Do your best in whatever you do.
If after you have wholeheartedly performed a task you are still criticized for producing faulty results, you should try harder to improve, until you perfect the task.
We must act with perseverance and strong determination to practice the Way.
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When practicing Buddhism, we must refrain from all bad deeds and pursue only the virtuous ones. Do not commit even the bad deeds that seem harmless or ignore the good deeds because they appear insignificant.
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The most fundamental concept in Buddhism is compassion, which means to eliminate people’s suffering and to make them happy. This is the seed to Buddhahood. Only by being compassionate can you bring joy to people. However, it is not enough just to make people happy; you also have to liberate them from their suffering. If you want to live with happiness, peace, blessings, and wisdom as well as attain Buddhahood, you have to learn to be as compassionate as the Buddha. Where do you start? By becoming a vegetarian. Do not let butchers create the negative karma of killing because of you.
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To have Prajna wisdom means: when our Sense Organs come into contact with the Six Dusts—the eyes see form, the ears hear sound, the nose smells scents, the tongue tastes flavor, the body feels touch, and the mind generates thoughts—clearly and distinctly without a single thought of discrimination. It is just like a clear mirror that reflects everything as it is. The saying explains it, “A mountain is shown (to be) a mountain, water shown water.” This means to perceive all persons, matters and objects in a crystal clear manner and avoid giving rise to feelings of like, dislike, joy, or sorrow because of their transient nature.
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As Buddhist disciples, apart from respecting your parents and raising your children, you should also make offerings to the Three Treasures and contribute to temple construction. By doing so, you will help countless sentient beings end the cycle of birth and death, and ultimately realize Buddhahood.
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What is the Buddha Way? What is the secular way? When we violate the Buddhist practices and just apply our secular sentiments in whatever we do, then that is the secular way. On the other hand, if we abide by the Buddhist practices, distance ourselves from secular sentiments, and cultivate pure karma, then that is the Buddha Way.
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Because ordinary people are so affected by hatred and love, they are unable to be impartial. To be unbiased in handling affairs or disputes, familiarity with others and preconceptions of right or wrong must be put aside. Don’t be swayed by emotions. Then you will naturally be impartial and fair in whatever you do.
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There are three sets of Bodhisattva Precepts. First, the restraining precepts, for elimination of all bad behavior. Second, the precepts for cultivating goodness, to accumulate all that is good. Third, the caring precepts, which guide and benefit all sentient beings. The Bodhisattva Precepts are inclusive of all of the Buddhadharma. If all of you can practice the Three Sets of Pure Precepts, you will naturally become a Bodhisattva.
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Watching flowers blossom and wilt, you will be able to see the impermanence of phenomena, all of which go through creation and destruction. You will unfold your wisdom or you may become enlightened, re-identifying with your true nature. For example, there were those who heard the Dharma when Shakyamuni Buddha was on earth, and who followed his teaching of the Twelve-Links of Dependent Origination—they are called cause-awakened ones. Then there are those who are born into a world with no Buddha or Dharma to listen to. But through observation of impermanence, and of the creation and destruction of all phenomena, they become enlightened. These self-awakened ones have unimaginable roots of virtue from previous lives.
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To obtain perfect blessings and wisdom, one must practice Buddhism. We must build a solid foundation by fulfilling our responsibilities as humans, We, as ordinary citizens, must fulfill our duties to our country. We, as mundane beings cultivating Buddhism, must remember our roles and the responsibilities that go with them.
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