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?
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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.
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Those with virtuous roots can accept the teaching even though they do not understand it. They believe that the Buddha speaks the truth and only the truth. They believe in and practice what the Buddha teaches. Even though they are still unclear about some principles, they practice them with confidence and conviction. Between these two types of people, we should learn from the ones with virtuous roots and follow their example.
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“The Compassionate Mind of the Buddha.” address the concept of True Nature. True Nature is the core of the Buddhadharma, which is the equivalent to what secular beings refer to as our mind. The mind that the Buddhadharma refers to is our pure mind, which existed even before the presence of heaven and earth. It has no birth or death and is true and eternal.
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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!
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So what is suffering? Not being satisfied is suffering. What is bliss? Contentment is bliss.
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The giving of wealth yields blessings; giving of Dharma yields wisdom. Practicing both types of giving will help you end the cycle of birth and death, and realize Buddhahood.
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Upholding the precepts will enable you to chant the Buddha’s name more earnestly. Likewise, chanting the Buddha’s name earnestly will enable you to uphold the precepts more purely.
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Pray to Guan Yin Bodhisattva to liberate sentient beings from suffering
We know that in this world there is nothing we can rely on. We need to seek assistance from the most compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva to help us, along with our parents and teachers over the infinite past, as well as all sentient beings, to find relief from suffering. We are all together in the Six Paths of Transmigration. We not only want to free ourselves from suffering, but also vow to help all sentient beings attain liberation together. This is the right mindset to have when praying to and chanting the name of Guan Yin Bodhisattva.
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