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A compassionate life —— Lecture by Master Haitao (2009-03-2421:kloc-0/6: 38) Tags: Religious Philosophy: A Random Talk on Master Haitao's Compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva Futian.

If you stand quietly in the street for a while, you will find that everyone passing by looks busy! Busy eating, busy working, busy making money. Seeing all beings like this, we must have the greatest compassion. I hope that every busy time has a good meaning and can create happiness in the future; If busyness is just a bad karma that creates future pain, it is even more necessary to have great compassion to practice for them.

Sakyamuni Buddha said: All life in this world is doomed and interdependent. No one can live alone in this world, so everyone is responsible for the whole world and all sentient beings. In this original world, we often hear a saying, "Good is rewarded with good, and evil with evil." It means that what attitude you take towards others is actually treating yourself, because the master of life is not God, nor Feng Shui, nor the eight characters, but the "behavioral reaction" generated in everyone's heart, the way you speak and the way you treat people. Therefore, everyone is an engineer of his own life, a sculptor of his own appearance and the master of his own destiny. If you want to live a happier life, try to create happiness for others and the world!

We should know that the source of happiness does not come from the selfish pursuit of personal happiness, so the Buddha taught us to break the selfish self and leave the wrong goal of self-centeredness and motivation, because this model will only create pain. Self-centered, eager to get the first place, earn the most money and get the highest power, in fact, this will only bring more pressure to yourself; On the contrary, if you change from selfishness to compassion and from self to dedication, you will get richer and longer happiness.

The reason is very simple. As you sow, you reap, so how do you transform yourself? It is best to sow in fertile land this season. Usually we plant a seed in fertile soil. If the season, sunshine and water are right, we will have a good harvest. Futian, as its name implies, is the most worthy place to sow in the crowd. What is the most perfect Futian in the world? That is, the Buddha has great wisdom, great compassion, great will and all kinds of merits. Buddha is the most perfect Futian. If we offer a flower and a lamp in front of the Buddha, the reaction will be the biggest.

We study Buddhism in order to pursue the highest quality of human beings, and Buddhist belief belongs to the education of wisdom. We can change our destiny by hearing Buddhism, knowing the truth and then practicing it seriously. So Buddhism is also our boon. We should make a vow to give away Buddhist cartoons and VCD cartoons free of charge and spread them to people who don't know the truth of life, so that everyone can know how to practice happiness from suffering, get rid of reincarnation and become a Buddha in the future.

Besides Buddhism and Buddhism, what is another great Fukuda? It is our parents. Parents give us health and take care of us when we grow up. Humans can't take care of themselves in infancy. Our parents owe us great kindness, so it is also our greatest blessing. In the modern busy life, if you can call home occasionally to make your parents happy, your luck will get better; So if you want to make money and support your parents with the money you earn, the reaction will be particularly great.

In order to save all beings, the Buddha vowed to practice Buddhism and become a Buddha; Parents are what we are born with, and they are also raised by us; They are both very kind to us. Besides, what else is good for us? It is the sangha and the teacher who impart knowledge to us. They "preach, teach and dispel doubts" for us, so they also deserve our respect. Therefore, the most fertile Futian among mankind is the Buddha, Dharma, monk, parents and teachers mentioned above. These people are very kind to each of us, and they are also Futian who has accumulated the greatest merits of Buddha resources and food.

Take the worship of Guanyin Bodhisattva as an example. There is a Kannonji in Asakusa. Many people go to Kannonji to worship Guanyin, and most of the questions they ask are career marriage. Although this practice is correct, everyone knows that Guanyin Bodhisattva helps the poor. Where is his compassionate Ted? As long as you have any pain, say his name and see his image, he will look for a voice to save you from pain and disaster like a loving mother. In fact, the origin of Asakusa Kannonji was originally a Guanyin Bodhisattva caught by several brothers at sea, and they jointly built the Kannonji for him. People in Asakusa and other places can therefore worship Guanyin Bodhisattva, get the protection of Bodhisattva, and eliminate suffering.

They usually pray for their own interests. This way of worshipping Guanyin is not very correct. What should I do to worship Guanyin correctly? If the purpose is only to pray for your peace and wealth, Guanyin Bodhisattva will still bless you; But if you worship for all sentient beings, I hope that every sentient being can understand the wisdom of Guanyin belief, learn the compassion spirit of Guanyin Bodhisattva, and make a vow to sail against the current like Guanyin Bodhisattva. This is the greatest merit, and it is also the greatest support and correct worship for Guanyin Bodhisattva.

When worshipping, we put our hands together, and the five fingers represent: God, man, hell, ghosts, beasts, these reincarnation beings; It also represents Five Dhyani Buddhas; Cross your hands when the chest represents yourself. Therefore, putting your hands together represents your heart, Buddha and all sentient beings in reincarnation, which is completely equal and indistinguishable, that is, there is no difference between heart, Buddha and sentient beings. In addition, the ten fingers with crossed hands also represent ten dharma circles, including: Buddha, Bodhisattva, Dujue, Arhat, Heaven, Humanity, Asura, Hell, Ghosts and Beasts. Therefore, crossing hands indicates that the Ten Dharma Boundaries are idealistic, and the mind dominates a person to become a Buddha or go to hell. If a person is angry, he is on the road to hell; If a person's desire is strong and can't be satisfied, then he is on a ghost road; One takes money to help the poor, and the other is in Arhat Road; If a person is worried about life and death, he is on the Bodhisattva Road. Therefore, the world is created by our hearts. Everyone is the master of his own life. He can create life or fall into hell. Everything was done by his own heart.

Therefore, the heart is also the gene and seed of all buddhas and bodhisattvas. We should always keep a complete and correct attitude and make our heart like a pure lotus. The heart can change the world, so it should be strengthened through various practices. With the genes we have accumulated in the past, it will become our appearance and the environment in which we were born. Therefore, the heart is our life gene. Based on this, there are two important points in practice: first, we should eliminate bad genes, and those bad time bombs and consciousness seeds should be purified by worshipping Buddha and confessing; Second, accumulating good results from good roots, thinking more about others, practicing with more humiliation, doing things with more wisdom, and accumulating good results forever.

When a good cause meets a good cause, it will bear good results. Similarly, when an evil cause meets an evil cause, it will bear the consequences. So don't wait too long for the fate to change. Knowing this truth, we must further develop bodhicitta, learn from Guanyin Bodhisattva, and save all sentient beings. Guanyin's heart is compassionate, completely equal, and there is no difference. And we have been wandering in life and death from the beginning. All sentient beings used to be our parents, and every parent was very kind to us. Therefore, we should help every life with gratitude and let them get happiness from suffering. If you know this truth, your life will become meaningful. This is the so-called life engineer and life education. Know how to make yourself, so you will seriously accumulate blessings, plant good karma, and plant Futian in every place, every life and every land to make life meaningful.

The wisdom of Buddhism tells us that what we do should correspond to Buddhism and transcend our desires with the power of Buddhism. We know that we are afraid of pain, and every life is as afraid of pain and wants to be happy as we are, so we must never do anything that hurts ourselves and all beings. What you have to do is to help yourself and others.

However, no matter what you do, as long as you are selfish, you will suffer, so you will be happy to help others with selfless heart. The Diamond Sutra says: "Everything is like a dream bubble, such as dew and electricity, so look at it this way. This kind of wisdom from the perspective of emptiness, in terms of property and feelings, is not obsessed with property, but knows how to use it to help the poor and support the three treasures and parents with property; Do not cling to feelings, but love every life with the best feelings. This is the compassion of Guanyin Bodhisattva, and the emotion guided by wisdom has become a kind of great love. In this original world, don't get lost in the outside world. If you want to find your own achievements from the outside world and work hard for it, you are likely to get lost in the outside world, causing inner emptiness and pain; In fact, what we really want to find is our true colors-Buddha nature and compassion. The compassion we seek is not a feeling of possessiveness, selfishness and revenge. Excessive attachment to money, feelings and reputation will cause pain. Therefore, we should abandon selfishness, master our hearts in the best state, do good deeds and be merciful every day. If we practice hard, we will be happy in this life and the next.

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