Be the Master of Your Life
The principle of causality is a fact of human life. Causes are from within ourselves; conditions refer to external conditions. When we have both wholesome causes and conditions, our every step will be on a bright path. But when we accumulate unwholesome causes and conditions, our lives will head toward a darker and darker future.
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According with Conditions, the Mind Experiences Neither Gain nor Loss
Cultivation is to practice on this very mind as the cause. When circumstances bring suffering, we must not be dejected or raise afflictions. When they bring happiness, we should not indulge in joy. Then, this very mind is liberation—it will enjoy intrinsic freedom.
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One Must Be Diligent in Seeking the Buddha Way
The bodhi path is available to everyone and anyone can walk it to completion—it all depends on if we are diligent or not. Only with diligence, will we realize the Way.
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One Mind Without Scatteredness
The Sutra of the Final Teachings Left by the Buddha says, “By fixing the mind on one place, you can accomplish all tasks.” In cultivation, we must be able to master ourselves and pull together this very mind as one, fixing it on a single point—in this way, we will gain strength.
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Transform Afflictions and Realize True Reality
Our cultivation is very much in order to transform these thoughts and afflictions, but we must know to apply and use the mind. By knowing how to apply and use the mind to transform afflictions when they arise, this very mind returns to a state of purity—then our cultivation will not regress.
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Accumulate Merits and Wisdom, Life’s True Wealth and Eminence
In this life, when we accumulate provisions of merits and wisdom, it naturally brings us one step closer to realizing the Way. By continuing to practice diligently in this way, we can go from poverty to wealth, from darkness to light, from samsara to nirvana, from mundane existence to the realms of enlightened beings, and realize the true wealth and eminence in life.
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From Bodhi Mind to Ultimate Enlightenment
If we can observe the pure precepts, awaken to the bodhi mind, and are replete with practice and principle, we are in accord with the way of the great bodhisattvas. In the future, we will surely attain perfect enlightenment, truly benefiting ourselves and all others.
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Gradual Cultivation and Sudden Enlightenment
It may seem that gradual cultivation and sudden enlightenment are very different methods, but in fact they are interrelated and even complementary practices.
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Abide in the Mahayana Mind
Abiding in the Mahayana Mind helps the self; skillfully employing expedient means helps others. By using various expedient means we can teach and guide countless sentient beings to abide in the Mahayana Mind.
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Buddhism and Vegetarianism
The great compassionate mind is the Buddha’s Mind. The spirit of Buddhism is compassion and equality. If we wish to attain a mind of compassion and equality, first, we must not kill; second, we must save and protect lives; third, we must practice vegetarianism. If we can accomplish all three, our compassionate mind will manifest.
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The Mind Seal of Prajna Wisdom ─ A Compilation of Grand Master Weichueh’s Teachings on the Essentials of The Diamond Sutra
According with Conditions, the Mind Experiences Neither Gain nor Loss
Cultivation is to practice on this very mind as the cause. When circumstances bring suffering, we must not be dejected or raise afflictions. When they bring happiness, we should not indulge in joy. Then, this very mind is liberation—it will enjoy intrinsic freedom.
Read the full Dharma Lecture here.
One Must Be Diligent in Seeking the Buddha Way
The bodhi path is available to everyone and anyone can walk it to completion—it all depends on if we are diligent or not. Only with diligence, will we realize the Way.
Read the full Dharma Lecture here.
One Mind Without Scatteredness
The Sutra of the Final Teachings Left by the Buddha says, “By fixing the mind on one place, you can accomplish all tasks.” In cultivation, we must be able to master ourselves and pull together this very mind as one, fixing it on a single point—in this way, we will gain strength.
Read the full Dharma Lecture here.
Transform Afflictions and Realize True Reality
Our cultivation is very much in order to transform these thoughts and afflictions, but we must know to apply and use the mind. By knowing how to apply and use the mind to transform afflictions when they arise, this very mind returns to a state of purity—then our cultivation will not regress.
Read the full Dharma Lecture here.
Cultivate Goodness, Accumulate Merits, Live a Luminous Life
In this life, when we accumulate provisions of merits and wisdom, it naturally brings us one step closer to realizing the Way. By continuing to practice diligently in this way, we can go from poverty to wealth, from darkness to light, from samsara to nirvana, from mundane existence to the realms of enlightened beings, and realize the true wealth and eminence in life.
Read the full Dharma Lecture here.
From Bodhi Mind to Ultimate Enlightenment
If we can observe the pure precepts, awaken to the bodhi mind, and are replete with practice and principle, we are in accord with the way of the great bodhisattvas. In the future, we will surely attain perfect enlightenment, truly benefiting ourselves and all others.
Read the full Dharma Lecture here.
Gradual Cultivation and Sudden Enlightenment
It may seem that gradual cultivation and sudden enlightenment are very different methods, but in fact they are interrelated and even complementary practices.
Read the full Dharma Lecture here.
Abide in the Mahayana Mind
Abiding in the Mahayana Mind helps the self; skillfully employing expedient means helps others. By using various expedient means we can teach and guide countless sentient beings to abide in the Mahayana Mind.
Read the full Dharma Lecture here
Buddhism and Vegetarianism
The great compassionate mind is the Buddha’s Mind. The spirit of Buddhism is compassion and equality. If we wish to attain a mind of compassion and equality, first, we must not kill; second, we must save and protect lives; third, we must practice vegetarianism. If we can accomplish all three, our compassionate mind will manifest.
Read the full Dharma Lecture here.