To be born in this world means that you upheld the Five Precepts. To be born in the heavens requires that your mind is virtuous as well. This is stated in the Precept sutras. Now that you have returned to the monastery, you are practicing toward the realms of the Four Sages. Stand firm on this path!
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Lingyen Mountain Temple is a Buddha-making factory. You are wise after all, and have the virtuous roots that have brought you to the temple to take the precepts. The temple is a Buddha-making factory, but you need to be willing to undergo the carving. Carving involves being hit and chiseled with an axe. There is certainly suffering to be endured, but without enduring the pain of carving, how will you become a perfect Buddha statue that is revered by tens of thousands of people? All Buddhas take suffering as their teacher.
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As for each individual who takes the precepts, that individual will enjoy peace and happiness. The same applies to each family.
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Lingyen Mountain Temple promotes the Pure Land Dharma method, as well as the cultivation of precepts, concentration and wisdom. All lay Bodhisattvas of the Ten Directions come together here to respectfully receive and uphold these practices.
This is a Bodhimanda of pure precepts, where the myriad virtues are adorned and the fruition of Buddhahood is realized. It is where all sentient beings of the present and future can together achieve liberation and Nirvana.
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I hope that everyone will bring forth their own resolve for Bodhi. Receive and uphold the precepts. By upholding the precepts and reciting the Buddha’s name, it is for certain that we will be reborn in the Western Pure Land together. Otherwise, if we fall into the Three Lower Realms, and continue in the cycle of transmigration in the Six Paths, the suffering will be unspeakable. Since you have all been able to bring forth the wholesome intention to take the precepts, then there is nothing you cannot uphold. You will definitely be able to uphold the precepts. The Buddha would not instruct people to do something beyond their capabilities, so do not doubt yourself.
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We should use our money to cultivate wholesome deeds, which will benefit ourselves and future generations. A family that accumulates virtues will enjoy lasting fruit.
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Now that you have taken the Bodhisattva Precepts, you should cultivate the Bodhisattva path well. Practicing the Bodhisattva path requires a sense of urgency, because our lives are short. In fact, life is like the sparks created by rubbing stones together, or flashes of electricity and light. If you do not take hold of your time, then once it passes by, it will be difficult or perhaps impossible to practice even if you wanted to. That is why we should seize our time, causes and conditions.
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You are now precept disciples of the temple. As for the areas that you find the temple does well, you should maintain them and learn from them. As for areas that you find to be lacking, you should resolve to take on the work! This is your own home temple where you received the precepts, so you should cultivate the Bodhisattva Way by helping to make it flawless and complete. After you have taken the precepts, you also need to practice them. Practicing the precepts means to not do anything unwholesome, but it also means to practice all kinds of good deeds! The first step is to support and protect the Three Treasures. By doing so, you will be benefiting countless sentient beings.
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We must also resist the temptation of the Five Desires, as they pave the path to hell. When you are liberated from the Five Desires you will gain happiness and comfort.
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