By reciting Mahayana sutras to eliminate your karmic hindrances, it won’t be very difficult to uphold the precepts. Without reducing your karmic hindrances, it will be difficult to uphold the precepts. You only know that you have to eat to nourish your physical body, but you should know that it’s even more important to nourish your Dharma Body by reciting Mahayana sutras.
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By Venerable Master Tze Cheng
In Bodhisattva practice, we need to observe that living beings are inherently pure in nature; it is their false thoughts drive them to act in such a way. By thinking in this way, we nurture our mind of great compassion. 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.
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Humans are the most intelligent beings because they are capable of practicing the Buddha Way. Everyone has the Buddha nature and should practice Buddhism. Otherwise, you are wasting your human existence. What a shame!
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We need to have wisdom to cultivate blessings and virtue. Seeking both blessings and wisdom simultaneously is the key to doing this. Someone who has only one of either blessings or wisdom can be likened to a bicycle which has only one wheel or has one wheel that is bigger than the other. If this is the case, it would be difficult to move forward. Hence, we must cultivate blessings and wisdom equally and simultaneously so that we can use them freely.
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Lay practitioners should incorporate Buddhist principles in their family life and practice Buddhism in their daily life. They should perform morning and evening services. Don’t wallow in mundane fantasies like people who don’t practice Buddhism. There's no need to worry about not having enough time as long as you don’t slack off.
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We practice Buddhism to unfold wisdom. And we also seek blessings from the Three Treasures to avoid getting involved in bad circumstances and to encounter positive conditions. Only then will we be able to cultivate virtues and eradicate bad deeds.
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Misfortunes are the results of our karmic offenses, so we must frequently repent and prostrate to the Buddhas in order to remove these karmic obstacles. Once they are gone, your blessings will come, and your wishes will be fulfilled. You must pay attention to eliminating your karmic offenses and not committing any new ones!
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Those who practice making offering are sure to be rewarded.
Those who take delight in giving, will surely find peace and happiness.
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Once you understand, then you will be able to let go. Once you let go, you can be at ease, free and joyful!
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This is the suffering that comes with possessing a physical body. The only way to be liberated from the suffering of birth and death is to cultivate the Buddhadharma.
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