Dhamma Earth 法域

When we know how to look at things from a different perspective, our mind will naturally be broader.

The noblest perspective requires the power of morality, concentration and wisdom. Only then can one penetrate the delusion of all forms to gain insight into the truth, so as to gradually liberate from the bondage of ignorance and stay away from the causes of suffering and suffering itself.

Teamwork is great. A team needs people with different competencies and merits.

Some people treat others gently all the time, giving others convenience. When they face difficulties, there would always be someone to help them out. They could make the people who are tough to deal with very patient when dealing with them, just by being simple, without a scheming mind.

Some people say, “It’s not fair! Why do different people get different treatment?”

I reply: “Unfair results stem from unfair causes. If we only look at the result and not the causes, our mind would naturally feel the situation is unfair. When we switch our mind and expand the time and space of our mind’s eyes to cover cause and effect, then everyone and everything we see and meet will be clear and reasonable. It’s because everything has its own causes and conditions. When we understand this, it would be easier for us to endure and accept the differences of favourable and unfavourable turns in life between people.

Understanding the auspiciousness of “past wholesome merits”, travellers who wish to gain support from meritorious people in their path ahead should cherish the present opportunities to accumulate merits and wholesome causes. No matter what, they would not regard performing wholesome acts to be troublesome.

Life is short. No matter how good life is, it’s just like a double rainbow, disappearing after a while. We should really not let trivial matters distract us from the more important things in life – listening to the Dhamma, a precious opportunity to change our mode in the cycle of rebirth brought to us by gaining the life of a human.

Do we let ourselves float uncontrollably in the cycle of rebirth or do we seize a valuable opportunity and continue our journey towards brightness until we are completely free from suffering?

In this era with information explosion and confusing desires, Buddhist disciples should focus on their direction and clear comprehension of purpose, to ensure we do not easily sway from the Dhamma path.

When we broaden our horizons, we will have a better understanding of how to grasp the current opportunities and values.

Upon receiving my student’s meditation practice report and well wishes, I felt deeply relieved.

The focus on meditation practice lies in the process. That’s the place where one accumulates causes. If one could let go of one’s thoughts on people and self, gains and losses, sufferings and happiness; let go of the utilitarian mind of not diligently working on the causes yet seeking results and not squabble over trifles with teachers and fellow practitioners but rather focus on the purification of the mind, putting in the right causes and following the Dhamma well, then the present life of a monastic would be filled with the Dhamma.

Starting on a journey, it’s not how long you’ve been walking but whether you’re walking the right path. When you’re on the right path, you will never ask why you haven’t gotten anything?

Cause and effect is true. Wholesome Dhamma practitioners do not blame the results because their focus is on their present mind and present cause, letting the effect be as it is. They don’t suffer no matter what they experience at the present but rather, they are at ease.

We are connected although we are far away when Dhamma is in our minds.

May everyone be safe, happy, healthy, and have progress. May your noble wishes be perfected just like the Dhamma.