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hearts,andIlotⅧe肥lySpoken.We Ⅲusttrulycultiva祀『TllosewlloMve theabilitycanjusttakeonelookatyou and槌llifyoul爬since肥orjustputting onashow. >

DuringDllarnlaAssembliesorBuddlIa RecitationSessions,the1℃a爬always PeoPlehelpingintllekitchenandtlle BuddllaHall.We川ustkIlowtMttlle

IneIitoftllesepeopleaI℃tllesaⅢe肥﹣ gaIUlessofwhe肥theyllelpout.Never assurnetMtllelpingintlleBuddllaHall wouldbebet祀rtllanelsewlle肥;always

seethingswitlleyesofequali•y. ＞Manypeoplenowadaysdonot肥ally understaIldtllep【bper祀acllmgsand

aI℃Ilotin杞I℃s槌deitller.Tlleirin杞肥st

liesin肥pentingpasto俄nsesandoften coIne仞tlleWayPlacefbrtMtso】e puIpose‧Itisour肥Sponsibilityto explaintheproperteachingstotlleⅢ arldpointouttllecon℃ctwayofculti～

vation.Olllytlubugllcultiva•ioncan theytrulye川dica槌pasto仳nses,fbr tlleywillkIlowwlle颱tlleywroIlged aMwonlt爬peattlleirfaults. ﹥TbuIlderstaMtlleConlPle槌T℃achings thorougllly,onenIstfirstcultivatetlle Pu1℃Heart.WlleIlthePu肥Heartisat﹦

tained,tlle庇acllingswouldnatuIHlly belearned.WitllouttllePu肥Heart, oIIecanstudytheTmcl1ingsf•ra llundIcdyearsandstillwonitunderstanditatall.

﹥ThoseofyouwlloaI℃inte爬stedinex﹣ plainingsutIHsiIltllefutu爬Ⅲust ⅢeInorizetllesutIuyouplaIltolectu爬 plusitsexplanationbyanautllorized teacller.ThisisthewaypIucticedby

allsuccessfullectu爬rsoftlIepast.If

lIe/slleisunabletoInenlor1zethe InateIialandcannotIeettlle

staIldaIUs,lIe/slleshouldletgoofall

tlleirattacllⅢeIlts加tlleworldalld

single﹣nlindedly爬citeAIrlitaMlals

nanle.Tlle爬isnoneedtobeupsetor

腿elsony允rnotbeingable加lectuI℃ sutIns·

＞InPuttingtlle槌acllingsin加p姍ctice, tllefirsttllingwesllouldcultiva槌ist﹜le PuIcHeart‧TTlePu肥Heartisanlind witlloutdiscriIninationorattacllIents·

b﹑﹃￠』

V/eIustalsodeveloppIbperun= deIBtandingbylis妃ning加expla﹣ nationsoftlleBuddllals北acllings.

﹥WesllouldtI℃atallpeoplewitll爬spect andsinceri•y.WeIustbeIcsponsible 扣rouractionsandca肥fulwllen

MndlingotllerlsPIbPerties.Beconser= vativewitllspeechandactionstoavoid harnlingotllers. ﹥Lis祀nnlo爬,speaMess.

＞justaSadoc扣rp爬scribesnledicineac﹦ coIUingtoaPatie㎡sneeds,wenlust pⅣvide祀acllingswllicha爬suitableto thelearllerlsneeds.WeIustconsider

tlleircapacities,in槌爬sts,andbeableto definet}leIbotoftheirpmbleIs.Only

intlliswaycanwetrulybenefittlle liInitlesslivingbemgsawaitingus. >

TlleBuddMsaid忱fmc,liAllDMrInas

arisefIoIntlleⅧind.llOurfutuI℃lies

inourMnds.IfyoutMnkoftlleBuddMconstantly,tlleIlyouwillbecoVea Buddha.IfyoutllinkofBodllisattvas coIlstantly,thenyouwilllbrsu爬be﹣ conleaBodllisattva·Ifallyoutllirlk abouttllewlloledayistllerigMsand wrongsofotllers,llow仞gainnlo1℃ poweroverotllers,orjustplainscat槌肥dtllougllts,thenyourfutu爬will defini槌lybeintheTll肥eEvilPaths. ＞T1leIootofpeoPlelssu仳ringsand sicknessesisdiscrinlinationandattach-

nlent加un肥alistictllirlgs.TheBud﹣ dllals飛acllings槌llusllow帕detacll ourselvesandIlot帕discrinlina槌‧Ifwe

liS妃nandpr已CtiCeaCCOIding帕the 吒aclliIlgs,wewiⅡbeatg爬ateasein thisworldofconfusion

■呂官已﹦巴田■罔呂仿P

＞Tlledif允肥nce忱tweentllesuccessand

兡ilu爬ofcultivationliesinyour learni吆at!itude.Bellunlble,sinceI℃, and肥spectful.Don’ttllinkyoul1巳on t•pofeveIytllmg’

>TlleGivingP1ucticeoftlleSixPriIlciples

cultiva槌d坷BodllisattvasIneaIls加Ⅱlet goil.Weshouldletgoofallour

wo1TiesandattacMlents加tllisworld aIldhave拋itlliIltllisoneIla川eof AInitablla.WeⅢust忱de槌rnlined加肥acMllePu肥Iand

＞Wllenwe肥ci槌theSixtllCllap槌rof tlleSutIuofAnlitabllaIsPuIiⅣ’EqualiⅣ andUnderstandinginourMorIling Recitations,wea肥adoPtingAIni恤bllais vowsasourowrl.Wea肥ex槌nding

ourlleartsandvowsb1Daderand

bIaderuntiltlleycanenveloptlle enti肥unⅣerse.InourEvening RecitationsofCha伽rsTlIirty﹣twoto Tllir【y﹄seven,we肥flectwithin ourselves加seeifouractionsdumlg

↑hedayaccoIUedwitlltlleT℃aclliIlgsin

tlleSutI巳JhisistlletruespiritbelliIld

MorningandEveIlingRecitations,tlley a肥notjustsoⅢetllin名tobedonefbr tllesakeofdoingit. ＞WhenwetI吼nslateBuddllisttextsand

teachiIlgs,wesllouldavoidusingter= Ⅲinol。gysoasIlot扣confusebegin﹣

Ilers.T川Ilsla槌tlleessenCeofthe

IaclliIlgsanddonltbeattaclledtousingtlleexactwo㎡softlleo1igiIlaltext’

>AtaplaceofpIbpercultiva•ion,tlle T℃acllerguidestllewayandfdlowstu～ deIItssupporteacllotlleralongthe way;weshouldcllerisllbothecIually. 25

﹥WenⅢstI℃lyuponfdlowcultiva加rsto corI℃ctour也ults.Ifwecannotaccept c㎡ticisrnfIoⅢotllers,wewillnever 肥acllattainⅢentiIlourcultivatioIl.

﹥karn℃usetinlewisely.WlIendealing withpeopleandInatters,beclearof whatyoulⅣgoing加dofIDnlbe﹣ ginning加eIld,donltwastetinledaw﹣

dlingaIund.IftiIeisusedwisely,

theI℃willbepleIl﹛yoftiIγleleftto pIuCt1CediligeIlCe。

Wllenwelivemgetllerataplaceof p1bPercultivation,weInustbeIutually肥spectfulaswellasllarInon1ous.

>TlleBuddllallelpstllosewllollaveaffiniIwitllHiIn.TllequestionofaffiIli↑y肥stsinwlletllertllepersonaccepts tl1e飛aclliIlgsornot.TheBuddMls conlpassionandTMcllingsextendover alllivingbeings,justastllesunsllines evenlyovertheg肥atearthThosewllo llidein↑lleslladecanIlot1℃ceivetlle

benefitsoftllesunslliIle,justastllose whocovertlleⅢselvesinigno姍nce cannotbenefitfIbItlleBuddMis

吮acllings. > 26

Manypeoplea肥veIyene1geticin llelPingotllers(incultivatioIl)when tlleytlleⅢselvesa肥stillun也Iniliar witllt﹜leBuddllalsT℃acllings.WeⅢust 肥IneI『lbertllatbef◎爬helpingothers,

weourselvesⅢustattainacert已inlevel

inOurOWIlCultiVatiOnfbr↑lIellelp加

忱I℃alistic.

>Donltbejealousofotllers,youoIlly llarInyourselfintllep1bcess. ﹥WisdolnisaⅢustifwetrulywisll加

pIDpaga槌tlle吮achingsandbenefit livirlgbeings.Donituseenlotionswhen llelpingothers,usewisdonlandbeI℃a邑 soMble.Ifweuseenlotionswllendeal-

ingwitllpeopleandInatters,itof妃Il rnakesagoodthinggobad. >

AttainⅢentsbelong仞oneself,nottlle BuddMsorBodllisattvas.Theydonot askanythingf1oInus.They祀acllus 允roursake.

﹥Whehwecan肥adand肥I℃adonesut1n

witllouttiIing,itpIbveswea1℃capable ofaccePtingthetruenleaniI}goftlle 吮acllings.IfyoustiⅡtiI℃of爬citing thesanleSutIH肥petitively,itsllows tllatyoullavenottrulyIgeIlefi槌df1uⅧ

tlleBuddMls吮acllil虺s.Anlind,seton onesut1已iscultivatingconceIltIution’ WisdonlwiIg1owwitllconcentIutioIl.

>TllosewhoIcallyunderstandtlletrue nleaningoftlleBuddlla,s吮acllingsa肥 constantlybatllediMlleBuddMlsligllt.

＞Wllatisag肥atkinddeed?Ag肥atkind deedistllesunloftlleInanysnlaIkind deedswepIHcticeeveIyday.

>WesllouldconstantlybeInindfuloftlle peopleworriedbyafflictions,andbnng fbrththelleart仞helptlleIn.Iβarn加 tiegoodaffinitieswitlIotl1ersand alwaysbefIiendly. ＞T◎llelpotllersis仞helpyourselfb

＞Tb肥spectothersis帕肥spectyouIBelf. 28

＞Wllenwetrulycultiva槌,botllourlγlind andbodybenefit·Wewillllaveless wornesandourb呶ieswill忱f【℃e

fIbIillnesses.Wewillcons•antlyshow

anexpI℃ssionsofcoIl槌nhnentand happiIless.Thesea爬tllebeIlefitsof trueCultiVatiOn.

﹥ThePu肥LaIldⅢetllmisfbrthose

whose‘‘good1Uots,,MveInatu肥daIld aIc爬ady加becoIneBuddllasintllis vcⅣli允.（AllfbrInsofkindIlesssprlng f1oItllisIoot,itispartofouroriginal Ⅲtu1℃）.Wecan槌llwllentheirgood 1botsllaveInatuIMbylookiIlg加seeif tlleirmith,vows,andp姍cticea肥 stIbn名andunfal槌nng. ＞Tlle虻y加successisdiligence. ＞Thedi仳肥ntmetllodspI℃scribedbytlle BuddMconlefIbⅢtllediff亡肥ntneeds

ofliviIlgbeings·TlleIetllodsspnng fbrtlInaturallyf【bIntllepu肥,unwa﹣ veIingheartoftlleBuddlla,witllouttlle sligh槌stdifficulⅣ. ＞TllePⅢ℃Landnletllodofcultivationis tllenlostdifficult仞believeandeasiest

加pⅧCtiCe.

Ⅲ■呂巴已﹦巳田呂卸二

Acultiva灼rcanbeconlpa肥d加a wornleatingitswayoutofabanlboo tI℃e.WllenllepIUcticesothercultiva﹣

tionnletllods,heislikeawornleating hiswayup,takingalongtiIeandte-

diouseffbrt.IfllePⅢcticestllePu肥 LaMInetllod,it,slikelle,seating}lis waysidewaystll1ouglltllebamboo.He willattainlibeVtioninasllorttiIne

witllliglltereffbrt.

＞TlleT℃acllingscaIlbePuttopⅧctice tll1Duglltwoways.Firstistocultivate conceIl伽tionbyI℃citingtlleBuddllals naIne.(RecitingllelpsusattainsinglenliIldedness’）SecoIldisbcultiva槌dis﹣

cipliIlebyI℃f1uinil】gfIbInevil＝doings aIIdp刪cticingkiIldIless,.Tlliskeeps ournlindsfIoIstIuyingtoiIpIoper tllouglIts. ＞TrueⅥrtueandpIbperconducta肥 30

necessa1y血c帕rsincultivation.IfoIle caⅡIlotpIHcticewllatonep肥aclles, tllen肥ga㎡lessofhowⅢuchone

knows,theyaIbeconleuselessattlle endofllisli企.

﹥庇aceofthewo1ldisbasedonpeacein tllem㎡ly.

>Ifonecandiligentlyfbllowandabide bytllepIinciplessetintlleGuideline DrBe,

﹙SmInaneⅧ

巫m旦工旦﹚,tllenonewillbeasageinto﹣ dayisworld.

﹥Wenlust肥lyupoIlconcentIHtionto inlp1Dveourcultivatiorl.叭／esllould 虻epourcalnlinanytypeofsituation. TllepafllofUnderstaMingisoutof 肥acllfbrsu爬ifwecannotacllievetlle

pmperconcentVtion.

>RcincarnationistrulyscaIybecausewe mlllowerintllecyclewitlleacllli允﹦ tinle.Weknowoftllisinadvancebe-

causepeopleisnlindsa肥beconⅡng nlo爬pollu祀daIldtlleiractionsa爬of﹣ 槌IliIlspi1cdbyeviliIl妃ntions.

田■呂官已﹦田n■倡呂旦 ╴

Disas槌rsappearaccoIUing加peoplels tllougllts.Ifwewant恤turntlletideof destiny,wenlustHrstturnour thougMs加waIdkindnessandcoⅢ﹣ passion.Wesllouldbevegetarian,肥﹣ fImnf1bInkillin名,andconstantlybe IniIldfuloftlleBuddMls庇acllmgs.

＞W○1Tiesarisef1oIntlleIniM.Y◎ua爬 ╴旦

wiseifyoudonotlettllingswonyyou. NothiIlgandn○bodyc囝nⅢakeyou worIywithoutyourpernlission. >AccoIUwitlltllePeoplearoundyou.

DonitletyourpersonaliIgetiIltlle wayofyour肥latioIlshiPswithotller people.

>DonltworIyyourselfwitllworldlyIat槌rS‧

＞Notonlyshouldwebenlodestwhen肥﹣ 32

citillgtlleBuddMlsnaIne,wesllouldbe Ⅲodestwhendoinganytlling『

WeInustentertllegI℃atT℃acllings tllIcuglloIleInetllodofcultivation· CoIlcentI巳teddiligeIlceistlleonlyway 仞肥acllattaillnlent.

＞lfwewislltobrillgpeace加tlleworld, weIuststartbycllangingourevil ways.WorldpeacesteIsfIoIinner peace.

>TlleancieIltsoftentauglltoftllewayto I℃acllattaiIlnlenttllIuugllavaseanal﹣ •gy.Aconceitedcultivatorislikea vasefilledtotlleriIwitllstagnant water,unableto肥ceivead1bpoftlle trueT℃aclliIlgs.Acultivatorwllostill lloldsllisownstubborllviewpointsis

likeanunwashedvase,anytrue Tmcllingsgiventol}inlwouldinstaIltly bedefiled.Acultivatorwlloaccepts

theT℃acllingsbutdoesnltputitinto pIucticeislikeavasewithalloleon thebottonl,eveIytllingit1℃ceivesjust leaksriglltbackoutagain.Weshould

notbeliketllecultivatorsabove,but shouldaccepttlleT℃aclliIlgswitlla

h■呂■己﹦田田■■倡呂

pu肥,hunlblelleartandtrulyputitin帕 pⅧctice.OnlytllIDughtlliswaya肥 we肥allywortlltlleTMclliIlgswellold. ﹥WeⅢustcleanseourselvesofg爬ed, lla㎡d,andignoIunce.Thesetll肥e pOiSOnsa肥theIbotbelliIldallour su仳rings. >WecannotattaintheCoIpleteUMer-

s↑andingbecausewea爬ladenbyour

afflictionsandbadMbits.Ifwecan

PIUcticetllePuI℃LandⅢethodand 爬citetlleBuddllalsnaIne,theIlwewill

beabletoraisethebu㎡enandwalk

towaIdstllepatllofUnderstaIlding. >BeginnerssllouldnotwastetinlestudyiIlgdi仳ⅣntT℃aclliIlgs,itwouldonly ◎bstructtheⅢfIDnlcultivatingtllepu1℃ lleart.庇llowcultiva加rsofPuI℃Land

sllouldjustbegiIlby肥citingtheBud34

dllalsInleinIodes•y.

>Q:WMtsllouldwedowllenwelose

coIlcentrationin爬citingtlleBuddllals naIe?

A:WlleIIyourthougMsscat槌r,you sllouldcontinue爬citingaIldllotworIy overtllispIbblenll

>WeIustlearntollletgolIandIlotbetoo stubborIlwithourviewpoiIlts.Iftllis goalcaIlbeacMeved,tllenwewillbe atg爬ateaseandliveallapPy,fulfilling lifb

＞WllerlcultivatingthepuI℃Iγlind,less tinleshouldbespentwatchingtelevisionand肥ading川agazirles.

﹥WesllouldⅡ,tIne爬ly肥peattheBud﹣ dlla,sIlaIebyInoutll,weIusttrulybe nlindfuloftlleBuddlla,andputhis teachillgsiIltooureveⅣdaypⅧctice。 >WeshouldbecoIlseIativeinwllatwe

useandbecontentwitllwllatwellave.

n■呂官已﹦田叻■它呂旦

Eve1ybodyissoIγlebodywecanlearn fIunl.Wllenweseetllevirtuesof

otllers,wesllould刎opttllenlasour own.WllenweseetllewIngsof otlleIB,weshould肥flectuponour﹣ 腮lVes扣rtllesanlemults.

＞『nlespiIit忱lliIldtheGuidelines允rBe﹦

SIUnlaneIVin=

【凸●﹣﹣唸

叮

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旦皿﹚is灼iⅢpedeg肥edandp1℃seⅣe ourpuIiIofIniIld.

••

TTlepuIposeoftlleBuddllalsT℃acllings is加eIndica槌superstitionandclearup

IopleslnIisunders!andingsaboutlifC. ＞AI℃youawa肥oftllemcttlIatourlives a肥gettingsllo㎡rbytllesecoM7 >

OurgoalofcultivationistoattaiIltrue ha卹iness.TrueMppinessisundinlin﹣ isMnghappiness,withs恤ndingtlletest

oftiIVeaIldcomitions. 36

＞IDvecanturnintoM妃.Y◎uⅢaydislike

sonletllin名youadoIMyes槌㎡ay.We

shouldseetllingswitlleyesofequali!y andIlotleteInotionscontIOlourlives.

＞T肥atpe○plesince1℃ly.WesllouldIean whatwesayandtrulybe since肥fIDⅢ tllebottonlofourhearts. >

Ibrtllellealtllofourbody,wesllould

keePitIγloving.In恤kingca肥ofour nlind,wesllouldkeepitatpeace.Ix~ eMseandpeaceofIniMa肥tllekeyto liviIlgafulfillingli允. >

Wenlustbeincontrolofourbodyand nlind,andnotlettlleInllinderour abililytO甽oyli允.

＞Tlleg爬a祀stadversaⅣisourowIlaf﹣ flictionsandbadllabits.AttainInentis atllandifwecancleanseou1Belvesof

tlleseinlpuIities.

>RecitingtlleBuddllalsnaIneispVcticingsingle-IniIldedness.Witllsinglenlindedness,wewillbecapableof 肥acllingtllePu肥Land.

﹥Ifwelearn仞hgive,wewilldwelliIl Peaceofnlind >WeInustbe•pen-nlindedtobeagood studentoftlleBuddM·

古﹃▽

• ╴勻

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P「

℃-』∣叼孕／叮蛄0『?d

• ﹄＝

＞Ifacultiva帕rcanbecoInple槌in也itll, vows,aIldnlindfulnessofAⅢi恤bM, thenllewill允rsu肥肥acllattainnlent.

>Regamlessofwhatwedo,wesllould notgiveriSe加anger. >WisdoInspringsf1uInPuIiIyofMiM. ＞Ourlleartsnlustbelikcstillwa祀rina

Pond,onlythencanweI℃flecttlle 飛acllingsp1opeIly.TlleBuddMis constantly槌aclling,wecaIlIlothearit becauseourIuindisnotstill.We

sllouldsootlleoIIuiIldbyclearingit ofscat虻IMtlloughts. ﹥Truecultivationis肥citingAnIi↑abllais nanleinnlodesty.

＞DiligentlyI℃ci槌AIγlitabllaIsnanle,you Ⅲay肥stwllenyoulI℃ti爬d.Tlle肥isno p肥ssu爬.After肥sting,colltinueto肥﹦ Ci槌.

﹥WesllouldnotⅣci忙tllesutI已ibrthe

sakeof肥citmgit.WeⅢustunderstand tllenleaning,putitintopVctice,aIld experiencethetruth >Howdowehlowwllenourcultivation

llasilnpIved7Itiswllenournlindllas becoInepu肥r,nlo肥equan1Inous,and clea肥raboutli允.

tllepatllwefbllowwllicllisapartfIbⅢ

allcIookedaMdeviantVews.

II』

＞Wllata肥tlIeT℃acllings7Tlle吮acllings a肥tlleProperWay.TlleP1DperWayis

l{ 』II』』

CultivatioIlisnotsoInetllingunusual,it ispartofoureveIydaylifeWlleIlever we肥c○gn1zeandcor1℃ctourfaults,we a爬cultivating’

■呂已已■田田■田呂趴■ •

=•

勻■

﹃I

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﹄℉

伊

＞WisepeopledonotjustseeⅢa伽rsfIoⅢ tllesur由ce,tlleycontenlplatetlleIn tlloIbuglIlyandsee加tlletruth

>IIlBuddllisIYl,loveisbasedollwisdoI. TllisiscalledcoInpassion.

／〃m﹝㎡刪乙ZⅡ〃加叻加加hαIn且II〃／≧,互IIα ey瞪fI〃OI℃SO加甽Cα〃I彪I》ZⅢ‘尢z＄紉I￠〃rα七aIT】丘UII】叻eβtJ﹙北肪H忿乃擲ch血嘐亂〃

“Howfbrtuna槌wea肥toeni○ya Mppyli企『Howluc止ywea肥tobeableto lleartlleg爬atT℃acMngs!TlleInostPI℃﹣ ciousofallistoMveencounte肥dthedi﹣

肥ct,conlplete,andwond1busteacllin名sof tllePu肥LandScll叨l.

ThepeaceandllaPpinesswhichllas fulfilledInyli允allsPIungfbrtllfIb川

pⅧcticingoftllePu肥LaIld吮acMngs. EversinceI,CllinKung,beganstudying tlleBuddhais吮acllings,notasingleday passedbyinwllichIfbIgettllekindness sllown加Ⅲebynlyteachers.Theonly

n■呂巴已﹦田叨■罔呂旦

way℃exP爬ssⅢysiIlce爬gⅢtitudeisto

fullydedicateInytinlearldeIleIgyinto sllaringtlleTMcllingswitllSocie{y.AsI en杞roldage,I允elaIluIgentIleedto carIyoutIny爬spoIlsibilityofsolelyp1o﹣ ⅢotingandcultivatingtllePu爬Land 肥aclliIlgs.Tbday,Iwouldlike加sllaI℃ witlleveIyonetllesaIepeaceandllappinessIllavegainedtllIouglItl1eTMcllings iIltllissllortintIoductoIspeechTllesix passagesbe】owa爬acoⅢPileⅢentofthe InainpointssuⅢⅢarizedfIbIntheentiI℃ BuddllistT肥asuIy: I.BuddllisIistllenlostpIDfbuIldandwllolesoIeeduca-

tioIldi肥c槌dbytheBuddha 42

加waIUsallpeople. 2.TllecontentinSlla坷aInun1 BuddMlsf•rty-n1neyearsof

teacllingsdescribesthetrue

mceofli允andtlleⅢliverse.

LifH℃允rs加oIleself;universe 颱允rstoourlivingeIlⅥIonIγlent.TheT℃acllingsdiI℃ctly Matetoourownlivesand

surIundings. 3.ThosewllopossessacoIpleteandpIPeruMerstand= ingofli允andtheuniverse aI℃calledBuddllasorBod-

hisattvas.Tllosewllolacktlle

≡﹣﹦﹦?﹣!﹣●門Ⅲ卡c◇毛◇』㎡

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5.TlleguideliIlefbrcultiva= tionisunderstanding,pIper Ⅵews,andpurity.TrueuⅡ

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Tbday,ss仞ietiesiIlTniwanandelsewlle爬 intlleworldaI℃ratllerabnorrnal,aphenoⅢenon tllatllasnot忱enwitnessedbe巾肥eitllerintlle

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ofworldlyillstllatnotIanypeoplerealize.T}le CllineseMveasaying,‘‘Educationisnlostessential恤establishanation,trainitsleadersandits people.力几rcerlturies,theCllinesellavealways believedintllepr1Iacyofeducation,whicllis consideredtllef•undationf•rapeacefu}and prosperoussociety·Itprovidestllesolutiontoa nlyriadofsocialillsandleadstllewaytocMngingone’ssufferingintoMppiness·Educationhas astronginlpactontllenationaMitspeople· MoI℃over,elenlentaIysclloo】isthefbuMatiorl, tllebasicbuildingblockinaneducationalsystenl.

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gaIUedasaneducationa!systenl,andnotasa肥﹣ ligion.RegI℃tfully’abouttwolluIldredyearsago, tllepracticeofBuddllisrnlladtakerloIlaⅢo肥肥﹣ ligiousfacade.Ⅶe肥f◎re,thepurposeoftllistalk istocorr℃cttMsⅧisunderstaMirlg,byleadingus backtotlleoriginalfbrnlofBuddhisnlastaught byBuddMSlla坷aⅢuni. TheGoaloftlIeBuddlla,sTeaching

BuddllisInisBuddMSlIabaIuni’seduca=

tionalsysteIn,wllichissinli>artotllatofConfuciusfbrbotllp爬sentedsiⅢilarviewpointsand Ietllods·VegoalofBuddllisteducationisto attainwisdoIn.InSanskrit,tllelanguageofancierltIndia,tlleBuddllistwisdo川wascalled ‘‘Anuttara-saIyak-sanlbllodi,,IeaningtlleperfectultiIatewisdorn·VeBuddllataugMusthat

tlleInain•biectiveofourpracticeorcultivation wastoacllievetllisultiIatewisdoV·Hefurtller

tauglltustllateveIyonehastllePotentialto肥al﹣ izethisstateofultiIatewisdonl,asitisanin-

trinsicpartofournature,notsoIetllingone•btainsexternally·However,IostofusllavebecoIneconfusedtllroughgeneralnlisconceptions andtllerefbre,arenotabletorealizetllispotential.TYleref•re,ifwebreaktllrouglltllisconfu= sion,wewillrealizetllisin•rinsicpartofournature‧Tllus,Buddllis川isaneducationalsystenl aiIedatregainingourownintrinsicnature·It alsoteacllesabsoluteequaliIwllichsteVnled froIBuddllalsrec•gIlitiontllatal>sentientbeings possesstllisinnatewisdoⅧandnature‧The爬﹣ fbre,thereisnoinllerentdi仳renceanlongbe﹣ ings.EveⅣoIleisdi仳肥ntnowbecausewellave lostourtruenatureandMve忱conleconfused.

Vedegreeofwisdonlexhibitedbyindividuals deperldsontlledegreeofdelusionandllasnotlIirlgtodowitlltlletruenatⅢ℃oftlleindividual. TheBuddlla,steacMngllelpsustorealizetMtinnate,Perf亡ct,ultiInatewisdonl‧Witllwisdonl,we

cantllensolveallourPmbleⅧsandturnsu仳r﹣

ingintollappiness.Duetoourlackofwisdonl’ we陴rceive,Ⅵewand忱llavefbolisMy,aMtllus su仳rtheconsequencesevokedbyourincorrect actions·Ifwellavewisdonl,ourtllougllts,viewpoints,andbellaviorwillbecorrect;howtllen canwesuffCrwllentlle爬arenoillconsequences tosuff匕rfroIn?Ofcourse,wewillbellappy‧ FroIllere’wecanseetMtsufferingiscausedby delusionandtllesouI℃eofllappinessisourown realizationofwisdonl·

TlleCoreoftheBuddllaisTeaclling

TYleBuddllaIsteacllingcontainstllreeIn匈or points:discipline,IeditationandwisdoI.WisdonlistllegoalanddeepIneditationorconcentrationistllecrucialprocesstowardacllieving wisdonl.Disciplinetllroughobservingtllepre-

cepts,istlleInetllodtllatllelpsonetoacllieve deeprneditation;wisdonlwilltllenberealized naturally.BuddllaIsentireteacllingsasconveyed intl1esutMsneverreallydepartfroIthesetllree points‧Buddllisnlenconlpassestlleenti1℃collec﹣

tionofworksbyBuddllaSllabanluniandis calledtheTripitaM.Viscanbeclassifiedinto tllreecategories:sutra,vinaya(preceptsorrules), aMsllastra(coInIentaries)WhiclleVpMsize

nleditation,discipline,andwisdoIrespectively· TlleBuddllistM皿cationalO喀anization inCllina

BuddllisteducationisbasedonfilialPi≦ty, asistlleCllineseculture.Priortotlleintr呱uc﹣

tionofBuddllisnltoCllina,filialpietywastlle pillarofsocietyandwassupportedbythewise InenofancientCllina·WhenBuddllistrnonks froVIndiacanletoCMnaandstartedtodiscuss

Buddllisn1withgovernnleIltofficials,itwasiIIediatelyapparenttoeveIonetMtBuddMsnl slIarednunleroussirni>aritieswithtlleirldigenous Confuciarltraditions.Consequently,tllegovernIentenlbracedtlleIandrequestedthattlle InonksstayinChinapernlanently. T}lefirsttwonlonks,wllocaInetoCllina, MotonandCllu炮rlan,werereceivedbytlle IlHong-Lu-Si,,wllichisequivalenttoourpresent IbreignMinistIyorStateDepartInent·ISillwas

designatedasaⅢinistIyoftllegovernⅢent.刊e ClliefofHong﹣Lu﹣Siisequivalenttoaf◎肥ign nlinisterorSecreta1yofState.However,HongLu=Sicouldonlyreceivefbreigngueststenlporar~ ily.Ino恤ertoallowtlleIntostaypern1anently, tlleEnlperoraddedanotllernlinistIy,IIBai﹣Ma﹣Si,Ⅱ totakeclla1geofBuddhisteducation.Origina>ly’ tlle‘‘Si,,Mdnothingtodowitllatenlple,but Inerelyderlotedanlinis叮oftheiInperia】court, nowitdenotesatenlpleinconteIporaIyCllinese. So,tllerewe爬twonlinistriesincMIgeofeduca﹣ tion.TYleliLi-Bu,IlIanagedbytllePrinIeMinister,wasinclIaIgeoftlletraditionalConfucian educationalsystenl.TllisoIganizationservedtlle sanlefurlctionuntiltheearlyI9OO,s.AstlleEnlperorMdgivenerlorIoussupporttotlle‘‘BaiMa-Si,,,BuddMsteducationrapidlyspread tllroughoutCllina.Irlnlanyinstances,itlladeven farexceededtlleeff•rtstoeducatepeopletllan

tlletraditionaleducationsystenlof‘‘Li-Bu.,, 80

Consequently,tllerenIaynotllavebeenaConfucian0rManfuciansclloolineveIvillage,but tllerewasa‘‘Si,,eve1ywhere.Again,tlleBuddllist

‘‘Si,,,ortenlple,usedtobeaneducationalinstitu-

tionanddidnotper允rrnreligiouscerelnoniesat all,unlikewllatoftentakesp!aceirlconteIporaIyteIplesnowadays.

AnotllerinlportantnlissionfbrtlIeorigina> ‘‘Si,,wassutratranslation.T}lescaleoftlle

translationeffbrtisllardtoinlaginetoday.DuringtheseventllcentuIy,thefarnousVonkXuanTsuanglladsupeIisedsixllundIMscllolarsin sutratranslation.Priortothis,anlonknaVed Kunlar匈aMdatranslatiorlteaⅧofaboutfbur

llundredscllo>ars.Tllerefbre,tlle‘‘Si,,wasalaIBe governInentalo喀anization.Unfbrtunately,itwas conlpletelytransfbrnledintoaplacetodealwitll superstitionaMspiritsarouMtwollundredyears ago.Itseducationalcllaracteristicstotallydisappeared,whicllwastrulyregretful. TllePourCurrentTypesofBuddMsIn

Tbday,therearef◎urtypesofBuddllisⅦ beingpracticed.Pirst,tlle爬istllereligiousBud﹣

dhisnl,wllichcanbewitnessedinteInples tllrouglloutViwan.However,thisdoesIlotrep-

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resenttllerealBuddllisnl.Second,thereistlIe

acadernicBuddlIisnlbeingtauglltinInanyuni-

versitiestoday,WllereweseeBuddllisIbeing treatedPurelyasPllilosophy,anacadeInicpursuit’especiallyinJapan·TYlisisnotexactlyBuddllalseducationeitller.TMrd,and•henlostunfbrtunateofall,isthetotaldegenerationofBuddllisInintoacult.IYlistllirdtyPeofBuddllisIis nluchnlo爬danlagingtotllepublictMntllefirst twotypes.Finally,thereistlletraditiona>BuddllisntheteacllingsofBuddMShabaInuniinits truesence,wllicllisveIrareinourdayand age

CMpter3:TheAutllorIsOwn ExperiencewithBUddhisⅢ WllenIwasayoungstudentinNanjing’I didnotbelieveinarlyreligion.Iwenttocllurcll witl1sonleclassnlatestolearnaboutCllristianity.

AltllougllItriedtounderstarldit,Icouldnotfind awayt0acceptit.MyfavoritereligionattlIat t1IewasIsla1nbecauseitseInpllasiswason

nloralprinciplesarldethics,andIthougllttMt tlliswasrareanlorlgreligions.WllenIencounteredBuddllisnlbacktllen,tllenIonkswereno•

veIyconvincing.Veref•re,Icouldnotaccept BuddllisnleitheranditwastlIeoneIresisted恤e

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nletatruepractitioner. AfterIarrivedinTaiwaIl,IlleardofProfes=

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universityandexpecttolearrlsonletlling,you willbesore>ydisappointed.,,WhenIlleardthis,I wasprettyupsetsincelleMdbasicallypoured coldwateroverIyplans·Pinally,lletoldnle: ‘‘Well,wllydonityouconletonlyllouseeveⅣ Sunday,andIwillgiveyoupersonalinstruction 允rtwollours.,,IcouldnotbelievetMtllewasso

conIpassionatetowardsnle.IlearnedaboutplIi-

losoplliesatProfessorFang,ssInalltableinllislit= tlelivingroonl,oneonone·TlIiswasextreIely precioustonle.HeintroducedtllepllilosopMes oftlleWest,Cllina,IndiaandfinallyBuddllisn1.

HetaugMnletMtBuddllisnlistllepinnacleof tlleworld!spllilosopllyandtlIatitprovidestlle greatesten}oyInentfbrlluIanity.WMthetold rnewasfascinatingandsoonIrealizedtllatBuddllisrncontainedsonletllingrnagnificent.Istarted tovisittheternplesinTaipei·However,tlle nlonksIInetintllosetenlplesjustcouldnot clearlyexplainBuddllisrntoanintellectualskep-

ticlikeIe.However,tllenlonksareIucllbetter

inteacllingBuddlIisVtoday.TYlenIsetIyfirst siglltonShan﹣Dao﹣Si’wllicllwasala喀etelnple inTaipeiwitllavastcollectionofsutras.During tMtperiodoftiIne,tllewidepublicationandcir= culationofBuddllistbookswasveIyrar巳T﹜le nlonksatSllan-Dao=SiwereextreInelykindtonle

astlleyallowedInetoborrowInanyofthepreciousarldraresutras.Thiswasagreatllelpto nle·

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wllotauglltandguidednleinIystudyandpractice.JustlikeMr.Fang,hetauglltnletwollours everyweekfbrtl1reeyearsuntilhepassedaway. ItlIenwenttoTaizllongtofbllowMr.Bing=Nan I￡eandstartedstudyingandpracticingwitllhiIn. Buddllisnlisaspecialkindofknowledge;it isrlotareligion.Inordertoderivetruebenefit fron1it,weMvetounderstandit,struenature.I Mvetlleutnlostrespectf•rBuddllisnlandIbelieveBuddllaSM坷anlunitobethefbrenlostedu﹣

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TYlecontinuingeducatiorlsystenlfbrteacllerswasfirstestablislledbyBuddhaSMkyaInuni.

ManyofllisstudentswerewellaccoIplislledunderllisinstruct1on.EveIyyear,tllesestudents wereassigrledtoteacllatdiffereIltplacesfbrnine nlontlls.InIrldia,therainyseasonrunsfroⅧ nIid－Apriltonli叫uly‧SinceitwasincoIlvenierlt totravelandteachduringthosethreeIontlls,all thestudentswouldcoIebacktonleetwitlltlle

BuddllatoreceiveadditionalteacMngsandto learnfroIneachotllerinclassdiscussions.TYlis

wascalledtllesurnnlerretreatanditparallels

wMtiscurrentlyknownascontinuingeducation fbrteachers.Venloderncontinuingeducational

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studybecauseitusuallylladacoIpletecollection ofbooks,sinlilartotodaylslibraI.Vecollectionsincludednotonlysutras,butalsoal川ost everykindofpublication.VenlonkswerefarniliarwitllBuddhisV,ConfuciaIlisIn,THoisIand ancientCMrlesetexts.Tlleywerecapableofan= swer1ngquestionsandwerewellversedonvarioussulqjects.Consequently’Buddllistinstitutions begantotakeovertlleeducationalnlissionfbr ClIina. 88

TypicalBuddllistbuildingsareexpressions ofart,wllicllarecalled‘‘ExpressionsofBuddllisnl.,,However,BuddllaandBodllisattvastat-

uesdonotrepresentpolytlleisI,theworsllipof Ⅲoretllanonegod.EacllstatueseⅣestoinspi爬 wisdonlandawakeningineacllofus.TYleyalso representcertainaspectsofBuddllisnl,whicllrenliIldpractitionersoftheparticulartopicof teaclling.肋rexanlple,GuanYinBodllisattva,the nlostpopularBodllisattvainChina,represents IIlfiniteCoIpassion·Wllenweseethisstatue,i• renlindsustoapplyconlpassionwhendealing withtlleworld,itspeopleandsurroundings· However,peoplenowadaysworsllipGuanYin Bodllisattvaasagodandprayfbrtllereliefof su仳ringandt0eliⅢiIlateobstacles’Thisisasu﹣ perstitiousviewandInisconceptionbecausepeoplef◎Igettllefacttllattllestatuesa肥expressions ofconceptsinBuddllisIn. Buddllistarcllitectureisalsoanartisticex-

pression,witlltlleteIpleIsInaincultivatiorlllall beingsinlilartoalaIgen1eetingorteacllinghall· Pronltlleexterior,itappearstollavetwostories, butthereisonlyonestoIyiIlside·TYleexternal twostonesrepresent‘‘absolutetruth,,ortlletrue

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Intllecenterofthenlairlcu>tivationlla>l, tllerearethreestatues,oneBuddhaandtwoBodllisattvas.BuddMrepresentstlletruenatureof tlIeuniverseandlluIanlife,wlIiclliscalled ‘‘Buddllanature,,ortruenlind·‘‘BuddM,,is

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representsouroriginalenliglltenInentandthe Bodllisattvasstatuesrepresenttlleapplicationof ouroriginalerllightenedrnind.AlltllerepresentahonsaMapplicationsa肥infiniteandcanbe

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SlliZlli(GreatStrength/MaMstllaIaprapta)respectivelyportraycornpassionwitllkindnessand greatwisdoI.Wesllou>dbecoIpassionateand kindtowardallbeings.Ourtlloughts,viewsand behaviorshouldberationalrathertMneIo-

tional,fbreInotionalbellaviorspellstrouble. Veref•re,wesllouldnottreattlleBuddhaand Bodllisattvasasgods·Butwilltlleyllelpus?Yes, tlleywillbyprovidinguswitlltlleknowledgeof llowtoprotectourselvesfronldelusion,thereby obtainingreleasefronlsuffering.Oncewellave learnedthebackgroundoftheartisticcoIponentsinBuddllistarcllitecture,nlusicandstatues,

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intllecenteroftlleMll,fncingtllefrontdoor,is MiIβPuSa﹙MaitreyaBodllisattva）whoisrep﹣ resentedbytlleiVageoftllellistoricalnlonkBuDai.MikPuSallasabigsnliletllatconveystlle ideatllatinordertotrulylearnBuddllisI,one sllouldlearntobeclleerfulandcourteoustoall.

HealsollasallugebellytllatrePresentsfairness,

flexibility,irnpartiality,patienceandtolerance. StaMingbesideMiLePuSaaretllef•ur HeavenlyGMardiansorDharnlaPr0tectors·TYley a肥SyInbolicguardiansofthepractitionersofthe Buddllistway.WhonldotlleypIDtect?They protectusbyreIindingustoeducateourselves andtosafeguardtlleproperknowleαge,wllicll wesllouldlearn.Eacllguardianportraysadiff已r﹣ entaspectoftllouglltoraction. VeEasternDllanIlaProtector(lloldinga Me)syInbolizesresponsibilityaMsafeguardstlle terr1toIy,whicllnleanstllatallofusareresponsiblefbrourselves,ourfaIily,societyandtlle countIasawhole.Ifeacllofusperfbrnlsour dutieswell,fulfillingourobligations,wesupport eachot}leraIldourselvesasweI.TYleSoutllern

DMrIaProtector(holdingasword)syVbolizes pr。gressarldteacllesusdiligence‧Hee川pllasizes tlleinlportanceofconstantlycultivatingandadvancingourvirtue,wisdornandknowle叱e’and toinlproveperfbrrnanceinourse>vesandourduties.TllisissinlilartoConfucianideasofdaily self-iInproveInent.

TYleWesternDllarInaPIDtector(lloldinga dragonorsIlake)synlbolizesconIprehensivevisionandknowledgegaiIledthrougllexposureto tlleworld.Herepresentstlleneedtoopenour eyesto○bservenatu肥aMnlan,torefinewllat weseeandlearn,aMtodistinguisllgoodfroIill· VeNortllernDMrIaProtector(ho>dinganInbrella)syVbolizescolrlprellensivestudyand learning.Botllteacllwaysofpracticeandllowto acllievethegoalsinresPorlsibili•yfulfillVentand self-inlprovenlent·AstlleaIIcientCllinesellave P‘I/p

said:“Ibreadtentllousandbooksandtotravel

ten-tllousandIiles.,,Wereadtogainrnore knowledgeandtraveltoobservenloree仳ctively. WewilltlleIlbeabletoinlproveourselvesandto perfbrnlourdutiesIosteffectively· Tbday,peoplevisittlleHallofDllanγlaPro﹣ tectorstoburnincense,prostrateando仳rf】ow﹣ ersandfruitprayingfbrprotectionarldsafety. Tllisissuperstition.Alltllefncilities,iInagesof BMdllaarldBodllisattvasaManyo仳ringsⅢade areteachingtoolsdesignedtoirlspireourIind andwisdon1.VeyaIsoservetoreVindusoftlle

inlportanceofbeingenligMenedinsteadofdeluded,virtuousiIIsteadofdeviated,pu肥instead ofpolluted.Ⅶesea爬tlletllreeprinciplesof Buddllistteacllingandpractice· MethodsofPracticingBuddhisⅢ

ThewaysinpracticingBuddllisInarenunlerous,abouteigMy-f•urthousand.Eachpatllis differentfroItlleothersbutultiIatelyleadsto

tllesanlegoals:enliglltenVent,propertlIougllts andviewpoints,andpurity.Assucll,allpatllsare equalwithoutonebeingsuperiortotheotller. Peoplellavedifferentabilitiesandlevelsofac= coVplishInerlt.Purtllernlore,theyarefronldiffCrentenvironnlentsandshouldchooseapatll nlostsuitedtotheIselves.Wecancllooseany oneofthetll肥egoalstoconcentrateourpractice on.Wllenweacllieveanyoneoftllen1,tlleotller twowil>conlenaturally. TllerearetensclloolsofpracticeinCllinese BuddllisnI.Zenst【℃ssestllepursuitoftlleperf﹄ct clearIindorenliglltenInent·VePureIandand TibetanBuddllisnlorV匈rayanasclloolstress◎b﹣

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tairlingtllepurenlind·Otllerschoolsconcentrate tlleirpracticeonpropertllougMsandviewpoints。 Regardlessofwllichnletll恤orschoolone chooses,tlleyallleadtothesaIeoutcorne·In otherwoMs,oncewebeconleanexpertinone nlethod,wewillbeconleanexpertinallIetllods. T}lepuIityoftheworldconlesfroInanindi= vidual,sinnerpurity.WitllapureVind,aIind withoutdiscriIinationorattachIent’ahigller levelofwisdonlarisesinwllichtllewor>daround

usnaturallycoIesintollarInony.Byreciting•lle Buddlla,snarne,Ineditating,recitingsutInsor nlantras,aMpracticinginaccor血ncewitllBud﹣ dlla,steaching,onewil>attainenliglltennlent, propertllougMsandviewpoints,aMpuIi•yof InirldthusbecoIingvoidofalldeludedtlIougllts. Ontlleotherlland,oneistotallontlle

wrongpatllifonecMntsBuddlla,snaIneintlle llopeofgainingaproIotionorwealtll·Vatis religionaIldsuperstitiorl,anditgoesagainsttlle teachingofSllakyanIniBuddlla· HowBuddhistTcrⅢinol吆yIllustratetha

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BuαdllisⅢistlleteachingofBudαll且 SllabaIuniashewasitsfbunder.Wecal>HiIn tlle‘‘Originalteacller’”justliketlleCllinesecall Confuciustlle‘‘GI℃atestsageandteacller‧,,TYle relationshipbetweenBuddllaandourselvesisa

teacller＝studcntrelationsllip,wllichisnot肥】ig﹣ iousinnature.In爬ligion,tllereisnotateacller﹣ student肥lationsllipbuttMtoffatller-sonor Iaster-servant.

AbouttwentyyearsagoIgaveaseriesof lecturesirlFu-RenCatllo>icUniversityandtaugllt intlleThonlasMonasteryf•ronesenlester.Itold

nlystudents,wllowereInainlyPriestsandnurls, totakerefugeintheBuddllaandtolearnBuddllisnlwell.TYle肥isabsolutelynoconflictbe﹣ tweerlBuddllisnlandreligion’f•roneisteacllerstudentandtlleotllerfatller~son.Iftllepriests andnurlsweretopracticeBudαllisnlandinturn abandontlleirownreligion’IbelievetMteven Buddhawouldnotacceptthenl,f•ritisagainst lluInanetlIicstodiscardtllepa爬ntf○rtlle teacller.Therefbre,肥ligiousfbllowerswil】bene﹣ fitiftheypracticeBuddMsI·Aswepractice,we

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Mylateteacller,ProfessorMngconstantlyassured IetllatBuddllisIisaneducation.LaterinIy studiesoftllesutras,IreaffirnledllisstateIent tMtBuddlIisIistllepinnacleoftheworld,swisdoI.ItprovidestllegreatesteIU•yIentfbrlluIankind.Illaveexperierlcedtlleunsurpassable

j•yofbeingfreefroIaff>ictions’delusionsaM wandering•lloughts.MybodyandInindare cleanandpure,totallyatease.IaItlleMPPiest personintlIeworld.Ⅷerefbre,I化elindebtedto Pro化ssorFang,fbrwithoutllinl,IwouldnotMve learnedBuddhisInorwou>dlllavesucllcoI-

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encoIpassestllreenlainPoints.Hrst,itisiVportanttounderstandtllerelatiorlsllipbetween lIunlans,oncetllisisurlderstoodwewilllearnto lovepeople·Second,itisiIportanttounderstand therelationsllipbetweenllunlansandheaven, oncetllisisuMerstoodwewilllearnto肥sPect lleavenlybeingsandspi㎡ts.Ⅷird,itisiⅢportant

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aref•urstudieswi•hirlConfucianteacllihgs:virtue,speecll,ski>lsfbrearninga>ivingandthe arts.Tlleteacllirlgofvirtueistlleco肥ofConfu﹣ cianis川;itisabsolutelycrucia!,fbrwithoutⅢo﹣ ralityandproperconductwebecoIeselfislland concernedonlywitllourselvesattlleexpenseof society.Sucllbellaviorcanresultinworldchaos. Tbday,oureducationMs>osttMteIpMsis· Sclloolsonlyteacllskillstllataresuperficialand nottllerootofeducation.Wherltllerootisrot-

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societyandpeaceintlleworM. TbdayeveIonelongsfbrworldpeace,but weneedtostartfIoIntllef•uMationoffilialpiety toobtainit.Buddhisnlenlpllasizesunconditional conlpassionfbrallsentientbeingsintl1euniverse andbeyond;intllepast,presentandfuture.The cont1nuunloftiIneaMsPaceisinseParablefroⅢ

oneself,fbrWeAreAllOneEntity·0nedoes

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VeBuddllaslivelivesofwisdoI, wllileoIUinaIpeoplelivelivesofafHiction.BuddhaSM坷anluni,ste呂Chings showushowtocllangeafflictedlivesinto onesofgreatwisdoI‘ProItlleseteacllers,wewi!llearnhowtorestoretlIeultiIateandconlpletewisdornandabilitiesof ourself-nature;allowingustoattaintrue Mppinessandprosperity.This,isthe Buddlla,sEducation.

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BuddllisIToday

Inourworldtoday,tllereareatleast fburdi仳reIlttyPesofBuddlIisnLⅧefirst istlleaut}lenticBuddMsI,tlleeducation

ofunderstandingthetruerealityofli企 andtlleuniverseoriginallytaughtbyBud= dllaSha坷aⅢuni.Unf○rtunately,tlle autllenticeducationisrareanddifficultto

encounternowadays·TllereInainingtypes ofBuddMsnlarenloreorlessdistortionsof

tlleoriginalteacllirlgs. VesecondtypeistllereligiousBuddllisI.Origirlally,Buddllisrnwasnota religion,butnowitMsbecoIeone.We carlnolongerdenytllatthereisaBuddllist religionbecauseeveIywllerewelook’especiaIyinAsia,itisclisp!ayedasareligion·UnliketheVonasteriesintllepast, wlliclIhe>deigM-hourc>assesperdayaM providedanothereigMhoursfbrselfcultivation,today,sBuddhistternp!esno

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longeruplloldsucllaperseveranceoftlle Buddlla,s飛acllings.Tbdaywernainlysee people川akingoffMngstotlleBuddlla statuesaMprayingfbrblessingsandfbr╴ turle.Intllisway,BuddllisIllasbeen wronglycMngedirItoareligion. TlletllirdtypeofBuddllisnlistlle pllilosopllicalstudyoftheBuddlM,s teacllings.Manyuniversitiestodayo仳r coursesontllestudyofBudαhistSutras, coIlsideringtheteacllirlgsasapMlosophy. ThecontentoftlleBuddlla,seducationis

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actuallyacoIp>eteuniversityofknowledgeandwisdonl.Philosopllyisonlyone ofitscourses.Justasitiswrongtorec•gnizeauniversityasasinglecourse,itis alsoinapproprIatetotllinkofandlinlitthe Buddlla,seducationtoonlyapllilosoplly. TheBuddlla,seducationcanllelpusresolveourproblenls-froIfnIilyIfficultiestotllegreatissueofli化anddeath TheBuddlla,steacllingsarep川fbundand vast,aM↑eachusthetrutllsofli允andtlle

universe.ItsllouldnotbeIistakenas

onlyapMlosoplly. ThefburtlItypeofBuddllisIwesee inourworldtodayistlledeviantandexternalistBuddMsnl.TllisisanextreIely unfbrtunatedistortion,wMchonlycaIneto

beirlthepasttllirtytof•rtyyears.ReligiousBuddllisnlpersuadespeopletobedecerltandpM>osopllicalBuddllisIpursues trutll,neitllercauseInuchharItosociety. However,ifBuddllisnIiscMngedirltoa deviantandexternalistpatll,usingtlle weaknessofhuVannaturetocheatand

llarnllivingbeings,disturbingtllepeace aMsa化tyofsociety,thenthisco扒version hasgonetoo血r.Thespeecllandactions oftllesedeviantandexternalpatllscanbe veryattractiveandenticing.Onesllould beveIcarefulasnottobeIisledbythese deviantwaysorregrettingitwouldbetoo late.

VesefburtypesofBuddMsIexistin

oursocietytoday,wesllouldrec•gnize

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tlleⅢ允rwMttheyareandtMnkcarefully astowhicllwayisⅢost忱neficial仞us andtheonewewilluItinlatelyf•llow.

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CllapterTllree:TlleArtofLiving SelectedPass喀es Houst•nI996

叨OurgoalinstudyingBuddllisⅧisto operlupourwisdoI;toattainthis goal’wecultivatepurityofIind·In today,ssociety,ourgreatestobstacles areTV,radio,newspaPersandIagazines-tlleseallcontaincontentstMt

canpolluteourIinds.Ioftenpersuadepeoplenotto爬adorlistento tllesetMrlgs‧叭／llerlourlleartsarefree fronltlleseunneededafflictions,we canliveeaclldayinpeaceandllappi= ness;tllus,a>lowiIlgournlindstoreturntopuriI.WitllanuIldeluded Ⅲind,onewi】lseeⅢattersofli化 clearer,Ioredeeplyandfartllertllan otllers.Thisisbecauseasettledand

concentratednlindisaViMofwiS-

donl.VekeyincultivatingtlleBuddM,steacllingsisllavingasettledancl concentratedVind.Irlpracticingthe PureLandIetllod,PurityofIiMisof fbre川ostinIportance.

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（叼TTIe InfiniteLi允Sutra teacllesusto

cultivatePurity,equalityandenligllterlnlent.BeiIlgnlindfuloftlleBucldllais cultivatingtlleabove,f◎rBuddllaA川i﹣ tabllaisPurity,equality,andenliglltennlerlt.WllenwerecitetlleBuddlla,s

nanle,wearereIindedoftllesequalities.

叨InCllina,Buddhisnlcanbedividedinto tenscllools.AsidefronltlletwoSIal>

Vellicleschools’WhichMvealreadydeclined,theeigMreIainirlgschoolsbe=

longtotlleGrea•VeMcle·Twoschools (ZenaMShing)entertlleBuddlla,s teacllingsthrouglltlleInetllodof‘‘Un= derstandiVg/En>igMerlnlent·,,Tlleyseek tllegreatenligMenInent,tounderstand theheart/nliMaMuncovertlleself-

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nature.Usual>y,thoseoflessercapabilitiestobeconleenligMenedorltheir ownMveVuclldifficultyinreaclling tlleirgoalstllroughtllisnlethod.Vlus, tocultivatetlleZerlScllool肥quiresa lliglllevelofwisdoIn,abilityandaconsiderab『ypureⅧind.Witlloutthese,one wouldhavetostartlearningfroIthe basisofBuddllaSllakyaIuni’steacMngs.

Vestudyoftlleseteacl1ingsistohelp establisllproperunderstaMingand viewpoints;thus,theVethodof‘‘Proper ViewsarldKnowledge’’isusedllereto entertlleBuddM,steacllings.Vereare f•ursclloolsintlliscategoI(TianTni, ShianSllou,陋SlliangaMSanLwun）‧ Thepractitionersofthesesclloolsstudy andfbllowtlleteacllingsofBuddM SllalO「aⅢunitocorrecttlleirerroneous views,tllougllts,andactions‘MostpeoplearecapableoflearningtllisnIetllod, butitisalongjourney,sucllasgoingto scllool.OnenluststartfronleleⅢentaⅣ school,thengraduallyadvaIlcegradeby gradetojuniorlligll,llighschool,and college.InfinisMngonegrade,oneat恤instllebenefitoftMtsinglegrade. ThefinaltwosclloolsaretllePureLand andtlleEscteric.T}leses•resstlleiIn-

portanceofcultivatingpurityofVind; tllus,tlleirInetl1odofpracticingtlle BuddM,steacllingsistllr0ugllpunty. Pe0pleofallcapabilities,regardlessof wllethertlleyareintelligentorlessable canpracticetllePureIaIldScllool.All canpracticeandsucceedincultivating

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PureLandnletllod.Ontlleotllerlland, theEsotericSclloolrequiresalligll>evel ofpurityofIirld,IakingitveIydifficulttoreacllattainInent.

叨T﹜Iedifferencebetweentllecultivation

ofpurityintllePureLandScllooland theEsotericSchoolistllatthePureLarld

Schoolteachesustocultivatepurity0f nlindawayfroInpollution,wlliletlle EsotericSchoolteacllesustocultivate

purityofnliMintllenlidstofpollution. The}atterinvolvesastateofbeingiIIersedinpolMiorlbutnotbeingcontanlinated,natural>y,thisstateistoodifficultfbrnlostpeop!etoattairI.

叨TruewisdoInarisesfIbnlpurityof nliM,tlIus,thewisdoInspokenofintlle Bud仙a,steacllingsisnotattainedfronl readingandstudyingbooks;tlIewisdonl weattainfroIreadingaMstudyingis onlyworldlyknowledgeandnottrue WisdOnl. 1￠0

叨Truewisdornisthefunctionofour

self-nature.Ourself-natureiscoIplete witllirlfinitewisdoI,virtuesandabili= ties;quali•iesthatarepresentineveIy-

one,sself=natureaIldweneedtokrlow

ll0wtobringthenlout.

[Z“Buddha,,isPurity’Equality,arldEn-

lig}ltenInent.TheBuddlla,s•eacMngs canbesuInlarizedintotensinlple phrases: TrueSincerity加w互It右o的ez另 PurityofMirldw㎡∕7加, Equality加ev它ly叻mgW乙s巴Q ProperD加尢zS佃〃﹝加g㎡〃／它a〃α 的eZJ〃／V瞪Ifs巨, Conlpassion加〃巳4,mgo㎡∕7eZS加a WK＄ca〃αα〃仁D〃（加m〃a／W戛﹚β SeeThrough加的ek川叻㎡ II卹圯〃??a〃e〃“,

LetGoα句〃IⅢ〃﹝尢f?mg的o【《幼豳 a〃αa／m叻川切匈 PreedoIn㎡〃咖αa〃α叩／r?∕） AccordWitllConditions加gD abf﹟gl↓／rr∕M／?e㎡〃刎／m’ BeMindfulofBuddMAIitablla, !川∕m／﹚mg加r唱acA的cA／r它血〃αa〃α ／D肋W／五sγ澄a叻／mg￡ VefirstfiverepresenttheBuddlla,s lleartandtllevirtuesofourself-nature.

1斗1

Presentlywea爬unabletocoIⅥpletely nlanifesttllesequalitiesduetoourlack ofcultivatiIlgtllelatterfive.Diligent practiceisneededtobringouttllese virtuesoftlleBuddlla-naturewitllinus.

叨ⅦeultinlategoalinlearningBud﹣ dhisInistllegreatPerf匕ction.InaⅡ walksofli允,BuddMsandBodllisattvas

actasroleVodelsfbrallpeopletofbllow.StudentsoftheBuddllacanbe

goodexaInplesf•rallotllers.raVilies

tMtf•llowtheBuddlla,steacllingscan beMveinawaytMtisworthyofldeing

therolernodel允rall炮nlilies.Ⅱfoneis

stillastudent,tllerlone,sschoolwork, conduct,andllealthbeconleanexaIple fbrone,sclassIates.VisisbeiIlgastudentoftlIeBuddlla.Ingoingtoworkor runningabusiness,onecanbearole rnodelfbrallbusinesspersonstofbllow. TYlus,eveIytllingiVtheBuddlladllarnla

can忱nuⅢberorle.

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αAfanlilydwellinginperf匕ctwisdoⅢis tlleIostcontent,fbrtunateandMPpy fanlilyintheworld. αBuddllisⅢistheeducationofwisdorn;

itencoInpassesalltllingsandexceeds tlIeboundariesbetweencountnes,races aMreligions·SinceBuddllisVisan educatlon,fbllowersofallreligionsare welcoIneandcanlearnaMcultivate tMseducatiorloftruewisdoI·

αIntlleVisualizationSutra,theⅧree Conditionsarethe允undationofculti﹦

vationinBuddhisnl‧Uponperf匕ctirlg tlle『ⅡlreeConditions,onewillMve coInpletewisdoI,fbrtuneandvirtue. Tllefirstconditionconsistsoff•ur

practicesbasedoIltlIe fundaVentalIoraIsofllunlankind: I.

Tllepracticeoffi!ia!piety Tllep肌cticeofrespectingteach﹣ ersaMelders

3. 4

TllepracticeofllarboriIlgcoIpassionandnotMling ThepracticeoftheT℃nGoodCon﹦ duCts.

Tllesecondconditionconsistsofthree

practicesbasedon cultivatingtlIeself:

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VkingRefugeintlleTriple jewels Understandingtllespiritoftlle

3·

Beingalaw-abidingcitizenof

I·

p肥cepts theworld·

ThethirdcoMitionconsistsof允ur

practiceswllicllf•Iow thepracticesofBodllisattvas: I·

GivingrisetotlleBodllirnind DeeplybelievingintheLawof CauseaMEf比ct

3. 4·

Stu叮inganduplloldingtlle teacllingsofthelaIBeveMcle Introducingtlleteacllingsto o肋ers.

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Alt•getller,tlleseelevenpractices, eachMvingitsprof•uMandvast nleanirlg,neeqstobeputtouseineverydayli化,f◎rtheyaretllef◎uMa↑iorlof tllefbrty-nineyearsofteacMngsg1ven byBuddllaSllakyaVuni· 叨GreatVellicleBuddMsⅧinCMnacan

berepresentedbytllegI℃atBodhisattvas

oftlleIburHnlousMountains·Hrstis

EarthTreasuIBodllisattvaofJiou=Hua Mourltain,爬pI℃sentingfi!ialpietyand

respect.SecoMisGuanYinB叫llisattva ofPu-TuoMountain,representingcoV= passiorLTllirdisManjusriBodllisattva ofWu-ViMountain,representingwisdoIn.IburthisUniversalW○rtllyBod╴ llisattvaofE-MeiMountain,rePresentingtruepractice.VesefburgreatBodMsattvasrepresentthecoreofcultivation.Asbeginners,westartlearning fronlEartllTreasuIy,fbrtheeartllistlle rootofli化ofa】llivingbeings.Because tllegreateartllnurturesallbeingsandis tlletreasuIyofallthatisp肥cious,the Buddllausesittorepresentour‘‘Iind ground,,or‘‘Vindearth,,Ourtrue Iind/origiIlnatureiscoIpletewitll infinitewisdoI,virtuousabilitiesand talents;weVusthlowllowtoopentMs treasuIinordertoattainitsbenefits. EartllTreasuIBodhisattvateacllesusto befilialtoourparentsaMrespectfuMo ourteachers,f•rintllesepracticeslies thekeytoopeningtlletreasuIyofour self﹣natureα

1￠5

叨Ⅷefieldoffilialpietyisvast.Our

parentsMveshownusgreatkindnessin bringingusupandineducatingus,

F•

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■…︿G甲0勺＝▽

therefb肥,wesllouldnotonlynurture tlleiragingbodies,butwesllouldalso nurturetlleirspiritualwell-beingand rnindstllusllelpingtheItobeMppy; tllisispracticingfilialpiety.

叨Regardingthepracticeoffilia】piety, wesllouldstrivetodoourbestinliving uptoourparent,sexpectations.When tlleywishustobegoodPersonsandto benefitsocie•y,wesllou>ddoso;toact o•herwisewouldbeunfilial.fbrchil-

drengoirlgtoscllool,itwouldbeunfilial todopoorlyinschoolwork,causing one,sparentstobeworriedanddisap= pointed.Itwouldbeunfilialifone‘s conductwaspoor,orifone,sllealtllwas

poor,orifoIlewasdisrespectfultoone,s teaclIersorcouldnotgetalongwithotll︽ ers.Afterreacllirlgadultlloodanden= tenngsociety,itw0u>dbeunfilia>tobe rebellioustowardsoIle,sbossorunable 146

tocooperatewithco-workers,causing one,sparerltstoworIy.Fronltllese,we realizellowvastthefieldofcultivating

filialpietyreallyis,andtMttheenti爬 BuαdlladllarInaisactuallyjustteaclling tlleWayofFilialPiety.InBuddllisI,the perf﹄ctionoffilialpietyisonlycoⅧ﹣ pleteduponreacMngtheUnsurpassed EnligMennlentofBuddMllood.

叨Nowadays,lluInankindllasbeensen﹣ ouslypollutedinlleart,thougllts,views, spiritandbody,tllusleadingtotheappearanceofIanystrangeil>nesses.T}le rootcauseofillnessanddiseaseispo>Iution;ifone,sbodyandⅢinda肥pure orlewillno•falli>>orgrowold.Tbrlot becoIeillorgrowoldistruehappirless andgood允rtune.Tbattairltllisgoal,we oIllyneedtolearnandcultivateaccord-

ingtotlleBuddlla,steaclliIlgs. 叨Irlourworldtoday,wllerefbodsllave beerlpollutedbypoisons,wesllould llarborcoIpassion,fbrcoInpassionis

tlleantidotefbrallpoisons·Atruly coInpassionatelleartcanrIeutralizeall

Poisons.VeBuddllaoncesaid,‘‘All dMrnlasarisefroIthenlind.,,TYlus,a pure,equa>andeh}igMeIlednlind/lleart

rlaturallybringsllea肋toone,sbody.

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叨WllenwereciteⅧorningandevening cereIoniesinfron•oftlleBuddMand

吁╴

二S璘﹝

‧身吉﹣ p『■

之玀尸幫

‧云鞏 ~j

BodMsattvaiIages,itisjustasifwe werevowingtoabidebytheirteacllirlgs riglltintlleirpresence·MorningrecitationactsasareIiMer,preventingus fronlf•<gettingtlleBuddM,steacllings, andreIindirlgustoactaccordinglyin thecourseoftheday·Eveningrecitation isarefIectionoftlleday,spractice, clleckingtoseeifweactedaccordirlgto tlleBuddha,steacllings·Ifwedid,then wecanworkevenhardernexttinle,if not,tllenweneedtoref•rIn,seekingto renewourselveseachday.Onlyby practicirlgirltlliswaycantruebenefits beattainedMorningandeveningrecitationsarethenlostbasicpracticesin learningBuddllisIn.ItisnecessaIto reInindourselveseaclldayaMreflect andre允rrn.

叨OnewllowisllestobecoIneastudentof tlleBuddllasllouldfirstlearnfroIMai148

treyaBodllisattva,betterknownin AInericaasαⅡ1eHappyBuddlla.,,Mai﹣ treyaBodllisattvarepresentstlleVost basicconditionsnecessaIytobecoIea

Buddhist-asVilingfaceandabig heart,representedbyMsbigbelly.Al> theBuddhaiVagesseIetorenliIldusof theteachingsandarenotidolsorgods ofworship.‘‘VeHappyBuddha,, teacllesustogiverisetoanondiscrinlinatingIindaMtobellappy; thusbeingabletoentertlleBuddM Way.

叨TlleconterltoftlleBuddlla,steacMngs isinfinitelyprofbundaMvast;oneis unabletospeakofitall,f•rtlleessence ofitisun恤tllonlable.UnderstaMingit canbringgreatllelptoourliving,work andirlteractirlgwitlla>lpeople,Iatters andafmirs.BuddhisItru>ysurpasses tlIeboundariesofnatiorl風lity,raceand

religion-i•encoVpasseseverytlling. TYleBuddlla,steacMngistrulyaper化ctlyco川pleteeducation.

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TakirlgRefugeIeanstoreturnaM rely.WllenwetakerefugeiMlleBuddlla’ wearereturningfroIYlourdeludedstateof IirldandrelyinguponanAwakened,EnliglltenedIind.Wllenwetakerefugein theDllarIna,wearereturningfronldevi= antviewsandrelyinguponproperviews andunderstanding.Wllenwetakerefuge intheSangM,wearereturningfrorn pollutionanddisllarnlonyaIldre>ying uponPurityofMiMarldtlIeSixPrinciples ofLivinginHarInony.Vkingrefugeirl theTripleJewelsrestorestlIecoIplete wisdoInandabilitiesofourSelf-Nature.

WewillattainPurity’Equality,Honesty, PreedoIn,CoIpassion,andoverall,True Happiness. TheBuddMJewel BuddllaisaSanskritnIeaning AwarenessaMEnliglltenⅢent.叭／henwe 150

takerefugeintheBuddM,wevowtoreturnfroIblindfaithanddelusionand

relyuponUnderstandingandAwareness asawayoflifeInlagesoftlleBuddlla serveasarenlirlderfbrustopractice awarenessandunderstandirlg,andarenot •lqiectsofworslliP.Prostratingand s}lowingrespecttowardstlleseiIagesare onlywaystocounterarmganceandcultivatehuInility·Visistakingrefugeinthe Buddlla.

TheDlMrIaJewel

Dllarrna川eansRiglltUnderstanding

aMViews.DelusionMsobstructedus

fronlseeingtlletruefaceofpeopleandtlle realitybelliMIattersandohiects.Tllis

llascausedustolooka↑li允andtlleuni﹣

verseinadistortedanddeviantway.

W﹜lendelusioIlisclearedandourⅢinαs

arepuretoanexten•,wegiverisetowisdonl.WithwisdoI,weareabletoseeall

peopleanαnlatterscoⅢpletelyandclearly‧ WllenourlIeartsarepure,wecanseethe

past,p爬sent,arldfuture.OnlywlleⅥwe haveclearlyseerltlle叭／ho】ecanour

viewpoirItaMUnderstandingbeconsideredRigllt·

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TYleBuddM,sInindispurewitllout

tllesli=Mestpollutionandtlleref•resees everytllingclearlyandenti腿ly.Wecan relyupontlleSutras,recordedteachingsof

tlleBudαlla,becausetlleyspeakentire】yof

tlletrutllstheBuddhallasseen.Vey teachaMsllowustllewaytoattainPurity

ofMirld,toseelifeandtheuniverseIost clearly,andbecoIejustliketlleBuddllas. Wllenweencountersutras,wesllould iInIediatelybringf•rtllanlindofrespect andrenlindourselvestocultivateRigM UnderstandingandViews.Visistaking refugeintlleDllarIna· TheSangMJewel Sarlghanleanspur1tyandMrnloIly.

Tbday,sworldisfilledwithPollution; pollutionofIind,spirit,views,andbody. Eventheeartllandtlleatnlospllereare

llazardlypolluted·TYleBuddMtaugllt, ‘‘TlleerlvironnlentcMngesaccordingto theIind.”WesllouldreturnfroInall 152

tllesepollutionandrelyuponpurityof Iind.PurityofMindistllekeytosaving ourEarth

TTlereisalsogreatdisMrnlonyinour worldtoday,anloIlgspouses,fanlilies,

frienαs,societiesaMcountrieswllicllllas

brougMusⅢucllsu仳ringandⅢanydis﹣

asters.ⅥleBuddMtaugMusto爬lyupon tlleSixPrinciplesofLivirlginHarnlonyto establisllllarIγloniousrelationsllipsbe﹣ tweenotllersandourselves.

SangMalsore允rstoagroupoffbur orrnorepersonswllopracticetheBud-

dM,steacllingsandabidesbytlleSixPrin= cipleofLivinginHarInony·TYlisincludes theleft=lloIepeopleweIayencounter. Whenweseeleft-lloIepeop>e,wesllould

inlnlediatelygiverisetoanlirldofpurity andllarInony.Visistakingrefugeinthe sanglla·

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乃的cβb』【北幼α／肥加IrMf7αI它α 肥∕nIr【mg丘D〃Ⅱ尢〃Ja血f】sa』㎡

脂0㎡﹟g聊旭〃AWHI喧f?翩saI㎡【伽尢r汐囪川汕﹟g

叻肋cD加m?βI肥加rrγa〃αI喧α

爬／【ZIr血g丘D〃『efrD〃印【」B!庇ⅢsaI㎡ I叻血g哪刀JγHq圯rl化Ⅲsβ〃α【伽尢I1s囪f】肋!多

乃仿e蛔】!g加I肥∕zZm紉αI啗α

腿加I?Img危b〃MⅢ仇Jkmf『〃㎡﹝加力aI叨o／U∕ aI㎡I它0血g叩n〃AJI7ryO／W仙】αa〃α肋e ⅢxH加口m佝O〃汨IT?γO∕U／;

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CllapterFive:HowHoIeIakersCan CultivatetlleBodhisattvaWayin 巫veIydayLifC ItIustbeveIytiresoInetodotlle sanlekiMofw0rkeveIyday,andespeciallyfbrho川eⅢakers.ItseeⅢsasifone

cannotbefreefroⅢhousehoMchores允r

asingleday,and川anyaregreatlytrou﹣ bledbytheirduties.However,ifwecarI learntochangeourwayoflookingat tMngs,wewil>beabletoperf•rInour choreswithgreatjoy·

MuclloftlleproblenlistMtordinaIy peopleareveIynlucllattaclledtotlle ‘‘se>f’,,TheytMnk,‘‘raIdoingal>tllis work;poor〃C,JaⅧsotired;wllyshould↗ clothisf•rtheI?,,TheIoretheytMnk thisway,tlleIoreafflictedtheybecoIe.

IfweweretolearrltlleBoclllisattvaWay (theWayofUnderstaMirlgaMEnlightenIent)arldvowtouniversal>yllelpall <ivingbeings,tllenourviewpointwould

benⅢchdiff匕rent.

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InfbIowingtheBodllisattvaPatll,tlle firsttllingwelearnistllePracticeofGivirlg·ByservingtllefarnilyatlloIe,tlle lloIenlakerBodhisattvaisalreadycu>ti-

vatingGiving·GivingincludestlleGivirlg ofWealtll,tlleGivingof爬acllingandtlle GivingofPearlessness·TTleGivingof #.

Wealtllcanbedividedintoouterwealtll

andinnerwealthIbrexanlple,outer wealtllreferstoInakingInoneyfbrour farnilyandprovidingtllenleansf•rliving. IIlnerwealtllre允rstousingourphysical

eneIgyandwisdonltosupportourfmnily. So,tllepracticeofgivingcanbeconlpleted Per允ctlyathoⅢe. Wllenwedoourllouseworkwith

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