not doing well right now; it is not easy to make a living. How could we have money to build a temple?” Building a temple certainly requires money. However, all kinds of praise and other spiritual support are also needed. Simply contribute according to your abilities; no one is asking you to do anything so difficult that it seems impossible. The Buddha taught us to work to the best of our abilities!

專輯: Daily Dharma

分類: Master Miao Lien

標籤: #Buddhist cultivation #Cause and Effect #Compassion #Cultivate blessings #Cultivating merits and wisdom #Diligence #Doing good #Forbearance #Health #Karma #Offering #The cycle of birth and death #The Five Precepts #Vegetarianism #Wisdom

E00524

If you desire a compassionate and virtuous appearance, you must bring forth your great compassion. If you are not serene and cannot tolerate any grievances against you, not only will the development of your virtuous conduct stagnate, but your appearance will also lack compassion and amiability. Then, how will you be able to strike a chord with others?

專輯: Daily Dharma

分類: Master Miao Lien

E00525

There are eighty-four thousand afflictions in the secular world, but the Buddha has eighty-four thousand Dharma methods. The method of chanting Amitabha Buddha’s name contains within it all other Dharma methods. Practicing this method will allow us to completely refrain from bad deeds and cultivate all that is good.

專輯: Daily Dharma

分類: Master Miao Lien

E00532

Why do some people suffer from poverty?
Their poverty results from not practicing giving in previous lives. In order to turn poverty into happiness, peacefulness, and blessings, we must give despite being poor. Otherwise, we will be even more impoverished in our next life. The rich practiced the act of giving in their previous lives; however, if they do not continue, there will be no blessings for them in their next life. So, both the rich and the poor must practice giving.

專輯: Daily Dharma

分類: Sweet Dew

標籤: #Blessings and virtues #Buddhist cultivation #Cause and Effects #Cultivate blessings #Giving #Happiness #Peacefulness #Poverty #Wealth

E00538

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

E00629

If a tiger wanted to eat you, would you be willing to be eaten? If a bad person wanted to kill you, would you happily be killed? “Do not do to others what you would not wish for yourself.” See things through other beings’ eyes—if you would not be willing, then do not carelessly take other lives; do not eat meat anymore.

專輯: Daily Dharma

分類: Master Miao Lien

標籤: #Attachment #Health #Wisdom #Vegetarianism #Peacefulness #Offering #Karmic offenses #Karmic obstacles #Karma #Impermanence #Forbearance #Attaining Buddhahood #Doing good #Cultivating merits and wisdom #Cultivate blessings #Compassion #Cause and Effect #Calm #Blessings and virtues #Avoiding evil #Wisdom and Virtues

E00630

Karmic obstacles will be like a virus. When you want to practice, the virus will strike, making you very tired, making you think delusive thoughts, giving you all kinds of ailments.
——By Venerable Abbot Tze Cheng

專輯: Daily Dharma

分類: Master Miao Lien

E00631

E00632

In Bodhisattva practices, we need to observe that living beings are inherently pure in nature;
We will not forsake any living beings, because we understand that all living beings have karmic obstacles.
We will not be afflicted by, or form attachments to phenomenal appearances.
Consequently, we will achieve effortless self-mastery in our Bodhisattva practice.
——By Venerable Abbot Tze Cheng

專輯: Daily Dharma

分類: Master Miao Lien

E00633

Upon hearing about the suffering in the worlds in the Ten Directions, you should think that your future Buddha Land must not be like that!
You should ensure that sentient beings are free from cold, hunger, and worries. If you often contemplate like this, you will be able to adorn your future Buddha Land.

專輯: Daily Dharma

分類: Master Miao Lien