Purity of Mind Within (1)

◉ Why do I keep repeating the same things? Because you are still here. If you really understood you would have left for the Pure Land.

◉ What is cultivation? True cultivation is when we cultivate purity of mind even when we are in the most impure of environments. It is to practice patience and diligence even when we are in the most unendurable situations we may encounter.

◉ Always think of a person's good qualities, not their bad ones. This will help us to achieve good fortune and purity of mind thus gradually reducing our afflictions and wandering thoughts. If we are always thinking of the bad qualities of others, then we will be mired in the downward spiral of regression.

◉ Do all that is good, do nothing that is bad, maintain purity of mind.

◉ If we have pure water but taint it with one drop of poison, all of the water becomes polluted. Likewise if we taint ourselves with wandering and discriminating thoughts, we will become polluted. Then there can be no response from the Buddhas.

◉ The pure mind has no discrimination or attachments.

◉ Think of others and the mind is pure. Think of self and the mind is polluted.

◉ To protect and purify the environment, we protect and purify our heart.

◉ Our good fortune, capability and wisdom are complete; none of them can be obtained externally. The Buddha teaches us to look for them within our mind, our pure mind.

◉ External conditions change with our heart. A mind of beauty will see only beauty. A mind of evil will see only evil. With true wisdom we will see only beauty.

◉ When we take refuge in the Buddha, we are returning from our deluded state of mind and relying upon an Awakened, Understanding mind. When we take refuge in the Dharma, we are returning from deviant views and relying upon proper views and understanding. When we take refuge in the Sangha, we are returning from pollution and disharmony and relying upon Purity of Mind and the Six Principles of Harmony.

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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