You do not have to master all sutras; as long as you uphold the precepts, all devas and dragons will respect you. The merits from upholding the Five Precepts and cultivating the Ten Wholesome Deeds are inconceivable and precious.
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“The foundation of greatness is having gentleness on the surface and fortitude within.” When dealing with people or situations, your outward demeanor must be gentle, kind and friendly, but your inner spirit must be strong-willed and resilient.
“A tranquil mind and a hardworking body are essential for longevity.” Therefore, you must maintain a peaceful mind and an active body. An idle body leads to poor health.
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When you build a Recitation Hall, other people can come to practice, accumulate virtues, and end the cycle of birth and death. By planting this virtuous cause, you will easily succeed in your practice in the future. Without this virtuous cause, your practice will be difficult.
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Every family has its own difficulties. Don’t try to tend to them, or solve them, for you can’t resolve the issues even if you do. You might even make it worse! Just keep your thoughts and ideas to yourself. Chant Amitabha Buddha and chant Guan Yin Bodhisattva to untie all these knots. How great!
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If you want to eliminate all karmic offenses and increase infinite blessings and wisdom, as long as you uphold the Great Compassion Mantra with utmost sincerity, your wishes will be fulfilled.
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If you nurture beginners or those in the early stages now, in the future you will gain more opportunities, good affinity with people and blessings.
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The Great Compassion Mantra consist of the mind of great compassion, which is the seed of Buddhahood and the right cause for attaining Buddhahood. You have upheld the Great Compassion Mantra for days here, and have planted the seed of compassion deep in your mind. Do not go home and eat meat, as you will be eating up your mind of compassion.
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To understand the Buddhadharma is to understand the Truth, which teaches us to eradicate evil and cultivate virtue. By eradicating evil deeds, we will be free from suffering; by cultivating virtue, we will enjoy blessings and wisdom.
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As lay practitioners with Bodhi resolve, we must seek the Buddha’s guidance in striving for awakening, while liberating living beings and creating affinity with them. We do this to cultivate the Way without hindrances. By benefiting others, we also benefit ourselves. Hence, realizing Buddhahood is inextricably linked with helping other sentient beings.
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Practitioners of Buddhism have to exercise compassion or they will not be accomplished even after cultivating for a hundred years. You may think that the Mantra does not work, but it is actually because you lack compassion.
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