◉ What I read yesterday was wonderful., but what I read today was even more wonderful. I had to abandon yesterday's reading to take in today's. This is non-attachment/ We attain and let go at the same time.
◉ To begin our practice we let go of all wandering and discriminating thoughts and attachments.
◉ The chaos and turmoil in the world today arise from our delusion, attachments and the Three Poisons of greed, anger and ignorance.
◉ If we work very hard and attach to the work, we are attaching to existence.
◉ All beings still mired in the six realms are attached to something; hell beings to anger, hungry ghosts to greed and animals to ignorance.
◉ To begin to "Let go" we practice giving for six years. All the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas practice giving.
◉ Cultivation is reforming one's imperfections.
◉ Remember the "Four Universal Vows of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas".
(1) Sentient beings are innumerable, I vow to help them all,
(2) Afflictions are inexhaustible, I vow to end them all,
(3) Ways to practice are boundless, I vow to master them all and
(4) Enlightenment is unsurpassable, I vow to attain it.
◉ Giving without wisdom only results in more greed, in our wanting to gain more. This only brings us good fortune. Instead, we need to give to sever our greed. This brings us merits and virtues.
◉ Wealth comes from the giving of wealth; intelligence comes from the giving of teaching; health and long life come from the giving of fearlessness.
◉ Only question how we treat others, not how others treat us. Let go of the thought of their treatment of us.
◉ When we first cultivate, we will have sickness and pain, which arise from the Three Poisons of greed, anger and ignorance. But these will disappear. If we eliminate the Three Poisons, the external circumstances will reflect this change.
◉ The Buddha told us that if a sentient being cries then we cry. If a sentient being laughs then we laugh. However, we attach to neither the sadness nor to the joy.
◉ Greed, anger, ignorance, arrogance and doubt are the basis of our afflictions.
◉ We are not still here in the cycle of birth and death because the Buddha abandoned us, but rather because we have not yet truly accepted his teachings. We will leave when we can finally let go.
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Source Of Information:
《To Understand Buddhism》, by Venerable Master Chin Kung, translated by Silent Voices, distributed by: Persatuan Penganut Agama Buddha Amitabha Malaysia, 90 & 92, Jalan Pahang, Gombak, 53000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.)
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