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APathToTrueHappiness…………………………58
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E﹥Zh肘〃gRc/i/ge/〃//7e乃ip/e儿we∕s61
BuddhismAsAnEducation………………………74
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TheArtOfLiviIg…………………………………l29
T heTenRecitati0nMeth0d………………………l64
Wha亡ⅡsBⅢddhisⅢ?
阿Buddhisnlisthenlostprofbundandwllolesonleeduca↑ioIldiI℃ctedbytlleBuddllatowaIUsallpeople.
阿ⅧecontentinSllakyaⅢuniBuddllaIsfbrty=nineyearsofteacllingdescribestlletruemceofli允andtheuniverse.
Li允肥允rstooneself,universe肥允rstoourlivingenvi1bnInent.The北acll曰ingsdi爬ctlyIdatetoourownlivesandsuHbuIldings.
阿ThosewllopossessacoInpletcandpIoperunderstandingoflifCandtheunivCrsea肥calledBuddllasorBodlli﹄
sattvas·TTlosewholacktlleunder=
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阿CultivationiscMngingtllewaywctllink,speak,aMacttowardspeoPleandnIattersfIDnlanerroneouswaytoap1bperway·
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內TⅥleguidelinef◎rcultivationisuIl﹣derstanding,pIperVews,andpurity.Understandin=iswitlloutdelusion,properviewsiswithoutdeviation,andpurityiswithoutpollution.ThiscanbeacllievedbypracticiIlgtlIeTll爬eImrningsofself-disciPline,concen=tratioIl,andwisdoIn·
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阿TTleThI℃eBasicConditionsa肥thef•undationofcultivationaIldstudy.Wlleninteractingwitllpeople,acco1UwiflltheSixHarrnonies,andwllendealingwitllsociety,practicetlleSixPrinciPles.IbllowtllelessonstauglltbyUniversalW•rthyBodhisattvaaIlddedicateoneisInindtoeverlastingpurityandbrightness.ThesecoIpletetllepurposeoftlleBuddhalsTeach-1ngs·
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>TokeePourInindPuIcandatpeaceislikekepingapondcleananduIldis-tuIbed.Wllen恤ewa槌risclearand
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>Learntoturntlle>iglltaround,IflectuponyourselfarldsIoothyourInind-poIldstill·Eve1ytllingoutsideofour-selvesaI℃equalintlleⅢselves;tllegar﹣bagedoesnot企elitisunclean,aIldthef!owerdoesrlotMowitisfIHgInnt,tlle1℃isnosucllthingasdiscri川ina﹦tioIl.WenlustletournliMbeatpeacewitlloutattacllInents,tllisistruehap-p1ness.
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槌IldingAssembly.TllewoIUsoftlleSutIHsllouldflow允rtllfIDrnour
hearts,andIlotⅧe肥lySpoken.WeⅢusttrulycultiva祀『TllosewlloMvetheabilitycanjusttakeonelookatyouand槌llifyoul爬since肥orjustputtingonashow.
DuringDllarnlaAssembliesorBuddlIaRecitationSessions,the1℃a爬alwaysPeoPlehelpingintllekitchenandtlleBuddllaHall.We川ustkIlowtMttlle
IneIitoftllesepeopleaI℃tllesaⅢe肥﹣gaIUlessofwhe肥theyllelpout.NeverassurnetMtllelpingintlleBuddllaHallwouldbebet祀rtllanelsewlle肥;alwaysseethingswitlleyesofequali•y.
>Manypeoplenowadaysdonot肥allyunderstaIldtllep【bper祀acllmgsandaI℃Ilotin杞I℃s槌deitller.Tlleirin杞肥st
liesin肥pentingpasto俄nsesandoftencoIne仞tlleWayPlacefbrtMtso】epuIpose‧Itisour肥SponsibilitytoexplaintheproperteachingstotlleⅢarldpointouttllecon℃ctwayofculti~
vation.Olllytlubugllcultiva•ioncantheytrulye川dica槌pasto仳nses,fbrtlleywillkIlowwlle颱tlleywroIlgedaMwonlt爬peattlleirfaults.
﹥TbuIlderstaMtlleConlPle槌T℃achingsthorougllly,onenIstfirstcultivatetllePu1℃Heart.WlleIlthePu肥Heartisat﹦
tained,tlle庇acllingswouldnatuIHllybelearned.WitllouttllePu肥Heart,oIIecanstudytheTmcl1ingsf•rallundIcdyearsandstillwonitunder-standitatall.
﹥ThoseofyouwlloaI℃inte爬stedinex﹣plainingsutIHsiIltllefutu爬ⅢustⅢeInorizetllesutIuyouplaIltolectu爬plusitsexplanationbyanautllorizedteacller.ThisisthewaypIucticedbyallsuccessfullectu爬rsoftlIepast.IflIe/slleisunabletoInenlor1zethe
InateIialandcannotIeettlle
staIldaIUs,lIe/slleshouldletgoofalltlleirattacllⅢeIlts加tlleworldalld
single﹣nlindedly爬citeAIrlitaMlalsnanle.Tlle爬isnoneedtobeupsetor
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腿elsony允rnotbeingable加lectuI℃sutIns·
>InPuttingtlle槌acllingsin加p姍ctice,tllefirsttllingwesllouldcultiva槌ist﹜lePuIcHeart‧TTlePu肥Heartisanlind
witlloutdiscriIninationorattacllIents·
V/eIustalsodeveloppIbperun=deIBtandingbylis妃ning加expla﹣nationsoftlleBuddllals北acllings.
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﹥WesllouldtI℃atallpeoplewitll爬spectandsinceri•y.WeIustbeIcsponsible扣rouractionsandca肥fulwllen
MndlingotllerlsPIbPerties.Beconser=vativewitllspeechandactionstoavoidharnlingotllers.
﹥Lis祀nnlo爬,speaMess.
>justaSadoc扣rp爬scribesnledicineac﹦coIUingtoaPatie㎡sneeds,wenlustpⅣvide祀acllingswllicha爬suitabletothelearllerlsneeds.WeIustconsider
tlleircapacities,in槌爬sts,andbeabletodefinet}leIbotoftheirpmbleIs.Only
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intlliswaycanwetrulybenefittlleliInitlesslivingbemgsawaitingus.
TlleBuddMsaid忱fmc,liAllDMrInasarisefIoIntlleⅧind.llOurfutuI℃lies
inourMnds.IfyoutMnkoftlleBud-dMconstantly,tlleIlyouwillbecoVeaBuddha.IfyoutllinkofBodllisattvascoIlstantly,thenyouwilllbrsu爬be﹣conleaBodllisattva·IfallyoutllirlkabouttllewlloledayistllerigMsandwrongsofotllers,llow仞gainnlo1℃poweroverotllers,orjustplainscat-槌肥dtllougllts,thenyourfutu爬willdefini槌lybeintheTll肥eEvilPaths.
>T1leIootofpeoPlelssu仳ringsandsicknessesisdiscrinlinationandattach-
nlent加un肥alistictllirlgs.TheBud﹣dllals飛acllings槌llusllow帕detacllourselvesandIlot帕discrinlina槌‧Ifwe
liS妃nandpr已CtiCeaCCOIding帕the吒aclliIlgs,wewiⅡbeatg爬ateaseinthisworldofconfusion
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■呂官已﹦巴田■罔呂仿P
>Tlledif允肥nce忱tweentllesuccessand
兡ilu爬ofcultivationliesinyourlearni吆at!itude.Bellunlble,sinceI℃,and肥spectful.Don’ttllinkyoul1巳ont•pofeveIytllmg’
>TlleGivingP1ucticeoftlleSixPriIlciplescultiva槌d坷BodllisattvasIneaIls加Ⅱletgoil.Weshouldletgoofallourwo1TiesandattacMlents加tllisworld
aIldhave拋itlliIltllisoneIla川eof
AInitablla.WeⅢust忱de槌rnlined加
肥acMllePu肥Iand
=>
>Wllenwe肥ci槌theSixtllCllap槌roftlleSutIuofAnlitabllaIsPuIiⅣ’EqualiⅣandUnderstandinginourMorIlingRecitations,wea肥adoPtingAIni恤bllaisvowsasourowrl.Wea肥ex槌ndingourlleartsandvowsb1Daderand
bIaderuntiltlleycanenveloptlleenti肥unⅣerse.InourEveningRecitationsofCha伽rsTlIirty﹣twotoTllir【y﹄seven,we肥flectwithinourselves加seeifouractionsdumlg
↑hedayaccoIUedwitlltlleT℃aclliIlgsin
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tlleSutI巳JhisistlletruespiritbelliIldMorningandEveIlingRecitations,tlleya肥notjustsoⅢetllin名tobedonefbrtllesakeofdoingit.
>WhenwetI吼nslateBuddllisttextsand
teachiIlgs,wesllouldavoidusingter=Ⅲinol。gysoasIlot扣confusebegin﹣Ilers.T川Ilsla槌tlleessenCeofthe
IaclliIlgsanddonltbeattaclledtous-ingtlleexactwo㎡softlleo1igiIlaltext’
>AtaplaceofpIbpercultiva•ion,tlleT℃acllerguidestllewayandfdlowstu~deIItssupporteacllotlleralongtheway;weshouldcllerisllbothecIually.
﹥WenⅢstI℃lyuponfdlowcultiva加rstocorI℃ctour也ults.Ifwecannotacceptc㎡ticisrnfIoⅢotllers,wewillnever肥acllattainⅢentiIlourcultivatioIl.
﹥karn℃usetinlewisely.WlIendealingwithpeopleandInatters,beclearofwhatyoulⅣgoing加dofIDnlbe﹣ginning加eIld,donltwastetinledaw﹣
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dlingaIund.IftiIeisusedwisely,theI℃willbepleIl﹛yoftiIγlelefttopIuCt1CediligeIlCe。
Wllenwelivemgetllerataplaceofp1bPercultivation,weInustbeIutu-ally肥spectfulaswellasllarInon1ous.
>TlleBuddllallelpstllosewllollaveaf-finiIwitllHiIn.TllequestionofaffiIl-i↑y肥stsinwlletllertllepersonacceptstl1e飛aclliIlgsornot.TheBuddMlsconlpassionandTMcllingsextendoveralllivingbeings,justastllesunsllinesevenlyovertheg肥atearthThosewllollidein↑lleslladecanIlot1℃ceivetlle
benefitsoftllesunslliIle,justastllosewhocovertlleⅢselvesinigno姍ncecannotbenefitfIbItlleBuddMis
吮acllings.
> Manypeoplea肥veIyene1geticinllelPingotllers(incultivatioIl)whentlleytlleⅢselvesa肥stillun也Iniliarwitllt﹜leBuddllalsT℃acllings.WeⅢust肥IneI『lbertllatbef◎爬helpingothers,
weourselvesⅢustattainacert已inlevel
inOurOWIlCultiVatiOnfbr↑lIellelp加忱I℃alistic.
>Donltbejealousofotllers,youoIllyllarInyourselfintllep1bcess.
﹥WisdolnisaⅢustifwetrulywisll加pIDpaga槌tlle吮achingsandbenefitlivirlgbeings.Donituseenlotionswhenllelpingothers,usewisdonlandbeI℃a邑soMble.Ifweuseenlotionswllendeal-
ingwitllpeopleandInatters,itof妃Ilrnakesagoodthinggobad.
> AttainⅢentsbelong仞oneself,nottlleBuddMsorBodllisattvas.Theydonotaskanythingf1oInus.They祀acllus允roursake.
﹥Whehwecan肥adand肥I℃adonesut1n
witllouttiIing,itpIbveswea1℃capableofaccePtingthetruenleaniI}goftlle吮acllings.IfyoustiⅡtiI℃of爬citingthesanleSutIH肥petitively,itsllowstllatyoullavenottrulyIgeIlefi槌df1uⅧ
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tlleBuddMls吮acllil虺s.Anlind,setononesut1已iscultivatingconceIltIution’WisdonlwiIg1owwitllconcentIutioIl.
>TllosewhoIcallyunderstandtlletruenleaningoftlleBuddlla,s吮acllingsa肥constantlybatllediMlleBuddMlsligllt.
>Wllatisag肥atkinddeed?Ag肥atkinddeedistllesunloftlleInanysnlaIkinddeedswepIHcticeeveIyday.
>WesllouldconstantlybeInindfuloftllepeopleworriedbyafflictions,andbnngfbrththelleart仞helptlleIn.Iβarn加tiegoodaffinitieswitlIotl1ersandalwaysbefIiendly.
>T◎llelpotllersis仞helpyourselfb
>Tb肥spectothersis帕肥spectyouIBelf.
>Wllenwetrulycultiva槌,botllourlγlindandbodybenefit·Wewillllavelesswornesandourb呶ieswill忱f【℃e
fIbIillnesses.Wewillcons•antlyshow
anexpI℃ssionsofcoIl槌nhnentandhappiIless.Thesea爬tllebeIlefitsoftrueCultiVatiOn.
﹥ThePu肥LaIldⅢetllmisfbrthose
whose‘‘good1Uots,,MveInatu肥daIldaIc爬ady加becoIneBuddllasintllisvcⅣli允.(AllfbrInsofkindIlesssprlngf1oItllisIoot,itispartofouroriginalⅢtu1℃).Wecan槌llwllentheirgood1botsllaveInatuIMbylookiIlg加seeiftlleirmith,vows,andp姍cticea肥stIbn名andunfal槌nng.
>Tlle虻y加successisdiligence.
>Thedi仳肥ntmetllodspI℃scribedbytlleBuddMconlefIbⅢtllediff亡肥ntneeds
ofliviIlgbeings·TlleIetllodsspnngfbrtlInaturallyf【bIntllepu肥,unwa﹣veIingheartoftlleBuddlla,witllouttllesligh槌stdifficulⅣ.
>TllePⅢ℃Landnletllodofcultivationis
tllenlostdifficult仞believeandeasiest
加pⅧCtiCe.
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Ⅲ■呂巴已﹦巳田呂卸二
> Acultiva灼rcanbeconlpa肥d加awornleatingitswayoutofabanlbootI℃e.WllenllepIUcticesothercultiva﹣tionnletllods,heislikeawornleatinghiswayup,takingalongtiIeandte-diouseffbrt.IfllePⅢcticestllePu肥LaMInetllod,it,slikelle,seating}liswaysidewaystll1ouglltllebamboo.HewillattainlibeVtioninasllorttiIne
witllliglltereffbrt.
>TlleT℃acllingscaIlbePuttopⅧcticetll1Duglltwoways.FirstistocultivateconceIl伽tionbyI℃citingtlleBuddllalsnaIne.(Recitingllelpsusattainsingle-nliIldedness’)SecoIldisbcultiva槌dis﹣
cipliIlebyI℃f1uinil】gfIbInevil=doingsaIIdp刪cticingkiIldIless,.TlliskeepsournlindsfIoIstIuyingtoiIpIopertllouglIts.
>TrueⅥrtueandpIbperconducta肥necessa1y血c帕rsincultivation.IfoIlecaⅡIlotpIHcticewllatonep肥aclles,tllen肥ga㎡lessofhowⅢuchone
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knows,theyaIbeconleuselessattlleendofllisli企.
﹥庇aceofthewo1ldisbasedonpeaceintllem㎡ly.
>IfonecandiligentlyfbllowandabidebytllepIinciplessetintlleGuidelineDrBe, ﹙SmInaneⅧ
巫m旦工旦﹚,tllenonewillbeasageinto﹣dayisworld.
﹥Wenlust肥lyupoIlconcentIHtiontoinlp1Dveourcultivatiorl.叭/esllould虻epourcalnlinanytypeofsituation.TllepafllofUnderstaMingisoutof肥acllfbrsu爬ifwecannotacllievetlle
pmperconcentVtion.
>RcincarnationistrulyscaIybecausewemlllowerintllecyclewitlleacllli允﹦tinle.Weknowoftllisinadvancebe-
causepeopleisnlindsa肥beconⅡngnlo爬pollu祀daIldtlleiractionsa爬of﹣槌IliIlspi1cdbyeviliIl妃ntions.
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田■呂官已﹦田n■倡呂旦
> Disas槌rsappearaccoIUing加peoplelstllougllts.Ifwewant恤turntlletideofdestiny,wenlustHrstturnourthougMs加waIdkindnessandcoⅢ﹣passion.Wesllouldbevegetarian,肥﹣fImnf1bInkillin名,andconstantlybeIniIldfuloftlleBuddMls庇acllmgs.
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>W○1Tiesarisef1oIntlleIniM.Y◎ua爬
wiseifyoudonotlettllingswonyyou.NothiIlgandn○bodyc囝nⅢakeyouworIywithoutyourpernlission.
>AccoIUwitlltllePeoplearoundyou.DonitletyourpersonaliIgetiIltllewayofyour肥latioIlshiPswithotllerpeople.
>DonltworIyyourselfwitllworldlyIat-槌rS‧
>Notonlyshouldwebenlodestwhen肥﹣citillgtlleBuddMlsnaIne,wesllouldbeⅢodestwhendoinganytlling『
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> WeInustentertllegI℃atT℃acllingstllIcuglloIleInetllodofcultivation·CoIlcentI巳teddiligeIlceistlleonlyway仞肥acllattaillnlent.
>lfwewislltobrillgpeace加tlleworld,weIuststartbycllangingourevilways.WorldpeacesteIsfIoIinnerpeace.
>TlleancieIltsoftentauglltoftllewaytoI℃acllattaiIlnlenttllIuugllavaseanal﹣•gy.AconceitedcultivatorislikeavasefilledtotlleriIwitllstagnantwater,unableto肥ceivead1bpoftlletrueT℃aclliIlgs.Acultivatorwllostilllloldsllisownstubborllviewpointsislikeanunwashedvase,anytrueTmcllingsgiventol}inlwouldinstaIltlybedefiled.AcultivatorwlloacceptstheT℃acllingsbutdoesnltputitintopIucticeislikeavasewithalloleonthebottonl,eveIytllingit1℃ceivesjustleaksriglltbackoutagain.Weshouldnotbeliketllecultivatorsabove,butshouldaccepttlleT℃aclliIlgswitlla
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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epOiSOnsa肥theIbotbelliIldalloursu仳rings.
>WecannotattaintheCoIpleteUMer-s↑andingbecausewea爬ladenbyourafflictionsandbadMbits.Ifwecan
PIUcticetllePuI℃LandⅢethodand爬citetlleBuddllalsnaIne,theIlwewillbeabletoraisethebu㎡enandwalk
towaIdstllepatllofUnderstaIlding.
>Beginnerssllouldnotwastetinlestudy-iIlgdi仳ⅣntT℃aclliIlgs,itwouldonly◎bstructtheⅢfIDnlcultivatingtllepu1℃lleart.庇llowcultiva加rsofPuI℃Land
sllouldjustbegiIlby肥citingtheBud-dllalsInleinIodes•y.
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>Q:WMtsllouldwedowllenwelosecoIlcentrationin爬citingtlleBuddllalsnaIe?
A:WlleIIyourthougMsscat槌r,yousllouldcontinue爬citingaIldllotworIyovertllispIbblenll
>WeIustlearntollletgolIandIlotbetoostubborIlwithourviewpoiIlts.IftllisgoalcaIlbeacMeved,tllenwewillbeatg爬ateaseandliveallapPy,fulfillinglifb
>WllerlcultivatingthepuI℃Iγlind,lesstinleshouldbespentwatchingtelevi-sionand肥ading川agazirles.
﹥WesllouldⅡ,tIne爬ly肥peattheBud﹣dlla,sIlaIebyInoutll,weIusttrulybenlindfuloftlleBuddlla,andputhisteachillgsiIltooureveⅣdaypⅧctice。
>WeshouldbecoIlseIativeinwllatweuseandbecontentwitllwllatwellave.
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n■呂官已﹦田叻■它呂旦
> Eve1ybodyissoIγlebodywecanlearnfIunl.Wllenweseetllevirtuesof
otllers,wesllould刎opttllenlasourown.WllenweseetllewIngsofotlleIB,weshould肥flectuponour﹣腮lVes扣rtllesanlemults.
Guidelines允rBe﹦>『nlespiIit忱lliIldthe=P
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旦皿﹚is灼iⅢpedeg肥edandp1℃seⅣeourpuIiIofIniIld.
TTlepuIposeoftlleBuddllalsT℃acllingsis加eIndica槌superstitionandclearupIopleslnIisunders!andingsaboutlifC.
>
>AI℃youawa肥oftllemcttlIatourlivesa肥gettingsllo㎡rbytllesecoM7
OurgoalofcultivationistoattaiIltrueha卹iness.TrueMppinessisundinlin﹣isMnghappiness,withs恤ndingtlletestoftiIVeaIldcomitions.
>
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>IDvecanturnintoM妃.Y◎uⅢaydislikesonletllin名youadoIMyes槌㎡ay.We
shouldseetllingswitlleyesofequali!yandIlotleteInotionscontIOlourlives.
>T肥atpe○plesince1℃ly.Wewhatwesayandtrulybetllebottonlofourhearts.
sllouldIean
since肥fIDⅢ
>
>
Ibrtllellealtllofourbody,wesllouldkeePitIγloving.In恤kingca肥ofournlind,wesllouldkeepitatpeace.Ix~eMseandpeaceofIniMa肥tllekeytoliviIlgafulfillingli允.
Wenlustbeincontrolofourbodyandnlind,andnotlettlleInllinderourabililytO甽oyli允.
>Tlleg爬a祀stadversaⅣisourowIlaf﹣flictionsandbadllabits.AttainInentisatllandifwecancleanseou1BelvesoftlleseinlpuIities.
>RecitingtlleBuddllalsnaIneispVctic-ingsingle-IniIldedness.Witllsingle-nlindedness,wewillbecapableof肥acllingtllePu肥Land.
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﹥Ifwelearn仞hgive,wewilldwelliIlPeaceofnlind
>WeInustbe•pen-nlindedtobeagoodstudentoftlleBuddM·
>Ifacultiva帕rcanbecoInple槌in也itll,vows,aIldnlindfulnessofAⅢi恤bM,thenllewill允rsu肥肥acllattainnlent.
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>Regamlessofwhatwedo,wesllouldnotgiveriSe加anger.
>WisdoInspringsf1uInPuIiIyofMiM.
>Ourlleartsnlustbelikcstillwa祀rina
Pond,onlythencanweI℃flecttlle飛acllingsp1opeIly.TlleBuddMisconstantly槌aclling,wecaIlIlothearitbecauseourIuindisnotstill.WesllouldsootlleoIIuiIldbyclearingitofscat虻IMtlloughts.
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﹥Truecultivationis肥citingAnIi↑abllaisnanleinnlodesty.
>DiligentlyI℃ci槌AIγlitabllaIsnanle,youⅢay肥stwllenyoulI℃ti爬d.Tlle肥isnop肥ssu爬.After肥sting,colltinueto肥﹦Ci槌.
﹥WesllouldnotⅣci忙tllesutI已ibrthe
sakeof肥citmgit.WeⅢustunderstandtllenleaning,putitintopVctice,aIldexperiencethetruth
>Howdowehlowwllenourcultivation
llasilnpIved7ItiswllenournlindllasbecoInepu肥r,nlo肥equan1Inous,andclea肥raboutli允.
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> CultivatioIlisnotsoInetllingunusual,itispartofoureveIydaylifeWlleIleverwe肥c○gn1zeandcor1℃ctourfaults,wea爬cultivating’
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>Wllata肥tlIeT℃acllings7Tlle吮acllingsa肥tlleProperWay.TlleP1DperWayistllepatllwefbllowwllicllisapartfIbⅢallcIookedaMdeviantVews.
■呂已已■田田■田呂趴■
>WisepeopledonotjustseeⅢa伽rsfIoⅢtllesur由ce,tlleycontenlplatetlleIntlloIbuglIlyandsee加tlletruth
>IIlBuddllisIYl,loveisbasedollwisdoI.TllisiscalledcoInpassion.
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/〃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〃
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Mppyli企『Howluc止ywea肥tobeableto
lleartlleg爬atT℃acMngs!TlleInostPI℃﹣ciousofallistoMveencounte肥dthedi﹣
肥ct,conlplete,andwond1busteacllin名softllePu肥LandScll叨l.
ThepeaceandllaPpinesswhichllas
fulfilledInyli允allsPIungfbrtllfIb川
pⅧcticingoftllePu肥LaIld吮acMngs.
EversinceI,CllinKung,beganstudyingtlleBuddhais吮acllings,notasingleday
passedbyinwllichIfbIgettllekindnesssllown加Ⅲebynlyteachers.Theonly
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n■呂巴已﹦田叨■罔呂旦
way℃exP爬ssⅢysiIlce爬gⅢtitudeisto
fullydedicateInytinlearldeIleIgyintosllaringtlleTMcllingswitllSocie{y.AsIen杞roldage,I允elaIluIgentIleedto
carIyoutIny爬spoIlsibilityofsolelyp1o﹣
ⅢotingandcultivatingtllePu爬Land
肥aclliIlgs.Tbday,Iwouldlike加sllaI℃
witlleveIyonetllesaIepeaceandllappi-
nessIllavegainedtllIouglItl1eTMcllingsiIltllissllortintIoductoIspeechTllesix
passagesbe】owa爬acoⅢPileⅢentofthe
InainpointssuⅢⅢarizedfIbIntheentiI℃
BuddllistT肥asuIy:
I.BuddllisIistllenlostpID-fbuIldandwllolesoIeeduca-
tioIldi肥c槌dbytheBuddha
加waIUsallpeople.
2.TllecontentinSlla坷aInun1
BuddMlsf•rty-n1neyearsof
teacllingsdescribesthetrue
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mceofli允andtlleⅢliverse.
LifH℃允rs加oIleself;universe
颱允rstoourlivingeIlⅥIon-
Iγlent.TheT℃acllingsdiI℃ctlyMatetoourownlivesand
surIundings.3.ThosewllopossessacoI-
pleteandpIPeruMerstand=
ingofli允andtheuniverseaI℃calledBuddllasorBod-
hisattvas.Tllosewllolacktlle
ⅢlderstandingaI℃naⅢely
‘worldlypeople,.
4.CultivatioIliscMIlgingtlle
waywetlliIlk,speak,andacttowaIUpeopleaIldIatters
fmnlaIlerIoneouswaytoapIoperway.
5.TlleguideliIlefbrcultiva=tionisunderstanding,pIperⅥews,andpurity.TrueuⅡ
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田■呂已已﹦田田■閂呂旦
derstandingiswitlloutdelu-siOIl,pIDpervieWisWitllOut
deviation,aIldpurityiswith-outdefileIent.Thiscanbe
achievedbypractici吆the
TllI℃e比arnin名sofselfdis﹣
cipline,concentIution,andWisdOI.
6.Tlle允uMationofculti﹣
ⅦtionaIldstudya肥tlleThIeBasicConditioIls.Wllen
in槌IuctingwitllPeoPle,ac﹣
coIUwitlltheSixHarnlon1es,andwllendealingwithsoci-
eI,pVcticetheSixPrinci-ples.rollowthelessonstaught
叮UniversalWorthyBodhi﹣sattvaanddedica征onels
IniIld灼eveIlastingpurity
andbIiglltIless.TllesecoV-
4斗
ple虻thepuIposeofthe
B叨ddllais庇acllings‧
】OfAγh】恤bhais『 M步
血咎旦皿4上』皿巨皿旦皿ingsta怔s,‘l∕l竹GIn/磴r
肋eβt∕【北加a3ZBac力mgH加肥l℃已〃1它-
仍/Pα丞ej肋α加C∕加s〃cbZZIT【UK毗把﹩
/妃α】七Wo毗/邶加加CD〃C滔/Ⅷa佑Z℃fIe伽$b
Ⅷe血〃αH〃α/肥叩化WOα〃比efⅣ匿何兀α
Ⅲ么圯ac巴.ⅧeSZ〃】a〃α的eI〃仞〃WαJ〃
叻加ec七ar刎αh喱力丘Ⅲhαa〃α』﹪Z』h
﹟1bZ毗/乓〃唧FHC℃Dft如gb多βIZα的6I℃Ⅷ〃
Z℃〃o﹝痂$刪ra1$b/Ⅶ加/ⅧI↓/DZZ儿了比戶fn$﹣
/陷fbα臼aⅡα肋6f滔】』/叨l圯〃OZ∕E巴/DFSO∕﹄
﹝北z,a〃m﹛/甌/旭〃Sbf匕叩化WOZJ〃βht尢叮
ⅢOfH刀rP互I】α互c℃Dft/Ⅷ肋zⅦ/囤’Ⅷ剛
WαⅡ〃比CαZ』f它α川aITαhαIT】夕化.Bi∕匾U/口fTel1/DZ【〃伽叨〃拓〃丘Z乃6r惶Ⅱ/Dα〃Z吧〃O
m/n$Z尢颶的巳/魅orl/mh】CuⅧes立Df﹟g
!﹛/OZZ〃〃Oh尢ffI』ha疋肋el1∕巴盈kaIIαeV匿Iy﹄
叨eⅡ/〃比腑∕坡h/a∕的e』Mr℃Y圯rP咖仍加
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n■呂已已﹦田田■徊罔呂
的e&伽/亡α’TllispassageoftlleSutra
clearlyI℃vealsthetruebeIlefitsof
BuddllaisTmclliIlgs.Mr.KuangSlliMei,oneofthenlost
mInousBuddhistscllolarsinChinasta祀d,
‘IfwewislltopIbpagatetlleBuddllals
T℃acllingsatthistiIneaIldage,itisneces﹣
saIytopIbIno槌tllePu爬LandSchool.Tb
pIDnlo祀Pu肥Land,weInustbringfbrtlIao『AYY】】tabⅢa,S『
.Ifpeoplewouldstudy毋ⅡαUⅡqersⅥⅡαlⅡ父
andputtlle妃acllingsoftllisSuhuinto
pIctice,tlleywillconletounderstandtlle肥alityofcauseallde仳ct.NatuⅧlly’the
purityoftlleirInindswouldbringaboutthellealthoftlleirbodies,andtheirenvi-
ronnlentwouldbefI℃efmInpollutions.
Hence,tllisperiodofcorruptionwouldsu肥lybeoverturnedandpeacewillfbl﹣lOW·,
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Tbdaylsworldisfilledwithexh℃nle
collfusion,andeveIyonewishes加1℃s加I℃
oIUer.Ibp肥venttlledisas槌rsupconl1ng
IigMbefb肥oureyes’weInustdiligently
andti肥lesslypersuadepeople帕beara
kindlleart,perfbrInkiIlddeeds,Speak
kindwoIUs,andoveVll,beadecentper=son.Weplantoacllievetlleabovegoals(TlleIburDecencies)tluuughunder=
staIldingt﹜lespi㎡bellinddi仳肥nttypes
of槌acllings(seeGuidelinesfbrSelectioIlαil切s又﹝ •
MenlbersoftllePu肥LandLearIlingCerl祀rsllouldwitlloutdoubt允llowtlle
teacllingsofPuriI,Equality,aIldUnder-
staIldiIlgandbedeternlined帕肥achtlle
PuI℃LandIllopethisnewmcilitywillbe
dedica槌d加tlleexclusivestudyaIldpⅧc﹣
ticeoftllePu爬LandT℃acllmgsiⅡtllis
gI℃atlandofAIneIica.
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Wesllouldfbllowtlle扣ots槌psof
呢acllerYinGuangandtrulybringour
ideals(SpecifiedintheInhbductionoftlle帕li允‧
Weshouldof跎np川vidediscussions
andlloldstudysessionswlle肥Buddlla
Reci恤tionwouldbepIHcticed.Buddlla
Rcci恤tionistlleInoste仳ctivcwaytopu﹣
rifyourrnind.Inthiswaywewouldbecultivatin名accoIUing仞wMtwelearn.
TheBuddllalsEducationisnotanes-
caPefIbInwondlypmbleIns;ins槌ad,
dedica槌dstudentsofthe吮acllingsun﹣
dertakethebasicI℃sponsibilitiesof肥s仞r﹣
ingomer加theworld,oveⅣon1ingtlle
pmblenlsinsocieIandllelpingtlledis-tI℃ssed.TllIougllirlnerpeace,wecanat﹣
•ainworldpeace.
Onlybyseeingtll<ouglltllesaIeeyesofunderstandingisitpossiblefbrus℃be
trulydiligentinourcultivationaM
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sp爬adingoftlleBuddllalsT℃achings.We
肥acll加waIdsMppiIlessoftllemInily,
stabili↑yofthesocie↑y,a爬spectednatioIl,
andallarnlon1ousworldapartfIDInsuf~允1ings‧IhoPetlleeverlastingliglltoftlle
BuddllaIsT℃acllingswillpenetrate加all
cornersoftlleworldassoonaspossible.,,
PI℃sentedby
TheElder吮acllerCllinKung
Oct•berI,I993
Dallas,T℃xasU·S·A.
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Ⅲ■呂已■■■5﹦旦
○nOfl忸ssa只
Tlleway帕woIldpeaceistllrougll
coIIonVewpoint·TbacllievecoIInonⅥewpoiIlt,weplan仞gatherthespiritand
ideasfIDnldiff℃肥nttypesteacllingsby
selectingpassagesfIoIhistoricalvoluIousbooksofexperienceandwis-
donl.Wellopethosewlloa爬iIlte肥stedin
ParticipatingintllistaslKwouldabidebythefbllowingguideliIles:
?』
『III
I.Selectsllort,easilyunder~
s帕odpassages,insteadof
lengtllyones.2.SelectneededaIldpracti=
cal忱acllings,andIlot
fancypllilosopllies.3.Selectpassageswhicll
WOuld:
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4·
◆忱Ilefitoneisown
nloIHlcoIlductand
cultivation.
◆bringllappinessin帕
tllemnlily.•inlpIoveourj•bPerfbr-nlancebyMating加tlle
pastca肥erexpenence
ofpeoplef1bnlallwalksofli允.
◆pIunlo槌s↑abilityofthe
socieI.•helptllenationprosper.
•llelpbIingaboutworldIace·
•closctllegapsbetweeIldi仳爬nt1囫ces,beliefS,andlinesofstudies.
AfterproperlycoIpiliIlg
andcategorizingthepas-
sagesiIltoonevolunle,
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c
<=
52
wesllouldh日nsla忱tlleⅢ
in加di仳肥ntlanguages
f◎r肥adersllipworld﹣
wide.OuridealgoalistointIoducetlleancientsI
wisdoⅢ加tllewor】dand
p川Ⅲo槌harnlony.
5.SelectmInous槌achings
fIbnlfb妮ignli怔IUtu爬.Iftllesecould忱distIib﹣
u槌dwoⅢdwide,thenwecanest曰blishconlⅢoIl
understandiIlg,llarnloh1~ousliviI吧,andsM爬d
prosperity.Thiswould
bringaboutanItuallysupportiveandMppywond·
Ⅷc乃ac﹠mgF㎡
αr焰呂川佃S施rH『ZGtJar之g
W;蟹;;二﹦籠籃鰍賢鯛毗尢r1,aI㎡Z℃力曰Ir】Iα【mZ/3加的α咒
s【ZIrbZZI兀加《gA伽.o〃e叻αZ〃αI‘血I它
】』∕加/o肋巳z,CH川r叫aITα/ZfHC加巴I1/加f
O的ez,叨〃〃Ofβc卮仁I/巴‧αre叻oZZ〃妞左它
O肋ezy﹝nⅧb【Z〃卹α〃加OfIa$巴〃aIIα〃G〃,
加e〃Is【Jα巴α/加的e血‧α〃﹝h豳及mg刮
↓l仍化甌/肋﹟g卯/αα叨e疝Oα〃α∕沱fZ
r瞪砟@r聊Ⅲ〃OfIe古O】ⅡI血α〃多aIIα﹜叻巳fI
c囫a∕敝《glⅥr卮丘允〃“OfZe叻O毗i〃Of
﹝加α』a$的e1容加M〃mⅥbf﹟g歹αo肋eH$b加
eyαyβC防mf】O〃eIr】畎颶﹟叻e的eIM㎡投睏mg
orC區Zk『﹟易丘UITf﹝血WTI加m/田ka〃αmⅢk筮/Ⅶ
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54
﹝血ll/TZ’o〃e叻α毗/ⅡαC囑a肥加1怛α陀的e
﹠J毗加互舍〃a〃I目A毗尢丘D』Tr﹠J【北加βr側J﹣
mzmn’】叻e肋eIYM/尬﹟g卯/﹄叻/〃釵化〃咖
叨e叻oα〃〃Of玖肥』㎡卵加O肋α血m/】fq圯F
肋OZ《g力m〃w酊T﹝尢Img肋OZ《g力m旦〃旭aI》
叨e蛐OZ毗f伽ITIα加妃O/C加∕f】m$加GI〃.
cbf】s忽I】叻/1f】幼咖加aAZZ』rZ2北a〃α
I邱旭fIZ/iZ/〃eaI溶eP匱〃〃OfIe加SZ叩占改/
加∕巳αZ〃Ⅷ血m’o〃e叻Oα〃s〃花巳/o〃e右
口f回C魷它ma庖a肋WaIIα〃e】/匿rZ咆旦S∕:O/Ie
叻Oα〃川加αof】e盆olⅥM肌蛐T巳£$aITα〃Or
的eDⅢm飢s㎡o肋ez$bO『zb/加kβ∕允r肋e
8Ⅲ/巳X丑〃m七$OfO肋eH,血z$允區α㎡Z叼α
o〃GsbO〃e功ozz〃刪o〃目兕〃旦s川α〃﹝血fre
刖ZαeV匿IynfIee伽as伽加Ⅲ婀㎡y互s.〃o〃e
CH〃αZ〃Ⅷ紀亙C℃DIt加﹟g加肋巳$c拓且c肋﹟g嗶
α〃e川s』ZI它mr紉叻肋e﹜l仞彪ITIAII它
刎j㎡……
H川啊g已加AI?Iim肋旦L‘MZimZ】hβJ
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APdIh迂0
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BuddllisInIsaIEducatioIl,/VraReligion-心╴
AccoIUingtotlleWebster,sDictioIl-
aⅣ,tlledefinitionof肥ligionisasfbllowS’
刎〃OI習互〃ZZα/乓)K,/琶〃】㎡正旭比絢1T/“a〃α
C巳七h1毋zmfTSC巳I】/硿I℃αOf】aS【』/圯rT】刎nIH/
Z旭mg/川}〃/匱Iy比比宏p【ZI恕αC【∕﹜l/T茄﹝左】b-
加〃‧”BuddhisⅢisIlotaMigionbecause,
first,tlleBuddhaisnota‘‘supernatuIulbeiIlgpower.,,TlleBuddllaissiIplyapersonwllohasI℃aclledCompleteUnder-
staIldingoftheI℃alityofli允aIldtlleuIli-verse.Li企1℃化rs加usanduIliverseI℃允rs
toourlivingenⅥ川nⅢent.TlIeBuddM
taughttMtallbeingspossesstllesaIeabilitywitllinto肥acllCompleteUnder﹣
stalldingoftlleIselvesandtlleirenVIun-川entandtofI℃etlleInselvesfIbInallsuf-
允ringsthusattaiIIiIlgutInostMppiness.
AllbeingscanbecoIeBuddllas,aIldall
﹃■
•>
58
Ilatu肥.TheBuddhaisⅡotaGod,buta
teacl1er,wlloteachesustllewayto肥sto肥
WisdoIaIldUnderstandingbyconquer-
ingtheg1℃ed,aIlgerandignoraIlcewhicllbliIldusattllepI℃seIltⅢoInent.Buddl1ais
aSallskritwordIneaniIlg,‘‘WisdoI,AwareIless/UMerstandiIlg.,,Wecalltllef•uIlderofBuddhisI,BuddllaSllakya-
IIli,the“OriginalTeacher.,,HelIasat-tainedCoIpleteUnderstandingandWis-doIoflifCandtheuIliverse.BuddllisIis
lliseducatioIl℃us;itisllisteachingtMt
sllinesthewaytoBuddllahood.
Second,BuddllisIisnotareligiorlbecause‘‘belief,,intlleBuddlla,steacllings
isnotblindbelief,blindfaithaIldfarfroIn
suPerstitioILBuddhaSMkyaIIlitaughtusnottoblindlybelievewllathetoldus,
hewaIItsustotIytlleteachillgsaIIdp川vetheIf•rourselves.TlleBuddMwantsus
tokIlownotⅢeI℃lybelieve.TheBuddlla,s
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teacllingsflowfIuIllisownexPerlenceofthewaytouIIders↑andthetrueI℃aliⅣof
li允andtheunⅣerse,andsllowusapatll
ofourowntoexpenencethetrutllfbr
ourselves.Tllisis川uclllikeagoodfriend
tellingusofllistriP加正uroPe,tllesiglltshellasseeIl,andtlleway帕gotlle肥加see
fbrourselves.TlleBuddMusesaperi℃ctly
scientificwayofsllowingus肥ali↑yinitstruebrI.
Third,BuddllisInisnotaI℃ligionbe﹣causeallthe‘‘ritesaIldcelebIUtions,,a肥
notceⅡteI℃donasupernatuIulbeing,but
ratlleroIltllePeoPleat怔IldingtheasseⅢ﹣blies.TheceIHnoniesandceleb川tioIlsiIl
BuddllisInallseIeaIleducationalpur-pose,aI℃ImnderoftlleBuddM,steachings
aIldeIlcouragenIeIlttoallstudentswllo
pIHcticetlleI·Ibrexanlple,theTllousand
BuddllasRepentanceCe肥InonyPI囫cticed
duringCllineseNewYearis加helptlle
participantscultivateahⅢγlb】elleartand
respectf◎rotllers.TllePointofall‘‘ceI℃﹣
川onies,,is加llelpotllersawakenf1uⅢdelusiollaIld1℃turIltoWisdoⅢandUIl﹣
derstandmg.
Finally,BuddllisⅢisllotaI℃ligioⅡbecausethe‘‘devotioIl,,usedinBuddhisⅢ
isIlotonebasedoIlenlotion,butoIlebasedoIlI℃asoIl.StudentsoftheBuddMa肥
dedicatcdtotheirpracticeofIaintaiIling
PurityofMiIldbecausetllisPracticebringstrueMppiIlessandtollelPingotllersand
societyat•aiIlconlpleteunderstandingandwisdo川.OmythroughcoInPleteuIlder﹣
staMingandwisdoⅢcanweI℃alizeour
trueselvesandlivingenVIonIent.Tlle
Buddlla,seducationistrulynotaI℃ligioIl
butaneducation,teacllingustllewayto
b肥aktllIougllignoranceandarriveata
perf亡ctunderstandingofourselvesand
eveIythinga1Dundus·
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OurgoalisTrueHappiness
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WMtISTakingRefUge?
TnkingRefugenleaIls加‘‘I℃turIlaM
肥ly.,,HOlYIwhe肥dowe1℃turnfIbⅧand
towllatdoweIdyupon?WllenwetalKe肥fugeintheBuddha,wea吒爬turning
fIuⅢourdeludedstateof㎡ndand肥ly﹣
inguponanAwakened,UnderstandirlgInindWllenwetake肥fugeinthe
DharⅢa,wea爬I℃turningfIoⅢdeviant
Ⅵcwsand1℃lyinguponpIbperⅥewsaIld
uMerstanding.Whenwetake肥fugein
theSanglla,wea肥爬turningf1unIpollu-
t1onanddisMrInonyand1℃lyingupon
PurityofMiMandtlleSixPIinciplesofHarInoIIy.TUking肥fu只eintlleTnPle
JewelsI℃s帕1℃stllecon1ple槌wisdoInandabilitiesofourSelf﹦Natu肥.Wewillattain
punⅣ,equali﹛y,honesty,con忱ntIγ1eIlt,
coⅢpassionandoveInll,trueh且ppiness.64
THEBUDDHAJEWEL
巖
么招Ⅲ尢加a”isaSanskritwoIUⅢean﹣
ing‘《AwaI℃nessaIldUnderstanding.,,
WhehwetakerefugeintlleBuddlla,wevowtoI℃turnfroⅢblilldfmthanddelu﹣
sioⅦandI℃lyuponUnderstandingaIId
Awa爬nessasawayoflifC.WeaI℃llot
肥lyingupoIltllestatuesorBuddM-
iIages,butratllerthespiritofunder-standingaIldawareIlesstheyrepI℃sent.
AsstudeIltsoftllePuI℃LandT℃acll﹣
ings,welearIlto肥lyuPonBuddllaAⅢi﹣tabha,slessonsonwisdoIandcoI-
passion.TheIlaIe‘‘AIitablla,,standsf•r
lnfiniteLiglltaIldInfiniteLi允.Wllenwe
f•llowllisteacllings,wewillattainw1s-
doI,MppinessaIldlongevi•y·
TllisistakingrefugeintheBuddM.
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66
THEDHARMAJEWEL
豳
‘D加IT〃a”ⅢeaIls‘‘RightUMer﹣
staMiIlgaIldViews.,,Delusionhas•b-structedusfluIseeingtlletruefaceof
PeoPleandtherealityIgel1iIldIattersaIld
o坷ects.Thisllascausedustolookatli允aMtlleuniverseinadistortedaMdeviant
way.W}lendelusioIlisclearedaMourIiIldsarepuretoanextellt,wegiverisetowisdoI.WitllwisdoI,weareablcto
seeallpeopleaIldIatterscoIpletelyand
clearly.Whenourlleartsa肥pⅢ℃,wecaI1
seethepast,pI℃sentandfuture.Only
wheIlwehaveclearlyseenthewholecaIl
ourviewpointalldullderstandillgbecon-
sideredIigllt.TheBuddha,sⅢiMispu肥without
t}lesliglltestpollutionandtheref•reseeseveIyt}lingclearlyaIldentiIdy.Wecanrelyupontllesutras,wllic}larethere-
coIUedteachingsoftheBuddha,because
tlleyspeakentiIdyofthetrutllstlleBud-
dllalIasseen.TheyteachaIdshowustlle
way加attaiIlPurityofMind,仞seeli允aIld
theunivcrseIostclearlyandbecoIejustliketheBuddMs
AsstudeIltsoftllePu爬LaIldT℃acll-
mgs,wcshouldI℃lyuPonthelivcSutras
andonecoIn川entaIyofthePu爬Landas
guidclinesofpIuctice:
I.TlleBuddMSpeaksoftheInfini托Li允
SutraofAdornIent,Purity,EqualityandEnligll祀nⅧentoftheMaMyanaScllool.
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5.TlleChap槌roIltheIbI℃ⅢostA仳ain﹣ⅢentofGI℃atStI℃ngtllBodhisattvatllI0uglIBuddlIaReci扭tion
6VasubandlluBodhisattva,sReportontlleWaybRcacl1iI>gthePuILand
Thisistaking肥fugeintlleDharⅦa.
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Iony.,,Tbday,sworldisfullofpollution;
pollutioIlofnlind,spirit,viewsandbody.
EveIltheeartllandatInospherea爬llaz﹣
aIdlypolluted.TlleBuddMtaught,‘‘Tlle
eIlⅥ川nⅢentcMIlgesaccordingtoourstateofnliIld,,WewoulddowelltoI℃﹣
turnfIDIallthesepollutantsaIldMy
uponAzz/ry㎡M伽M◎ritisthekeyto
savingourEarth
TheI℃isalsogreatdisMrIuonyirl
ourworldtoday,aInongspouses,fanlilies,frieIlds,societiesandcountrieswllichMs
broughtusIucllsuffMngaIldIanydis~asters’TheBuddllataughtustorelyupon
tlleSixPIiIlciplesofLiviIlgiIIHannoIlytoestablishllar川oniousIdatioIlsllipsbe﹣tweeIlothersaIldourselves.
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AsstudeIltsofthePuI℃Land飛ach﹣
ings,weI℃lyupoIlwisdoⅢandconlpas﹣
sionasourwayoftI℃at1ngotllersand
dealiIlgwitllaffairs.GⅣatStI℃ngtllBod﹣
hisattva肥pI℃sentswisdoⅢ.Hisclloice0f
thcBuddllaRcci佃tionⅢetllodofpⅢctice
iswisdonlinitslligllestf•rIn.GuanYinBoclhisattva肥p肥sentsc0Inpassion;wllen
wehelpintIbducethePu爬LandTeach﹣
iIlgstoothers,wea肥pIucticirlgtllecoⅢ﹣
passionofGuanYinBodllisattva.
ThisistakingrefugeintlleSangM.
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ChapterI: TheCause•f Our
Cllaotic World
Tbday,ss仞ietiesiIlTniwanandelsewlle爬
intlleworldaI℃ratllerabnorrnal,aphenoⅢenon
tllatllasnot忱enwitnessedbe巾肥eitllerintlle
WestortlIeEast·SorneWesternersMvepre-dictedtllattlleerldoftlleworldwilloccurin
I999andtMtCllristwillreturntoeartll允r
JudgenlentDay.EasternersMvealsop肥dicted
inlperldingdisasterstllataresiIilartothosepre-dictionsiIltlleWest,tlleonlydi仳rencebeingthe
tiInefranlewllicllissoInetwentyyearslater.
SonleoftlIeseareancientproPllecies,wllicllwe
sllouldnotplacetoonlucllirnportanceon·How-
ever’ifweVewourenvironIent•lqiectively’wewillrealizetMttllisworldisreallyindanger.
EnvironnlentalpollutionMsbeconleaser1-
ouspr•blenIandnowlInlankirIdhasfinallybe-
gurIt0understandtlleneedfbrprotectingourenviroIlnlent.However,tlleproblenlofVentalor
spiritualpollutionisnlanytinlesnloresenoustMntllatoftheerlⅥronInent‧ⅧisistllesouI℃e
ofworldlyillstllatnotIanypeoplerealize.T}le
CllineseMveasaying,‘‘Educationisnlostessen-
tial恤establishanation,trainitsleadersandits
people.力几rcerlturies,theCllinesellavealways
believedintllepr1Iacyofeducation,whicllis
consideredtllef•undationf•rapeacefu}and
prosperoussociety·Itprovidestllesolutiontoa
nlyriadofsocialillsandleadstllewaytocMng-
ingone’ssufferingintoMppiness·Educationhas
astronginlpactontllenationaMitspeople·
MoI℃over,elenlentaIysclloo】isthefbuMatiorl,
tllebasicbuildingblockinaneducationalsystenl.
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BuddllisnlofficiallycanletoCllinain67
AD.ⅥleEnlperorMdsentspecialenv。ystoIrldia
toinviteBuddllistⅢonkstocoⅢetoCMna仞
teacllBuddllisnl’wllicllintMtperiod,was肥﹣
gaIUedasaneducationa!systenl,andnotasa肥﹣
ligion.RegI℃tfully’abouttwolluIldredyearsago,
tllepracticeofBuddllisrnlladtakerloIlaⅢo肥肥﹣
ligiousfacade.Ⅶe肥f◎re,thepurposeoftllistalk
istocorr℃cttMsⅧisunderstaMirlg,byleadingus
backtotlleoriginalfbrnlofBuddhisnlastaught
byBuddMSlla坷aⅢuni.
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TheGoaloftlIeBuddlla,sTeaching
BuddllisInisBuddMSlIabaIuni’seduca=
tionalsysteIn,wllichissinli>artotllatofConfu-
ciusfbrbotllp爬sentedsiⅢilarviewpointsand
Ietllods·VegoalofBuddllisteducationisto
attainwisdoIn.InSanskrit,tllelanguageofan-
cierltIndia,tlleBuddllistwisdo川wascalled
‘‘Anuttara-saIyak-sanlbllodi,,Ieaningtlleper-fectultiIatewisdorn·VeBuddllataugMusthat
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tlleInain•biectiveofourpracticeorcultivationwastoacllievetllisultiIatewisdoV·Hefurtller
tauglltustllateveIyonehastllePotentialto肥al﹣
izethisstateofultiIatewisdonl,asitisanin-
trinsicpartofournature,notsoIetllingone•b-
tainsexternally·However,Iostofusllavebe-
coIneconfusedtllroughgeneralnlisconceptions
andtllerefbre,arenotabletorealizetllispoten-
tial.TYleref•re,ifwebreaktllrouglltllisconfu=
sion,wewillrealizetllisin•rinsicpartofourna-
ture‧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
deperldsontlledegreeofdelusionandllasnotlI-
irlgtodowitlltlletruenatⅢ℃oftlleindividual.
TheBuddlla,steacMngllelpsustorealizetMtin-
nate,Perf亡ct,ultiInatewisdonl‧Witllwisdonl,we
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cantllensolveallourPmbleⅧsandturnsu仳r﹣
ingintollappiness.Duetoourlackofwisdonl’
we陴rceive,Ⅵewand忱llavefbolisMy,aMtllus
su仳rtheconsequencesevokedbyourincorrect
actions·Ifwellavewisdonl,ourtllougllts,view-
points,andbellaviorwillbecorrect;howtllen
canwesuffCrwllentlle爬arenoillconsequences
tosuff匕rfroIn?Ofcourse,wewillbellappy‧
FroIllere’wecanseetMtsufferingiscausedby
delusionandtllesouI℃eofllappinessisourown
realizationofwisdonl·
TlleCoreoftheBuddllaisTeaclling
TYleBuddllaIsteacllingcontainstllreeIn匈or
points:discipline,IeditationandwisdoI.Wis-
donlistllegoalanddeepIneditationorconcen-
trationistllecrucialprocesstowardacllieving
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anizationinCllina
BuddllisteducationisbasedonfilialPi≦ty,asistlleCllineseculture.Priortotlleintr呱uc﹣
tionofBuddllisnltoCllina,filialpietywastlle
pillarofsocietyandwassupportedbythewiseInenofancientCllina·WhenBuddllistrnonks
froVIndiacanletoCMnaandstartedtodiscuss
Buddllisn1withgovernnleIltofficials,itwasiI-
IediatelyapparenttoeveIonetMtBuddMsnl
slIarednunleroussirni>aritieswithtlleirldigenous
Confuciarltraditions.Consequently,tllegovern-
IentenlbracedtlleIandrequestedthattlle
InonksstayinChinapernlanently.
T}lefirsttwonlonks,wllocaInetoCllina,
MotonandCllu炮rlan,werereceivedbytlle
IlHong-Lu-Si,,wllichisequivalenttoourpresent
IbreignMinistIyorStateDepartInent·ISillwas
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designatedasaⅢinistIyoftllegovernⅢent.刊e
ClliefofHong﹣Lu﹣Siisequivalenttoaf◎肥ign
nlinisterorSecreta1yofState.However,Hong-
Lu=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,IlIanagedbytllePrinIeMinis-
ter,wasinclIaIgeoftlletraditionalConfucian
educationalsystenl.TllisoIganizationservedtlle
sanlefurlctionuntiltheearlyI9OO,s.AstlleEnl-
perorMdgivenerlorIoussupporttotlle‘‘Bai-
Ma-Si,,,BuddMsteducationrapidlyspread
tllroughoutCllina.Irlnlanyinstances,itlladevenfarexceededtlleeff•rtstoeducatepeopletllan
tlletraditionaleducationsystenlof‘‘Li-Bu.,,
Consequently,tllerenIaynotllavebeenaConfu-
cian0rManfuciansclloolineveIvillage,but
tllerewasa‘‘Si,,eve1ywhere.Again,tlleBuddllist
‘‘Si,,,ortenlple,usedtobeaneducationalinstitu-
tionanddidnotper允rrnreligiouscerelnoniesat
all,unlikewllatoftentakesp!aceirlconteIpo-
raIyteIplesnowadays.
AnotllerinlportantnlissionfbrtlIeorigina>‘‘Si,,wassutratranslation.T}lescaleoftlle
translationeffbrtisllardtoinlaginetoday.Dur-
ingtheseventllcentuIy,thefarnousVonkXuan-
TsuanglladsupeIisedsixllundIMscllolarsin
sutratranslation.Priortothis,anlonknaVed
Kunlar匈aMdatranslatiorlteaⅧofaboutfbur
llundredscllo>ars.Tllerefbre,tlle‘‘Si,,wasalaIBe
governInentalo喀anization.Unfbrtunately,itwas
conlpletelytransfbrnledintoaplacetodealwitll
superstitionaMspiritsarouMtwollundredyears
ago.Itseducationalcllaracteristicstotallydisap-
peared,whicllwastrulyregretful.
TllePourCurrentTypesofBuddMsIn
Tbday,therearef◎urtypesofBuddllisⅦ
beingpracticed.Pirst,tlle爬istllereligiousBud﹣
dhisnl,wllichcanbewitnessedinteInplestllrouglloutViwan.However,thisdoesIlotrep-
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resenttllerealBuddllisnl.Second,thereistlIe
acadernicBuddlIisnlbeingtauglltinInanyuni-
versitiestoday,WllereweseeBuddllisIbeing
treatedPurelyasPllilosophy,anacadeInicpur-
suit’especiallyinJapan·TYlisisnotexactlyBud-
dllalseducationeitller.TMrd,and•henlostun-
fbrtunateofall,isthetotaldegenerationofBud-
dllisInintoacult.IYlistllirdtyPeofBuddllisIis
nluchnlo爬danlagingtotllepublictMntllefirst
twotypes.Finally,thereistlletraditiona>Bud-
dllisntheteacllingsofBuddMShabaInuniinits
truesence,wllicllisveIrareinourdayand
age
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CMpter3:TheAutllorIsOwnExperiencewithBUddhisⅢ
WllenIwasayoungstudentinNanjing’I
didnotbelieveinarlyreligion.Iwenttocllurcll
witl1sonleclassnlatestolearnaboutCllristianity.
AltllougllItriedtounderstarldit,Icouldnotfindawayt0acceptit.MyfavoritereligionattlIat
t1IewasIsla1nbecauseitseInpllasiswason
nloralprinciplesarldethics,andIthougllttMt
tlliswasrareanlorlgreligions.WllenIencoun-
teredBuddllisnlbacktllen,tllenIonkswereno•
veIyconvincing.Veref•re,IcouldnotacceptBuddllisnleitheranditwastlIeoneIresisted恤e
nlost.Iwastooyourlgatt}lattinIeandlladnot
nletatruepractitioner.
AfterIarrivedinTaiwaIl,IlleardofProfes=
sorDong-MeiFang,wlIowastllenafaIousplli=
losoPlleraMapro允ssorattlleNationalTaiwan
University’HavingbecoIeanadIirerofllis,I
wrotehirnaletteraskirlgabouttakingaclass
fronlllinlattheuniversity‧Pro企ssorPangwas
onlyinllisfbrtiesattllattilVe.Heirlvitednleto
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llisllouseandtoldnle,‘‘Nowaαaysinscllool,
pro允ssorsdonotactlikeprofessors,andstudents
donotactlikestudentseitlIer.IfyoucoInetotlle
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
rnewasfascinatingandsoonIrealizedtllatBud-
dllisrncontainedsonletllingrnagnificent.Istarted
tovisittheternplesinTaipei·However,tlle
nlonksIInetintllosetenlplesjustcouldnot
clearlyexplainBuddllisrntoanintellectualskep-
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ticlikeIe.However,tllenlonksareIucllbetter
inteacllingBuddlIisVtoday.TYlenIsetIyfirst
siglltonShan﹣Dao﹣Si’wllicllwasala喀etelnple
inTaipeiwitllavastcollectionofsutras.During
tMtperiodoftiIne,tllewidepublicationandcir=culationofBuddllistbookswasveIyrar巳T﹜le
nlonksatSllan-Dao=SiwereextreInelykindtonle
astlleyallowedInetoborrowInanyofthepre-
ciousarldraresutras.Thiswasagreatllelptonle·
SoonafterIstartedtolearnBuddllisInserl-
ously,IwasfbrtunatetoIeetMasterZllangJia.Hewasawell-accon1plislledEsoter1cpractitioner
wllotauglltandguidednleinIystudyandprac-
tice.JustlikeMr.Fang,hetauglltnletwollours
everyweekfbrtl1reeyearsuntilhepassedaway.
ItlIenwenttoTaizllongtofbllowMr.Bing=Nan
I£eandstartedstudyingandpracticingwitllhiIn.
Buddllisnlisaspecialkindofknowledge;it
isrlotareligion.Inordertoderivetruebenefit
fron1it,weMvetounderstandit,struenature.I
Mvetlleutnlostrespectf•rBuddllisnlandIbe-
lieveBuddllaSM坷anlunitobethefbrenlostedu﹣
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Chapter4:TlleMethodo】。gyand
SynlbolisIoftheBuddllistEducationalSysteⅢ
TheContinuingEducationSystenlforTeacllers
TYlecontinuingeducatiorlsystenlfbrteacll-
erswasfirstestablislledbyBuddhaSMkyaInuni.
ManyofllisstudentswerewellaccoIplislledun-
derllisinstruct1on.EveIyyear,tllesestudents
wereassigrledtoteacllatdiffereIltplacesfbrninenlontlls.InIrldia,therainyseasonrunsfroⅧ
nIid-Apriltonli叫uly‧SinceitwasincoIlvenierlt
totravelandteachduringthosethreeIontlls,allthestudentswouldcoIebacktonleetwitlltlle
BuddllatoreceiveadditionalteacMngsandtolearnfroIneachotllerinclassdiscussions.TYlis
wascalledtllesurnnlerretreatanditparallels
wMtiscurrentlyknownascontinuingeducation
fbrteachers.Venloderncontinuingeducational
systenlisnecessitatedbytlleadvanceIentin
techn0l•gy.However,twenty-fivelluMredyears
ago,Buddllalladalreadyadoptedtllisideain
bringingllisstuderltsbackfbradditionalteacll-
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TheArtfulBuddllistTeaclling
BMdllistteacllingisfullofartisticexp肥s﹣
sions.Itwasoriginallyarleducation,wllicllcorn-
birledwMtwasequivalenttotoday,snluseurn
andsclloolsysteIn.TYleref•re,tlle‘‘Si,,coInbined
thetraditionalscllool,libraryandnIseIn.In
ancientCllirla,tlletraditionalsclloolsysteInwasnotuniversal.Moststudentswenttoa‘‘Si,,to
studybecauseitusuallylladacoIpletecollection
ofbooks,sinlilartotodaylslibraI.Vecollec-
tionsincludednotonlysutras,butalsoal川ost
everykindofpublication.Venlonkswerefa-
rniliarwitllBuddhisV,ConfuciaIlisIn,THoisIand
ancientCMrlesetexts.Tlleywerecapableofan=
swer1ngquestionsandwerewellversedonvari-
oussulqjects.Consequently’Buddllistinstitutions
begantotakeovertlleeducationalnlissionfbrClIina.
TypicalBuddllistbuildingsareexpressions
ofart,wllicllarecalled‘‘ExpressionsofBud-
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uesdonotrepresentpolytlleisI,theworsllipofⅢoretllanonegod.EacllstatueseⅣestoinspi爬
wisdonlandawakeningineacllofus.TYleyalso
representcertainaspectsofBuddllisnl,whicllre-nliIldpractitionersoftheparticulartopicofteaclling.肋rexanlple,GuanYinBodllisattva,the
nlostpopularBodllisattvainChina,represents
IIlfiniteCoIpassion·Wllenweseethisstatue,i•renlindsustoapplyconlpassionwhendealing
withtlleworld,itspeopleandsurroundings·
However,peoplenowadaysworsllipGuanYinBodllisattvaasagodandprayfbrtllereliefof
su仳ringandt0eliⅢiIlateobstacles’Thisisasu﹣
perstitiousviewandInisconceptionbecausepeo-
plef◎Igettllefacttllattllestatuesa肥expressions
ofconceptsinBuddllisIn.Buddllistarcllitectureisalsoanartisticex-
pression,witlltlleteIpleIsInaincultivatiorlllall
beingsinlilartoalaIgen1eetingorteacllinghall·Pronltlleexterior,itappearstollavetwostories,
butthereisonlyonestoIyiIlside·TYleexternal
twostonesrepresent‘‘absolutetruth,,ortlletrue
realityoflifbandtlleuniverse,and‘‘relative
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trutll,,orworldlyviewsstillcloudedwitlldelu-
sion.VeinteriorsinglestoIyillustratestMtbotll
aretllesaInetruthTbtlledeluded,tlletwoap-
peardistinctanddiffCrent;llowever,totheen-
liglltened,theyareoneandthesaIe.
Intllecenterofthenlairlcu>tivationlla>l,tllerearethreestatues,oneBuddhaandtwoBod-
llisattvas.BuddMrepresentstlletruenatureof
tlIeuniverseandlluIanlife,wlIiclliscalled‘‘Buddllanature,,ortruenlind·‘‘BuddM,,is
translatedfronlSanskrit,andnleanssoIneone
wlloistotallyenligllterled.TlleBuddllastatue
representsouroriginalenliglltenInentandthe
Bodllisattvasstatuesrepresenttlleapplicationof
ouroriginalerllightenedrnind.Alltllerepresen-
tahonsaMapplicationsa肥infiniteandcanbe
classifiedintotwocategor1es:wisdonlaIldprac=
tice.Porexanlple,tllePureLandsclloo>paysre-
specttotlleBuddllaandtwoBodlIisattvasoftlle
WesternParadise.AIitabllaBuddM(Infinite
LifbandInfiniteLigM)representstlleinfiniteen-
liglltenrnenttMtisanintriIlsicpartofournature.
BodllisattvasGuanYin(Avalokitesllvara)andDa
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SlliZlli(GreatStrength/MaMstllaIaprapta)re-
spectivelyportraycornpassionwitllkindnessandgreatwisdoI.Wesllou>dbecoIpassionateandkindtowardallbeings.Ourtlloughts,viewsandbehaviorshouldberationalrathertMneIo-
tional,fbreInotionalbellaviorspellstrouble.
Veref•re,wesllouldnottreattlleBuddhaand
Bodllisattvasasgods·Butwilltlleyllelpus?Yes,
tlleywillbyprovidinguswitlltlleknowledgeofllowtoprotectourselvesfronldelusion,thereby
obtainingreleasefronlsuffering.Oncewellave
learnedthebackgroundoftheartisticcoIpo-
nentsinBuddllistarcllitecture,nlusicandstatues,
wewillgainanenriclledexper1encewllenpay-
ingavisittoatraditionalBuddllistteInple.
However,nowadaysnlanypeopledonot
understandtlleIeaningandteachingsofBud-
dllisnl.TlleyIistakethenlulti-representationsof
Bodllisattvasasasignofpolytlleisnl·WMtpeo-
plefailtounderstandistllefacttllattlIestatuesin
BuddllisnlareteacllingaidsaMnotstatuesof
gods.AllBuddllasandBodhisattvasrepresentournatureandcultivationofvirtue.WeMveinfinite
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→00■I■‧Ip◇『白╴﹣l0∣↓0P!◇﹢■
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capabilitieswitMnourtruenatu爬tllatcannot比
expressedbyjustonesingleterIn.Veref•re,we
MvenⅢltiplerep爬sentations;fbrinstance,aca﹣
pablepersontodayInayhaveIanytitlesorl
llis/herbusinesscardstoshowllis/llerpositions
andaccoIplisllInents·TYleBuddllaandBodlli-
sattvasa爬actually肥presentationsoftllenature
witllinourse>ves:Buddha,asinourtruenatureof
nlind,andtheBodllisattvas,inourvirtueofculti=
vation.Weallpossesstllesequalities.Notuntil
weconleto肥alizetlleⅢeaningofBuddllistsyⅢ﹣
bolisnl,willweappreciatetllesopllisticatioIland
cornpletenessofitseducation·
Typical‘‘Si’’buildingsareVretoday.The
firstllallofaαSi,,isthehallofHeavenlyGuardi﹣
ans,alsoknownasDllarnlaProtectors.Situated
intllecenteroftlleMll,fncingtllefrontdoor,is
MiIβPuSa﹙MaitreyaBodllisattva)whoisrep﹣
resentedbytlleiVageoftllellistoricalnlonkBu-
Dai.MikPuSallasabigsnliletllatconveystlle
ideatllatinordertotrulylearnBuddllisI,onesllouldlearntobeclleerfulandcourteoustoall.
HealsollasallugebellytllatrePresentsfairness,
位
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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,whicllnleanstllatallofusareresponsi-
blefbrourselves,ourfaIily,societyandtlle
countIasawhole.Ifeacllofusperfbrnlsour
dutieswell,fulfillingourobligations,wesupporteachot}leraIldourselvesasweI.TYleSoutllern
DMrIaProtector(holdingasword)syVbolizes
pr。gressarldteacllesusdiligence‧Hee川pllasizes
tlleinlportanceofconstantlycultivatingandad-
vancingourvirtue,wisdornandknowle叱e’and
toinlproveperfbrrnanceinourse>vesandourdu-
ties.TllisissinlilartoConfucianideasofdaily
self-iInproveInent.
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TYleWesternDllarInaPIDtector(lloldinga
dragonorsIlake)synlbolizesconIprehensivevi-
sionandknowledgegaiIledthrougllexposureto
tlleworld.Herepresentstlleneedtoopenour
eyesto○bservenatu肥aMnlan,torefinewllat
weseeandlearn,aMtodistinguisllgoodfroIill·
VeNortllernDMrIaProtector(ho>dinganIn-
brella)syVbolizescolrlprellensivestudyand
learning.Botllteacllwaysofpracticeandllowto
acllievethegoalsinresPorlsibili•yfulfillVentand
self-inlprovenlent·AstlleaIIcientCllinesellavesaid:“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
P‘I/p
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inlportanceofbeingenligMenedinsteadofde-
luded,virtuousiIIsteadofdeviated,pu肥instead
ofpolluted.Ⅶesea爬tlletllreeprinciplesof
Buddllistteacllingandpractice·
MethodsofPracticingBuddhisⅢ
ThewaysinpracticingBuddllisInarenu-
nlerous,abouteigMy-f•urthousand.Eachpatllis
differentfroItlleothersbutultiIatelyleadsto
tllesanlegoals:enliglltenVent,propertlIougllts
andviewpoints,andpurity.Assucll,allpatllsare
equalwithoutonebeingsuperiortotheotller.
Peoplellavedifferentabilitiesandlevelsofac=
coVplishInerlt.Purtllernlore,theyarefronldif-
fCrentenvironnlentsandshouldchooseapatll
nlostsuitedtotheIselves.Wecancllooseany
oneofthetll肥egoalstoconcentrateourpractice
on.Wllenweacllieveanyoneoftllen1,tlleotller
twowil>conlenaturally.
TllerearetensclloolsofpracticeinCllinese
BuddllisnI.Zenst【℃ssestllepursuitoftlleperf﹄ct
clearIindorenliglltenInent·VePureIandand
TibetanBuddllisnlorV匈rayanasclloolstress◎b﹣
95
呂6■■田6舀已出臣圖盼昭田■呂已巴呂田
tairlingtllepurenlind·Otllerschoolsconcentrate
tlleirpracticeonpropertllougMsandviewpoints。
Regardlessofwllichnletll恤orschoolone
chooses,tlleyallleadtothesaIeoutcorne·In
otherwoMs,oncewebeconleanexpertinone
nlethod,wewillbeconleanexpertinallIetllods.
T}lepuIityoftheworldconlesfroInanindi=
vidual,sinnerpurity.WitllapureVind,aIind
withoutdiscriIinationorattachIent’ahigllerlevelofwisdonlarisesinwllichtllewor>daround
usnaturallycoIesintollarInony.Byreciting•lle
Buddlla,snarne,Ineditating,recitingsutInsor
nlantras,aMpracticinginaccor血ncewitllBud﹣
dlla,steaching,onewil>attainenliglltennlent,
propertllougMsandviewpoints,aMpuIi•yof
InirldthusbecoIingvoidofalldeludedtlIougllts.
Ontlleotherlland,oneistotallontlle
wrongpatllifonecMntsBuddlla,snaIneintllellopeofgainingaproIotionorwealtll·Vatis
religionaIldsuperstitiorl,anditgoesagainsttlle
teachingofSllakyanIniBuddlla·96
HowBuddhistTcrⅢinol吆yIllustratethaBuddhisⅢisanE己UCa↑ion
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>icUniversityandtauglltintlleThonlasMonasteryf•ronesenlester.Itold
nlystudents,wllowereInainlyPriestsandnurls,
totakerefugeintheBuddllaandtolearnBud-
dllisnlwell.TYle肥isabsolutelynoconflictbe﹣
tweerlBuddllisnlandreligion’f•roneisteacller-
studentandtlleotllerfatller~son.Iftllepriests
andnurlsweretopracticeBudαllisnlandinturn
abandontlleirownreligion’IbelievetMteven
Buddhawouldnotacceptthenl,f•ritisagainstlluInanetlIicstodiscardtllepa爬ntf○rtlle
teacller.Therefbre,肥ligiousfbllowerswil】bene﹣
fitiftheypracticeBuddMsI·Aswepractice,we
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willattaintlletruewisdoVtoknowexactlyWllatHeavenislikearldwillbeabletodecidewllen
aMlIowwewanttogotllere.TYlus,BuddllisVis
awayofteacllingasitteacl1esusllowtoregainourtruewisdoIYl.
Whenanlorlkiscal>ed‘‘He-SMng,,,lleis
equivalenttotllep㎡ncipalintoday,ssclIool,f◎r
heistlledirectorofeducatiorlalstrategies·All
otllerfacultyVenlbersareteacllerswlloexecute
tlleprincipal’seduca•iona>strategiesandactas
rolenIodelsf•rthestuden•s,beMvioraMspeech
Mylateteacller,ProfessorMngconstantlyassured
IetllatBuddllisIisaneducation.LaterinIy
studiesoftllesutras,IreaffirnledllisstateIent
tMtBuddlIisIistllepinnacleoftheworld,swis-
doI.ItprovidestllegreatesteIU•yIentfbrllu-
Iankind.Illaveexperierlcedtlleunsurpassable
j•yofbeingfreefroIaff>ictions’delusionsaM
wandering•lloughts.MybodyandInindare
cleanandpure,totallyatease.IaItlleMPPiest
personintlIeworld.Ⅷerefbre,I化elindebtedto
Pro化ssorFang,fbrwithoutllinl,IwouldnotMve
learnedBuddhisInorwou>dlllavesucllcoI-
pletehappinessderivedfronlpracticingBuddlla,s
teaclling.
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Chap•errive:TheIntCgrati•n•fConfucianisInandBuddllisⅢ
BuddMsnlsuccessfuⅡynle喀edintoCllinese
culture;theybecaIeinseParable.Tllebasiccon-
cepttMttheysllareistogiveupone,sowrlinter-est扣rtllesakeofothers.ConfucianisⅢandBud﹣
dllisnladvocatetheenMnceIentandglorifica-
tionoffilialpiety,tlle爬spectanddevotionofan
individualfbrtlleirpa肥ntsandteachers‧Hlial
pietyisanUjoreleIentinaccoIplisllingworld
吸ace‧
Whatiseducation?ItistlleIeaningand
thevalueoflluⅢanli允,tllerelationsl1ipsbe﹣
tweenlluIanbeirlgsaswellastllosebetween
lluⅧansandtlleuniverse’Co㎡ucianteaclling
encoIpassestllreenlainPoints.Hrst,itisiV-
portanttounderstandtllerelatiorlsllipbetween
lIunlans,oncetllisisurlderstoodwewilllearnto
lovepeople·Second,itisiIportanttounderstand
therelationsllipbetweenllunlansandheaven,
oncetllisisuMerstoodwewilllearnto肥sPect
lleavenlybeingsandspi㎡ts.Ⅷird,itisiⅢportant
tounderstandtherelationsMpbetweenlluIans
andtlleeIlvironnlent,oncetllisisIlderstoodwewilllearntotakeca肥oftlleenvironnlentandto
appreciateeveIysingletMngarouMus.TTlere
aref•urstudieswi•hirlConfucianteacllihgs:vir-
tue,speecll,ski>lsfbrearninga>ivingandthe
arts.Tlleteacllirlgofvirtueistlleco肥ofConfu﹣
cianis川;itisabsolutelycrucia!,fbrwithoutⅢo﹣
ralityandproperconductwebecoIeselfislland
concernedonlywitllourselvesattlleexpenseof
society.Sucllbellaviorcanresultinworldchaos.
Tbday,oureducationMs>osttMteIpMsis·
Sclloolsonlyteacllskillstllataresuperficialandnottllerootofeducation.Wherltllerootisrot-
ten,itsllakesthefbunda•ionofsocieIandcauses
tllecMosthatweareexperiencingtoday.Ele-
IentaIyschoolsareliketherootofeducatiorl:
juniorhighs,Mgllscllools,andcollegesaretlle
flowersandleaves.T℃acllerscanstartteaclling
filialpietytoourchildrenasearlyaspossiMe.
BylookingattllewayCMnesecharacters
we肥created,wecanⅥotbutadnlireourances﹣
tor,slliglIlevelofwisdorn.WetllaIlktlleIfbr
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MvinggivenussoIethingtMtissovalMbIeand
exquisite.TYleCllineseclIaracter‘‘piety,,enI-
bracesthespiritofBuddllisnlaMthefbundationofeducationasitisacoInbinationoftllecMrac-
tersfbr‘‘old,,aM‘‘son·,,Nowadays,peopletalk
abouttllegenerationgapbetweenparentsarld
cllildren,wllicllissonletllingtraditiorlalfanlilies
didnotllave.IntlleChinesetradition,notonly
arefatllerarldsononeunit;grandmtllersarld
grandsons,etc.area!>par•oftllesaVecont1n-uuIn.TYlisisauniqueconcept.Westernersoften
askwllyChinesepeoplepayrespecttoancestors
sincewebarelykIlowtlIenl.IereIenlbranceofourancestorsistllef•undationofConfucianisnl
andBuddllisI,wllicllistllesourceofllarrnonyin
societyandpeaceintlleworM.
TbdayeveIonelongsfbrworldpeace,but
weneedtostartfIoIntllef•uMationoffilialpiety
toobtainit.Buddhisnlenlpllasizesunconditional
conlpassionfbrallsentientbeingsintl1euniverse
andbeyond;intllepast,presentandfuture.Thecont1nuunloftiIneaMsPaceisinseParablefroⅢ
oneself,fbrWeAreAllOneEntity·0nedoes
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notfindtllisextensiveconceptinreligion.‘‘Tllus
CoIeOrle,,,oneoftlletennanlesfbrBuddlM,standsfbranenliglltenedbeing,whicMsourba-
sicnature,andalsotlleessenceoftlleuniverse
andllunlaMifeTllisconceptiseVbodiedbytheCllinesecllaracter‘‘piety,,andtllerlanleofAnli-tabllaBuddllaintllePureLandscllool.Tlle
nanlesⅢaybedi仳rentbuttllerneaningsaretlle
san1e:unconditionallovefbrallbeingstMtsur-passesspaceandtinle.
ThcPivcHumanRelationsMps
Confucianteachingsarebasedonfivellu-
川anrelationsllipsthatarefbundedonⅢoral
principles·TllefivelluIanre>ationsllipsirlclude
tllosebetweenllusbaM∕wi允,parent∕clIild,sib﹣
lings,frieMs,andpo>iticalleadersandtllepublic.Husband∕wi化representstllesrnaⅡestandthe
nlostintiInatecircleoflluIanrelationsllips.OutsidetllesnlallcircleistlIeextendedfaVily,whicllincludestherelationsllipsbetweerlfatller
anclsonandtlIoseaIongtllesiMings.OutsidetllefaIilytllereissocietywhiclIincludesaddi=
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tionalrelationsllipsbetweerltlleindividualandhisleaderandcirclesoffriends.Wenowoften
talkabouttlleneedtounitepeople.Inancien•
tiInes,theCllineselladnousef•rtlleword‘‘unite,,,f•rthefivehuIanrelationshipsdefinetlleunionofaIpeople.EveIoneonthisearthis
ourbrotller.Eacllisresponsiblefbrtlleotller;
parentsbeirlgcoInPassionate,sonsarlddaughtersbeingfilialtotlleirParents,siblingsandfriendsbeingrespectfultoeaclIotller.IntMsway,thecounhyanditspe0pleareah℃adyaperf匕ctun﹣
ion.TYlerelationsllipsbetweenpeoplealsodefine
resporlsibilitiesfroVonetotlleotller·EveIyonellasllisowndutyandresponsibilitytofulfill.
ThePracticeofConfucianismandB皿ddMsm
HuⅧanbeingsdi仳rfroⅢaninlalsbyad﹣
heringtohunlan爬latioIlshipsandbasicⅧoral
principles.VepracticeofConfucianisnlisbasedonllavingsincereaMproPertllougMs,correctbeMvior,awel!﹣o吆anizedfanlilyandcounhy,
andpeacef•rall.TMsisidenticaltotlleviews•fBudαllisnl,wllicllalsoeⅢpllasizeSpracticingarld
learning.ItallstartsfIonlgeneratingtlleBoddlli-
cittaInind.‘‘Bodhi,,isaSanskritwordnleaning
enliglltennlent.EnliglltenIentInearlsan“awak-
ened,,Virld·ItissinlilartotllesinceretllougMandproperrnirldadvocatedbyConfucianisI.A
CllinesegovernVentofficialdefinedsincerity
veIywell·Henotedthat‘‘SincerityIeansllavirlg
nosingletllougM.,,TYlerewillbenosincerityas
longastllerearecorruptedtllougMs,waMeringthoughts,oreventlleriseofasingletllougM.Hisde伽itionisidenticaltotllatofBuddllisⅢ.The
SixthPatriarcllHui-Nengoncesaid‘‘…(tllepure
Iind)contairlsnothingtllerefbrecollectsno
dust,,.However,peopleingerleralMvealotofwanderingtllougllts.Howcanoneberidofthese
wanderingtllougllts?TlleConfucianansweris
‘‘…tofiglltagainstuprisirlgdesi肥sarldacllieve
wisdo川.,,Tllispracticewasstressedintlleele﹣
nlentaIyschooloftlleConfuciansyste川.Buddlla
said,severinga>ldesiresistostopallwornesandtroub>es.
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TlleConfucianElenlentarySclloolSystcIn
Intllepast,tlleChineseeleIneIltaIysclloolstudentswerewelMrainedtoguardagainsttlle
uprisingofdesires.SclloolseIphasizedtraininginstudent,sconcentrationandwisdo川‧Students
startedsclloolattlleageofseven·Tlleystayed
witlltlleirteachersandonlywentllonleduring
llolidays.TYleywe肥taugMtllecor【℃ctwayto
interactwitlleveIyαaylifCandtlleproperInan﹣
nertoattendtotlleirteacllersandelderscllool-
nlates.TMswascalledtlleeducationofIoral
principlesbasedonhuIanrelationsllips·Wllenthecllildrenwentllonle,tlleywouldthentreat
tlleirparentsaMsiblirlgswithfilialpietyandIcsPect·
Fronltheagesofseventotwelve,students
wererequi爬dtoⅢeⅧor1zeandrecitefluentlytlleancienttexts.VeteacherwouldfirstselectIa-
terialswllicllcontainedtheprof•undwisdoIof
sagesandsaintsandtllenerlcouragedtllestu=dentstoreadandrecitetlleIaterialuptooneor
twohundredtiVesaday.ChildrerlwouldMve
scatteredtllougMsiftlleywerenotassignedany
taskstodo.TllepurposeofI℃citirlgwastof◎cus
tlleirnlindsotMttheywouldeventual>y•btaina
pureIind,corlceIltrationandwisdorn;even
though,tlleynlayn•thaveunderstoodtlle
Ⅲearlings.However,thecurI℃nteducational
systern,inexistencesincetlleRevolutionofI9II,
e!iVinatedtllistwotllousand-year-oldtraditiorl
andadoptedthewesterneducationa>systeV.Vis
cMnge,uponc>oseexanlination,leadsonetothe
rootofnlodernCllina,ssocialpmbleIs·
TlleConfucianTaiSchoolSysteⅢ
Attlleageoftllirteerl,cllildI它nwereserltto
Tniscllool,astlle肥we肥nojuniororMgll
sclloolsinancientCllina.Vischoolenlpllasized
tlleanalysisanddiscussionofthenlaterialsstu-
dentshadalreadyⅧe川orizedineleⅧentaIy
scllool.T﹜leteacllerswe爬expertsintlleirfields
andwouldconcentIuteorltllatfieldthrougllouttlleirentirecareer.EachoftlleVtaughtasInallclasswitlltentotwentystuderltsandtllelectures
we肥notnecessari】ygivenintheclassroonlwitll
textbooks‧Duringtllatperi蛐,alltlletextbooks
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we爬printedintheuniversa】fbnγlat:twenty
wordspercoluInandtencolunlnsperpage,
withnospaceinbetween.Vlefbrnlatwasstan-
dardfbrtlleenti肥countIyregaIUlessoftllepub﹣
lisller.Botllteacherandstudentsnlernorizedthe
textbookssowelltllattlleyevenknewexactly
Wlle肥tllestudyInaterialswe肥located.Since
eveIythinghadbeenIeIorizedearlier,tllere
wasnoneedfbrl川ksafterelenlentaIyscllool.
TMcllersoftentooktheirstudentsonfield
tripstobroadentlleirknowledgeandexpenence.
Astlleytraveled’knowledgewasiVpartedto
thenlalongtlleway‧TYlus,tlletripswe肥witllout
textbooksorrestraintsbutacconlpaniedwitll
wineandfbodandfilledwitllj•y.Vestudentswouldattendtotheneedsoftlleteacller.T﹜leI℃-
fbre,astlleyconcludedtlleirtravelstotlleIany
beautifulplaces,thecoursewouldcloseaswell.
Ibrrnany’attendingTaisclloolwastllenlostj•y-fultiVeoftlleirlives.
InTUiwan,tllosewhoareintlleireiglltiesor
ninetiesnlayMveexperiencedtlliskindofedu-
cation.Mylateteacller,Mr.Lee,tlIeninllis
nineties,couldstillapplyIaterialsllellad
IeIorizedineleInerltaIysclIoolwllenwriting
articles;noreferenceIaterialswereneeded.Vis
wastllenletllodlIeusedtoacquiretlleoriginal
wisdonltMtcoIesfroItllepureIind.Witll
tllepurenliIld,truewisdoIarlses.Havingtrue
wisdoIistoknowaperson,sPastaMfutureandalsotounderstandtllelawsofcauseandeffect.
OnesllouldnotjudgetllingsbytlIeiraPPearance,butknowandunderstaMlloweventscaIne
about.ThewisdonlofknowingnotllingenIpha-
sizedinBuddllisnlistlleorigina>wisdoI.OnlywherloIlellasapureIind,whicllcontains
notlling,willllealsoknoweveIythingwhenlleis
incontactwitlltlleexternalworld·Theref•re,tlle
practicingandstudyingofBuddhisIbeginswitll
elinlinatingallthouglltsinordertoobtainapureInind·
AllthisnladeⅢe伽nkofourcllildren,wll0
aresopure,soinnocen•aMuncontaIinatedin
tlleirtlIinkingwlIiclliswhyitisbestfbrourchil-
drentostartlearningBuddllisInearlyincllild-
llood.Witlllittleeffbrt,childrencantrulyand
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easilybenefitf<DIit.Tlleexpenencesofaper-
sonwithapurenlindaresodifferentandpro一
fbundtMtnoordinaIypersoncantrulyappreci-atetllenl
WorldPeaceCanbeAchievedif•heMiMand
BodyareWelMrained,tllePaIiIyisWell-runandtlleCountryisWell-governed.
AtruepractitionerwillkeeplIiIselffronl
beinggreedy,angry’ignorantandarmgarltto-
wardotllersandhisenvironInent.IfoneMsany
oftlleeleIerltsjustIentiorled’tlienlleisneitller
sincerenorproper.Sincerityandproper
tllouglltsandviewpointsarethebasisf•rtraining
tllenlind.Apersonwitllapurenlindandbodywillnotbeconleill.WesufferfroInillnessesbe-
causeournlindsarefilledwitllwarlαering
tllouglltsandworriestllatarederivedfroIgreed,
anger,ignOranceandaIT•gance.
AsInentionedearlier,sincerityandproper
tlloughtsandviewpointsaretllebasisfbrpurify-
irlgorle,snlind.ApurifiedIindleadStoapur1-
fiedbodyandnaturally,apersonwillbecoIe
iInlunefronIillness;tllus,arealizeclpractitioner
wouldnevergetseriouslyill‧Mo爬over,ifa
personisdeterIninedtofbllowthePatllofBud-
dlla,lleorshewiⅡnot伽eintlleconventional
nlanner.AconventiorlaldeatllIeansaperson
doesIlotknowexactlywllentlleywillleavetllis
world,norwlleretheywillgoafterwaIUs·Ontlle
otllerlland,truepMctitionerswitllc•nfidencein
theⅧselvesandinAnlitabMBuαdlla,whoculti﹣
vateinaccordancewitlIBuddllistteachings,will
becapableofcontrol>ingbotlltlletiVeofleaving
tllisworldandofbeingbornintheWesternPure
laM.TYlisisneitllerunusualnorafaiItale,but
tllesiInpletrutll,andcanbeachievedbyculti-
vatingthepureⅢindaMvowingto爬aclltlle
WesternPure1and.TYle肥fb肥,oneneedstourl﹣
derstandllowiInportantitistobefreeofworrles
andattacllIents.EveIyBuddllistsllouldIaintain
apure川irldandb0dyatalltinles,treat1ngeveIy~
oneaMeveIytllingwithequalityandcoIposure·
OnlytllenwouldtllemnlilybeinMrnlony,tlle
societyinunityandtlleworldatpeace.No
longerwouldwellavefeuds,confIictsorwars·
VePeaceandMppiness,wllicllweallwisllfbr
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today,wouldnolongerbeadⅡ℃aⅢ‧W○rldpeacecanbeacllievedifwecon1bineConfucianisnland
BuddllisnlirltooureducationalsysteI·
TheEigMBasicConfucianMoralPrinciPlcs
IDyal•y,filialpiety,coIPassion,love,trust=
wortlliness,responsibility,peaceandequalityare
tlleeigMbasicConfuciannloralprinciplesand舢erepresentedbyf◎urBodllisattvasinBud﹣dllisI. DiTMngWang﹙EartllSto肥
/KristigMrba﹚BodllisattvareP肥sentsfilialpietyandtlle肥允肥tlle isknownasthe
TYlisisbecauseitteacllesfilial
)arentsandteacllers,wlloa槌respectfbrbotllparentsandteachers,whoa肥
bo伽equallyinlPortantirlBuddllisⅢandConfu﹣
cianisIn.『Ibtreatoneisparentswitllfilialpiety
andtorespectteachersaretlIeinnatevirtuesoflIuInannature.VegoalofBuddllistteacllingisf•rustorealizethetruenatureoftlleIind,
wllicllcanonlybeacllievedbydiscoveringits
virtuousnatu肥,witlloutwllicllonewillrlever
becoIeenligMened.GuanYinBodlIisattvasynlbolizescoIpas~
sionandrepresentskiMnessandlove·WenSllu
ShiLi﹙Manjusri)BodllisattvasyⅢbolizeswisdoⅢ
andrep爬sentsfaitllandloyalty.PuXian﹙Urli﹣
versalWorthy/SaInantabMdra)BodllisattvasyV-
bolizesgreatvowsandputtingtlleBuddM,s
teacllingintopracticeincludingfilialpiety,conl=
passionandwisdonl.Herepresentspeaceand
equality.Witllcornpassionandwisdonl,onecan
generateInerits.ToenioyVeritsistobuildupon
tllef•undationofequalityandpurity-tMsisthe
greatesteniWrnentfbrlluIankiM·Tbcultivate
nleritsirlchildhood,generateⅢeritsinⅢi呱le
ageandenjoyrneritsinoldagearedescribedin
Cllineseastrutll,virtueaMbeauty.Onewho
eIUoysnleritinoldageiscalledtllecoIplete
Person,whicllissirnilartoBuddlla.Wenlust
uMerstandthatBuddllasandBodlIisattvasarenot
godsbuttllenlostperf亡ctandllappiestbeingsfbrustolearnfroI.
WiseancestorsirlCllinalongevokedtllese
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conceptsandteacllingnletllods·Vatwastrulya
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CMpterSix:TlleBuddlla,sTeachingisf•rEveryone
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llowtopracticeBuddllisnl.Veansweristlle『burUniversalVowsofBuddllasandBodlli﹣
sattVas:
(l)SentientbeingsareinnInerable,Ivowtollelptllenlall;
(2)Afflictionsareinexllaustible’IvowtoeMtlIenlall;
(3)Waystopracticeareboundless’
IvowtoInastertlleIa>l;
(4)EnliglltenIentisunsurpassable;IVOWtOattainit.
TblIelpotlIersistodoourbestinassistirlg
theItobreakthroughdelusionandbecoIe
awakened,thentheywillbeabletoattaintrue
Mppinessandleavesu仳ringbellind.Inorderto
helpallbeingsescapefroIsuffering,onesllou>d
beagoodcultivator,excellinginnloralandaca=
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oftlleworld.However,itisnoteasytonurture
Buddllistteachers.Vedifficultylieswitllthe
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worldlyfanlearldweal↑ll,wllicllaretllenl幻or
ObstaclesinlearningandpracticingBuddllisV·
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causesofal>tllepmbleIsintMsworld.Mean-
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Recently,weMveestablislledapu肥Land
LearningCenterintheUnitedStates.TllegoalistointroducetlletraditionalCllinesecultureto
WesternersandtollelptllenlpracticeBuddllisnl·
OurancestorsirlventedtlleⅢostpI℃ciousand
tinlelessveMcle:aclassicalChineselanguage,calledWen-Yen-Wen,inordertotransIittlle
ancientculturetofuturegenerationsandus·
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wnttentwenty-fivellundredyearsago.Because
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cMngingfroItiIetotiIYle,theyusedtMsclassi-
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tolearnWen=Yen-Wen.Mr.ke,Inyteacller,llas
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livingenvironnlentandus.TYleBudαlla
teachesustorec•gnizeourselves;ourtllougllts,speecll,aMactionsaMtlleconsequencestlleyevoke.MostiIPor-tantly,theBuddllawantsustorestoreouroriginalandconlpletewisdonl·HeteacllesthateveIyonepossessestlleabilitytoattaincon1pleteunderstandingofli化andtlleunive別e,anditisonlybecauseofdelusiontMtweareunabletorealizeit·Weare
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thougMsandattacllnlents,wewillbeabletovieweveIytllingclearlyanddealwitlltlleIappropriately.Vus,wecanliveinMrnlonywitllothersaMsucceedinaIlourendeavors.
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taugMustocultiva•e?Hisinterltwas川ainly↑oridusofourdelusionsandat﹦tacllInents.Ifwedrewt•getllertlleSixPrinciplesofpracticetaugMbytlleBud-dha,wewouldonlyendupwitlltlleprac-ticeofgiving.GivingsiIplyIneanstoletgo.Ifwecanletgoofourgreed,anger,ignorance,andaIT•gance,thenwewouldalwaysdwe!linpurityofVind.Ifwecarlletgoofa>ldiscrinlinations,worrIesandattacllIents,tllenwewouldattainpeace,spiritualliberation,llealtllarldloYlgeviI.
IfwecanletgoofourowVviewsaMworkt。getllerf◎rtllebenefitofotllers,tllenwecanacllievellanγlonywitllothers,
harIVonyinsociety’andultiIately,worldpeace.ProγⅥtllis,wecanseetMttllenlain
practiceoftheBuddM,steacllingsisnoneothertllangiving.
WherlBuddMSllakyarnuIliwasintheworld,henotonlyusedwordstoteacll,butrnadeanexaIpleofMIse}ffbral>livirlgbeingstof•llow.Heletgoofal>desires,worldlyen>•yIents,fnIeaMwealtlltoleadtheli化ofaleft﹣lloⅢeper﹣
son.Helivedali化ofsiⅢplicity,purityof
Ininclandbody,andMppiness.OrdinaIypeoplenligMseetllisasbitterandnliser=able,butthisisonlyduetot}leirlackofunderstaMing.OnewithwisdoIwouldviewthingsdifferently.TY1ewisewouldseetlleBudcllla,sli允asoneoftruelibera﹣
tion,happinessandfulfillnlent.TheBud-dlladoesnotMveuselesstlIougMs,dis-crinlinations,attachIents,orworrIes.Howateaseheis『Heaccordswitllall
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thouglltandactiontoteacllsentientbe-ingsintllisworld·
VeBuddllaslivelivesofwisdoI,wllileoIUinaIpeoplelivelivesofafHic-tion.BuddhaSM坷anluni,ste呂Chings
showushowtocllangeafflictedlivesintoonesofgreatwisdoI‘ProItlleseteacll-ers,wewi!llearnhowtorestoretlIeulti-Iateandconlpletewisdornandabilitiesofourself-nature;allowingustoattaintrueMppinessandprosperity.This,istheBuddlla,sEducation.
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Inourworldtoday,tllereareatleastfburdi仳reIlttyPesofBuddlIisnLⅧefirst
istlleaut}lenticBuddMsI,tlleeducationofunderstandingthetruerealityofli企andtlleuniverseoriginallytaughtbyBud=dllaSha坷aⅢuni.Unf○rtunately,tlleautllenticeducationisrareanddifficultto
encounternowadays·TllereInainingtypesofBuddMsnlarenloreorlessdistortionsof
tlleoriginalteacllirlgs.
VesecondtypeistllereligiousBud-dllisI.Origirlally,Buddllisrnwasnotareligion,butnowitMsbecoIeone.WecarlnolongerdenytllatthereisaBuddllistreligionbecauseeveIywllerewelook’es-peciaIyinAsia,itisclisp!ayedasarelig-ion·UnliketheVonasteriesintllepast,wlliclIhe>deigM-hourc>assesperdayaMprovidedanothereigMhoursfbrself-cultivation,today,sBuddhistternp!esno
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longeruplloldsucllaperseveranceoftlleBuddlla,s飛acllings.Tbdaywernainlyseepeople川akingoffMngstotlleBuddllastatuesaMprayingfbrblessingsandfbr╴
turle.Intllisway,BuddllisIllasbeenwronglycMngedirItoareligion.
TlletllirdtypeofBuddllisnlistllepllilosopllicalstudyoftheBuddlM,steacllings.Manyuniversitiestodayo仳rcoursesontllestudyofBudαhistSutras,
coIlsideringtheteacllirlgsasapMlosophy.ThecontentoftlleBuddlla,seducationis
actuallyacoIp>eteuniversityofknowl-edgeandwisdonl.Philosopllyisonlyoneofitscourses.Justasitiswrongtorec•g-nizeauniversityasasinglecourse,itisalsoinapproprIatetotllinkofandlinlittheBuddlla,seducationtoonlyapllilosoplly.TheBuddlla,seducationcanllelpusre-solveourproblenls-froIfnIilyIfficul-tiestotllegreatissueofli化anddeathTheBuddlla,steacllingsarep川fbundandvast,aM↑eachusthetrutllsofli允andtlle
universe.ItsllouldnotbeIistakenas
onlyapMlosoplly.
ThefburtlItypeofBuddllisIweseeinourworldtodayistlledeviantandex-ternalistBuddMsnl.TllisisanextreIelyunfbrtunatedistortion,wMchonlycaInetobeirlthepasttllirtytof•rtyyears.Relig-iousBuddllisnlpersuadespeopletobede-cerltandpM>osopllicalBuddllisIpursuestrutll,neitllercauseInuchharItosociety.However,ifBuddllisnIiscMngedirltoadeviantandexternalistpatll,usingtlleweaknessofhuVannaturetocheatand
llarnllivingbeings,disturbingtllepeaceaMsa化tyofsociety,thenthisco扒versionhasgonetoo血r.Thespeecllandactionsoftllesedeviantandexternalpatllscanbeveryattractiveandenticing.OnesllouldbeveIcarefulasnottobeIisledbythesedeviantwaysorregrettingitwouldbetoolate.
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叨OurgoalinstudyingBuddllisⅧistooperlupourwisdoI;toattainthisgoal’wecultivatepurityofIind·Intoday,ssociety,ourgreatestobstaclesareTV,radio,newspaPersandIaga-zines-tlleseallcontaincontentstMt
canpolluteourIinds.Ioftenper-suadepeoplenotto爬adorlistentotllesetMrlgs‧叭/llerlourlleartsarefreefronltlleseunneededafflictions,wecanliveeaclldayinpeaceandllappi=ness;tllus,a>lowiIlgournlindstore-turntopuriI.WitllanuIldeludedⅢind,onewi】lseeⅢattersofli化clearer,Ioredeeplyandfartllertllanotllers.Thisisbecauseasettledand
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donl.VekeyincultivatingtlleBud-dM,steacllingsisllavingasettledanclconcentratedVind.IrlpracticingthePureLandIetllod,PurityofIiMisoffbre川ostinIportance.
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cultivatePurity,equalityandenligllterl-nlent.BeiIlgnlindfuloftlleBucldllaiscultivatingtlleabove,f◎rBuddllaA川i﹣tabllaisPurity,equality,andenligllten-nlerlt.WllenwerecitetlleBuddlla,s
nanle,wearereIindedoftllesequali-ties.
叨InCllina,Buddhisnlcanbedividedintotenscllools.AsidefronltlletwoSIal>
Vellicleschools’WhichMvealreadyde-clined,theeigMreIainirlgschoolsbe=longtotlleGrea•VeMcle·Twoschools(ZenaMShing)entertlleBuddlla,steacllingsthrouglltlleInetllodof‘‘Un=derstandiVg/En>igMerlnlent·,,TlleyseektllegreatenligMenInent,tounderstandtheheart/nliMaMuncovertlleself-
nature.Usual>y,thoseoflessercapa-bilitiestobeconleenligMenedorltheirownMveVuclldifficultyinreacllingtlleirgoalstllroughtllisnlethod.Vlus,tocultivatetlleZerlScllool肥quiresalliglllevelofwisdoIn,abilityandacon-siderab『ypureⅧind.Witlloutthese,onewouldhavetostartlearningfroIthebasisofBuddllaSllakyaIuni’steacMngs.
Vestudyoftlleseteacl1ingsistohelpestablisllproperunderstaMingandviewpoints;thus,theVethodof‘‘ProperViewsarldKnowledge’’isusedlleretoentertlleBuddM,steacllings.Verearef•ursclloolsintlliscategoI(TianTni,ShianSllou,陋SlliangaMSanLwun)‧ThepractitionersofthesesclloolsstudyandfbllowtlleteacllingsofBuddMSllalO「aⅢunitocorrecttlleirerroneousviews,tllougllts,andactions‘Mostpeo-plearecapableoflearningtllisnIetllod,butitisalongjourney,sucllasgoingtoscllool.OnenluststartfronleleⅢentaⅣschool,thengraduallyadvaIlcegradebygradetojuniorlligll,llighschool,andcollege.InfinisMngonegrade,oneat-恤instllebenefitoftMtsinglegrade.ThefinaltwosclloolsaretllePureLand
andtlleEscteric.T}leses•resstlleiIn-
portanceofcultivatingpurityofVind;tllus,tlleirInetl1odofpracticingtlleBuddM,steacllingsistllr0ugllpunty.Pe0pleofallcapabilities,regardlessofwllethertlleyareintelligentorlessablecanpracticetllePureIaIldScllool.Allcanpracticeandsucceedincultivating
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叨T﹜Iedifferencebetweentllecultivation
ofpurityintllePureLandSclloolandtheEsotericSchoolistllatthePureLarld
Schoolteachesustocultivatepurity0fnlindawayfroInpollution,wlliletlleEsotericSchoolteacllesustocultivate
purityofnliMintllenlidstofpollution.The}atterinvolvesastateofbeingiI-IersedinpolMiorlbutnotbeingcon-tanlinated,natural>y,thisstateistoodif-ficultfbrnlostpeop!etoattairI.
叨TruewisdoInarisesfIbnlpurityofnliM,tlIus,thewisdoInspokenofintlleBud仙a,steacllingsisnotattainedfronlreadingandstudyingbooks;tlIewisdonlweattainfroIreadingaMstudyingisonlyworldlyknowledgeandnottrueWisdOnl.
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叨ⅦeultinlategoalinlearningBud﹣dhisInistllegreatPerf匕ction.InaⅡwalksofli允,BuddMsandBodllisattvas
actasroleVodelsfbrallpeopletofbl-low.StudentsoftheBuddllacanbe
goodexaInplesf•rallotllers.raViliestMtf•llowtheBuddlla,steacllingscanbeMveinawaytMtisworthyofldeingtherolernodel允rall炮nlilies.Ⅱfoneis
stillastudent,tllerlone,sschoolwork,conduct,andllealthbeconleanexaIplefbrone,sclassIates.VisisbeiIlgastu-dentoftlIeBuddlla.Ingoingtoworkorrunningabusiness,onecanbearolernodelfbrallbusinesspersonstofbllow.TYlus,eveIytllingiVtheBuddlladllarnlacan忱nuⅢberorle.
αAfanlilydwellinginperf匕ctwisdoⅢistlleIostcontent,fbrtunateandMPpyfanlilyintheworld.
αBuddllisⅢistheeducationofwisdorn;
itencoInpassesalltllingsandexceedstlIeboundariesbetweencountnes,racesaMreligions·SinceBuddllisVisaneducatlon,fbllowersofallreligionsarewelcoIneandcanlearnaMcultivate
tMseducatiorloftruewisdoI·
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vationinBuddhisnl‧Uponperf匕ctirlgtlle『ⅡlreeConditions,onewillMvecoInpletewisdoI,fbrtuneandvirtue.
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Alt•getller,tlleseelevenpractices,eachMvingitsprof•uMandvastnleanirlg,neeqstobeputtouseineve-rydayli化,f◎rtheyaretllef◎uMa↑iorloftllefbrty-nineyearsofteacMngsg1venbyBuddllaSllakyaVuni·
叨GreatVellicleBuddMsⅧinCMnacan
berepresentedbytllegI℃atBodhisattvas
oftlleIburHnlousMountains·Hrstis
EarthTreasuIBodllisattvaofJiou=HuaMourltain,爬pI℃sentingfi!ialpietyandrespect.SecoMisGuanYinB叫llisattvaofPu-TuoMountain,representingcoV=passiorLTllirdisManjusriBodllisattvaofWu-ViMountain,representingwis-doIn.IburthisUniversalW○rtllyBod╴llisattvaofE-MeiMountain,rePresent-ingtruepractice.VesefburgreatBod-Msattvasrepresentthecoreofcultiva-tion.Asbeginners,westartlearningfronlEartllTreasuIy,fbrtheeartllistllerootofli化ofa】llivingbeings.BecausetllegreateartllnurturesallbeingsandistlletreasuIyofallthatisp肥cious,theBuddllausesittorepresentour‘‘Iindground,,or‘‘Vindearth,,OurtrueIind/origiIlnatureiscoIpletewitllinfinitewisdoI,virtuousabilitiesandtalents;weVusthlowllowtoopentMstreasuIinordertoattainitsbenefits.EartllTreasuIBodhisattvateacllesustobefilialtoourparentsaMrespectfuMoourteachers,f•rintllesepracticesliesthekeytoopeningtlletreasuIyofourself﹣natureα
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叨Ⅷefieldoffilialpietyisvast.OurparentsMveshownusgreatkindnessinbringingusupandineducatingus,therefb肥,wesllouldnotonlynurturetlleiragingbodies,butwesllouldalsonurturetlleirspiritualwell-beingandrnindstllusllelpingtheItobeMppy;tllisispracticingfilialpiety.
叨Regardingthepracticeoffilia】piety,wesllouldstrivetodoourbestinlivinguptoourparent,sexpectations.WhentlleywishustobegoodPersonsandtobenefitsocie•y,wesllou>ddoso;toacto•herwisewouldbeunfilial.fbrchil-
drengoirlgtoscllool,itwouldbeunfilialtodopoorlyinschoolwork,causingone,sparentstobeworriedanddisap=pointed.Itwouldbeunfilialifone‘sconductwaspoor,orifone,sllealtllwaspoor,orifoIlewasdisrespectfultoone,steaclIersorcouldnotgetalongwithotll︽ers.Afterreacllirlgadultlloodanden=tenngsociety,itw0u>dbeunfilia>toberebellioustowardsoIle,sbossorunable
tocooperatewithco-workers,causingone,sparerltstoworIy.Fronltllese,werealizellowvastthefieldofcultivating
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filialpietyreallyis,andtMttheenti爬BuαdlladllarInaisactuallyjustteacllingtlleWayofFilialPiety.InBuddllisI,theperf﹄ctionoffilialpietyisonlycoⅧ﹣pleteduponreacMngtheUnsurpassedEnligMennlentofBuddMllood.
叨Nowadays,lluInankindllasbeensen﹣ouslypollutedinlleart,thougllts,views,spiritandbody,tllusleadingtotheap-pearanceofIanystrangeil>nesses.T}lerootcauseofillnessanddiseaseispo>Iu-tion;ifone,sbodyandⅢinda肥pureorlewillno•falli>>orgrowold.TbrlotbecoIeillorgrowoldistruehappirlessandgood允rtune.Tbattairltllisgoal,weoIllyneedtolearnandcultivateaccord-ingtotlleBuddlla,steaclliIlgs.
叨Irlourworldtoday,wllerefbodsllavebeerlpollutedbypoisons,wesllouldllarborcoIpassion,fbrcoInpassionistlleantidotefbrallpoisons·AtrulycoInpassionatelleartcanrIeutralizeallPoisons.VeBuddllaoncesaid,‘‘AlldMrnlasarisefroIthenlind.,,TYlus,apure,equa>andeh}igMeIlednlind/lleartrlaturallybringsllea肋toone,sbody.
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叨WllenwereciteⅧorningandeveningcereIoniesinfron•oftlleBuddMand
BodMsattvaiIages,itisjustasifwewerevowingtoabidebytheirteacllirlgsriglltintlleirpresence·Morningrecita-tionactsasareIiMer,preventingusfronlf•<gettingtlleBuddM,steacllings,andreIindirlgustoactaccordinglyinthecourseoftheday·EveningrecitationisarefIectionoftlleday,spractice,clleckingtoseeifweactedaccordirlgtotlleBuddha,steacllings·Ifwedid,thenwecanworkevenhardernexttinle,ifnot,tllenweneedtoref•rIn,seekingtorenewourselveseachday.OnlybypracticirlgirltlliswaycantruebenefitsbeattainedMorningandeveningreci-tationsarethenlostbasicpracticesinlearningBuddllisIn.ItisnecessaItoreInindourselveseaclldayaMreflectandre允rrn.
叨OnewllowisllestobecoIneastudentof
tlleBuddllasllouldfirstlearnfroIMai-
treyaBodllisattva,betterknowninAInericaasαⅡ1eHappyBuddlla.,,Mai﹣treyaBodllisattvarepresentstlleVostbasicconditionsnecessaIytobecoIea
Buddhist-asVilingfaceandabigheart,representedbyMsbigbelly.Al>theBuddhaiVagesseIetorenliIldusoftheteachingsandarenotidolsorgodsofworship.‘‘VeHappyBuddha,,teacllesustogiverisetoanon-discrinlinatingIindaMtobellappy;thusbeingabletoentertlleBuddMWay.
叨TlleconterltoftlleBuddlla,steacMngsisinfinitelyprofbundaMvast;oneisunabletospeakofitall,f•rtlleessenceofitisun恤tllonlable.UnderstaMingitcanbringgreatllelptoourliving,workandirlteractirlgwitlla>lpeople,Iattersandafmirs.BuddhisItru>ysurpassestlIeboundariesofnatiorl風lity,raceandreligion-i•encoVpasseseverytlling.TYleBuddlla,steacMngistrulyaper-化ctlyco川pleteeducation.
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TakirlgRefugeIeanstoreturnaMrely.WllenwetakerefugeiMlleBuddlla’wearereturningfroIYlourdeludedstateofIirldandrelyinguponanAwakened,En-liglltenedIind.WllenwetakerefugeintheDllarIna,wearereturningfronldevi=antviewsandrelyinguponproperviewsandunderstanding.WllenwetakerefugeintheSangM,wearereturningfrornpollutionanddisllarnlonyaIldre>yinguponPurityofMiMarldtlIeSixPrinciplesofLivinginHarInony.VkingrefugeirltheTripleJewelsrestorestlIecoIpletewisdoInandabilitiesofourSelf-Nature.
WewillattainPurity’Equality,Honesty,PreedoIn,CoIpassion,andoverall,TrueHappiness.
TheBuddMJewelBuddllaisaSanskritnIeaning
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relyuponUnderstandingandAwarenessasawayoflifeInlagesoftlleBuddllaserveasarenlirlderfbrustopracticeawarenessandunderstandirlg,andarenot•lqiectsofworslliP.Prostratingands}lowingrespecttowardstlleseiIagesareonlywaystocounterarmganceandculti-vatehuInility·VisistakingrefugeintheBuddlla.
TheDlMrIaJewelDllarrna川eansRiglltUnderstanding
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fronlseeingtlletruefaceofpeopleandtllerealitybelliMIattersandohiects.Tllisllascausedustolooka↑li允andtlleuni﹣
verseinadistortedanddeviantway.W﹜lendelusioIlisclearedandourⅢinαs
arepuretoanexten•,wegiverisetowis-donl.WithwisdoI,weareabletoseeallpeopleanαnlatterscoⅢpletelyandclearly‧WllenourlIeartsarepure,wecanseethepast,p爬sent,arldfuture.OnlywlleⅥwehaveclearlyseerltlle叭/ho】ecanour
viewpoirItaMUnderstandingbeconsid-eredRigllt·
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TYleBuddM,sInindispurewitllouttllesli=Mestpollutionandtlleref•reseeseverytllingclearlyandenti腿ly.WecanrelyupontlleSutras,recordedteachingsoftlleBudαlla,becausetlleyspeakentire】yoftlletrutllstheBuddhallasseen.VeyteachaMsllowustllewaytoattainPurityofMirld,toseelifeandtheuniverseIostclearly,andbecoIejustliketlleBuddllas.Wllenweencountersutras,wesllouldiInIediatelybringf•rtllanlindofrespectandrenlindourselvestocultivateRigMUnderstandingandViews.VisistakingrefugeintlleDllarIna·
TheSangMJewelSarlghanleanspur1tyandMrnloIly.
Tbday,sworldisfilledwithPollution;pollutionofIind,spirit,views,andbody.Eventheeartllandtlleatnlospllerearellazardlypolluted·TYleBuddMtaugllt,‘‘TlleerlvironnlentcMngesaccordingtotheIind.”WesllouldreturnfroInall
tllesepollutionandrelyuponpurityofIind.PurityofMindistllekeytosavingourEarth
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SangMalsore允rstoagroupoffburorrnorepersonswllopracticetheBud-dM,steacllingsandabidesbytlleSixPrin=cipleofLivinginHarInony·TYlisincludestheleft=lloIepeopleweIayencounter.Whenweseeleft-lloIepeop>e,wesllouldinlnlediatelygiverisetoanlirldofpurityandllarInony.Visistakingrefugeinthesanglla·
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asingleday,and川anyaregreatlytrou﹣bledbytheirduties.However,ifwecarIlearntochangeourwayoflookingattMngs,wewil>beabletoperf•rInourchoreswithgreatjoy·
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InfbIowingtheBodllisattvaPatll,tllefirsttllingwelearnistllePracticeofGiv-irlg·ByservingtllefarnilyatlloIe,tllelloIenlakerBodhisattvaisalreadycu>ti-vatingGiving·GivingincludestlleGivirlgofWealtll,tlleGivingof爬acllingandtlleGivingofPearlessness·TTleGivingofWealtllcanbedividedintoouterwealtll
andinnerwealthIbrexanlple,outerwealtllreferstoInakingInoneyfbrourfarnilyandprovidingtllenleansf•rliving.IIlnerwealtllre允rstousingourphysicaleneIgyandwisdonltosupportourfmnily.So,tllepracticeofgivingcanbeconlpletedPer允ctlyathoⅢe.
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tllePracticeofPatience.Inseekinginl-proveIenteveIy•ay,llopirlgtllattoIor-row,sattain川entwillexceedtMtofto﹣
day,s,iscultivatingthePracticeofDili-geIlce.InperfmTningone,svariousdutiesdailybutstillIaintainingapureandun-(ieludedlleart,iscultivatingtllePI汎cticeofConcentrationinPurityofMind,beingapartfiuIdiscriIinatingtllougMsandattacllⅢents.Ho川witllinpurityofⅢind,onewillgiverisetowisdoI,aMwillbefilleclw汕innerpeaceaMhappiness,tllisiscultivatingtllePracticeofWisdonl.TYlus,witlltrueunderstaMing,wewilldiscovertlIattlleseSixPrinciplesCulti-vatedbyBodhisattvas(Giving,PreceptsObseIation’Patience’Diligence,Corlcen-trationinPurityofMind,andWisdoI)canbepracticedtoperf匕ctionirltlleeve﹣Iydayactsofdusting,sweeping,wasllingandcooking.
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wecaninfluencesociety,thecountIy,arldeverltlleworldirlapositiveway.『roⅢtllisweconletoseethatindusting,sweepirlg,waslling,andcooking,alloIe=IakerBodllisattvaisactuallycarIingouttllegreatvow0fllelpirlgalllivirlgbeiVgs.ThisistrulybeingastudentoftheBudαha.So,ifwecanconteInplateourdutiesasdescribedabove,wewil>befilledwitllpeaceandMppinessinourworkHowtllenc0uldanytllingtroubleus?
IeInostiInportantfactorinlearningandcultivatingtheBuddlla,steacllirlgsistMtonebeabletopracticethenlineveIy-day!i化.Ifnot,thenstudyingtheBuddlla’steacllingswillbenleanin名less’Under﹦standingthis,wewouldbeabletopract1cetlleSixPrinciplesCultivatedbyBodlli-sattvasatourworkandoffice.ABodlli=
sattva,inallwa】ksof】i化,whetherap﹣pear1ngasanlan,woIan,elder,0rcMld,cultivatesbylivinguptollis/llerownre-sponsibilities·Cultivationandlivingareone﹣tllisistlleli化ofenligMenedbeings.
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Buddllisnlisaneducation,notare=ligion.WedonotworslliPtlleBud-dlla,werespectMrnasateacller.Histeachingsenableus•oleavesufferingandattaintruellappiness.
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dlingotller,sProPerty.Beconserva-tivewitllspeecllaMactionstoavoidllarnlingotllers.
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Buddllisrnisateaching,wMcllsllowsushowtoliveallaPpy,fulfilling,andcontentli比.
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IfwewishtobringPeacetotheworM,werleedtostartbycllangingoUrer=roneousways·W•r!dIacesteIsfIoIinnerpeace·
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