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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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ANINTRODUCTIONTOTHE

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fIo川aco川Ⅲonviewpoint,onlytllIbugll

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TTlcT℃acllin名sofVCnembleMasterCllinKung

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Ineansenligll槌Ilnlent/uIlderstanding.ConlPle槌understaIldingiswlleIlonercalizestlletrutllaboutli允andtlle

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still,itcaIl肥flectthesky,sun,and伽esjustastlleyaI℃,witlloutdistor﹣tion.OurIindistllesaIe.Whenwe

a肥polMedbyg爬ed,MtIM,igno﹣Vnce,anddisturbedbydiscriIninationsandattacllIents,wedistortourpictureof1℃ali【yandmiltoseetllingsastlleyaIC‧WIbIlgpeⅣeptionsof肥ali!ycanP肥ventusf【oⅢenj○yingaclearaMllappyli化.

>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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speakoftlleI.DonltevenleaveaniIn-ageoftllefaultinyourIniM.TlleSixthPatriaI℃llsaid,﹟lTruecultivators

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doIlotseetlle也ultsoflivingbeings.iiWesllouldlearIl仞seeourowIl血ults.

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> HowdowehlowwheIlourcultivation

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>TbbeInindfuloftlleBuddMistodwellintrueWisdOI. 19

> TlleultiInategoaltowllicllallIetllodsofcultivationleadistlleco川pletepuI℃andequan1Iousnlind.Itisourorigi-nalnatu肥,ourBuddlla~natuI℃.

鬥NⅦ*‧■,F□匕』珀咀史h趴

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>DuringDllarIγlaAsseⅢblies,weⅢustbesince爬wllen肥citingthesuhH祀xtsinomer加加ucllthelleartsoftlleat﹣

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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~

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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,

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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

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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

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shouldseetllingswitlleyesofequali!yandIlotleteInotionscontIOlourlives.

>T肥atpe○plesince1℃ly.Wewhatwesayandtrulybetllebottonlofourhearts.

sllouldIean

since肥fIDⅢ

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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.

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>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.

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■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〃

“Howfbrtuna槌wea肥toeni○ya

Mppyli企『Howluc止ywea肥tobeableto

lleartlleg爬atT℃acMngs!TlleInostPI℃﹣ciousofallistoMveencounte肥dthedi﹣

肥ct,conlplete,andwond1busteacllin名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-

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ple虻thepuIposeofthe

B叨ddllais庇acllings‧

】OfAγh】恤bhais『 M步

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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∕﹄

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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:

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I.Selectsllort,easilyunder~

s帕odpassages,insteadof

lengtllyones.2.SelectneededaIldpracti=

cal忱acllings,andIlot

fancypllilosopllies.3.Selectpassageswhicll

WOuld:

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◆忱Ilefitoneisown

nloIHlcoIlductand

cultivation.

◆bringllappinessin帕

tllemnlily.•inlpIoveourj•bPerfbr-nlancebyMating加tlle

pastca肥erexpenence

ofpeoplef1bnlallwalksofli允.

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socieI.•helptllenationprosper.

•llelpbIingaboutworldIace·

•closctllegapsbetweeIldi仳爬nt1囫ces,beliefS,andlinesofstudies.

AfterproperlycoIpiliIlg

andcategorizingthepas-

sagesiIltoonevolunle,

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wesllouldh日nsla忱tlleⅢ

in加di仳肥ntlanguages

f◎r肥adersllipworld﹣

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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

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Ⅷc乃ac﹠mgF㎡

αr焰呂川佃S施rH『ZGtJar之g

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orC區Zk『﹟易丘UITf﹝血WTI加m/田ka〃αmⅢk筮/Ⅶ

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α〃e川s』ZI它mr紉叻肋e﹜l仞彪ITIAII它

刎j㎡……

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叨叻巴﹦■色紹五巴﹦■p6■糰B凶

BuddllisInIsaIEducatioIl,/VraReligion-心╴

AccoIUingtotlleWebster,sDictioIl-

aⅣ,tlledefinitionof肥ligionisasfbllowS’

刎〃OI習互〃ZZα/乓)K,/琶〃】㎡正旭比絢1T/“a〃α

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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-

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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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ourselves.Tllisis川uclllikeagoodfriend

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fbrourselves.TlleBuddMusesaperi℃ctly

scientificwayofsllowingus肥ali↑yinitstruebrI.

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notceⅡteI℃donasupernatuIulbeing,but

ratlleroIltllePeoPleat怔IldingtheasseⅢ﹣blies.TheceIHnoniesandceleb川tioIlsiIl

BuddllisInallseIeaIleducationalpur-pose,aI℃ImnderoftlleBuddM,steachings

aIldeIlcouragenIeIlttoallstudentswllo

pIHcticetlleI·Ibrexanlple,theTllousand

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participantscultivateahⅢγlb】elleartand

respectf◎rotllers.TllePointofall‘‘ceI℃﹣

川onies,,is加llelpotllersawakenf1uⅢdelusiollaIld1℃turIltoWisdoⅢandUIl﹣

derstandmg.

Finally,BuddllisⅢisllotaI℃ligioⅡbecausethe‘‘devotioIl,,usedinBuddhisⅢ

isIlotonebasedoIlenlotion,butoIlebasedoIlI℃asoIl.StudentsoftheBuddMa肥

dedicatcdtotheirpracticeofIaintaiIling

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societyat•aiIlconlpleteunderstandingandwisdo川.OmythroughcoInPleteuIlder﹣

staMingandwisdoⅢcanweI℃alizeour

trueselvesandlivingenVIonIent.Tlle

Buddlla,seducationistrulynotaI℃ligioIl

butaneducation,teacllingustllewayto

b肥aktllIougllignoranceandarriveata

perf亡ctunderstandingofourselvesand

eveIythinga1Dundus·

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Ⅲn巴臣■呂目宅占巴■■口呂p咱叫

WMtISTakingRefUge?

TnkingRefugenleaIls加‘‘I℃turIlaM

肥ly.,,HOlYIwhe肥dowe1℃turnfIbⅧand

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punⅣ,equali﹛y,honesty,con忱ntIγ1eIlt,

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THEBUDDHAJEWEL

么招Ⅲ尢加a”isaSanskritwoIUⅢean﹣

ing‘《AwaI℃nessaIldUnderstanding.,,

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THEDHARMAJEWEL

‘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

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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

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5.TlleChap槌roIltheIbI℃ⅢostA仳ain﹣ⅢentofGI℃atStI℃ngtllBodhisattvatllI0uglIBuddlIaReci扭tion

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THESANGHAJEWEL駁

隘恤I﹟g力a”Ⅲeans‘‘PurityandMr﹣

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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Ⅲ田巴巳目目田五@﹦■■6■呂■匍B1

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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乃肋eBtJ成加曰I肥伽??冤〃αr焰b‘肥/tZrT?mg危U〃Ⅱ尢加&m〃Sa〃α

I魑D血g卹Ⅲ『M﹜佃r假〃則M〃【j【伽尢f1咖〃(尬侈

昱≧贓﹦驪綏鰓繃;αr忸D呶g聊旭〃〃卹圯Fi化﹜佣a〃α

(〃?﹝尢/恕豳〃【肋﹟多

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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

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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

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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﹣

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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

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‘‘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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﹦6■宅6﹦■出﹦田叨糰田■星已

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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二8﹄凶靨6■■■呂飼田田Ⅲ■呂已已﹦巴

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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﹦6■b田■已出﹦倡田田叨■呂舀已■田

lngs

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-

dllisnl.,,However,BuddllaandBodllisattvastat-

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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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呂6■b■已己已■﹦倡盼罔叻■呂官已﹦巴

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

91

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→00■I■‧Ip◇『白╴﹣l0∣↓0P!◇﹢■

II0■■V0■■﹦II曰0■■Ⅱ■■『凸■「『■■■■dI

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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,

b『﹢∣﹣可I’﹑刀﹣﹣I

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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﹣

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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

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BuαdllisⅢistlleteachingofBudαll且

SllabaIuniashewasitsfbunder.Wecal>HiIn

tlle‘‘Originalteacller’”justliketlleCllinesecall

Confuciustlle‘‘GI℃atestsageandteacller‧,,TYle

relationshipbetweenBuddllaandourselvesisa

teacller=studcntrelationsllip,wllichisnot肥】ig﹣

iousinnature.In爬ligion,tllereisnotateacller﹣

student肥lationsllipbuttMtoffatller-sonor

Iaster-servant.

AbouttwentyyearsagoIgaveaseriesof

lecturesirlFu-RenCatllo>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-

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pletehappinessderivedfronlpracticingBuddlla,s

teaclling.

99

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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

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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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﹦e﹦56﹦官出﹦田田圉叨■唁﹦田

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

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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

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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

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I﹚ointso『8oals.1)Obse『vethe﹩amep『魷ep曲.3)Mveandp『act﹟ceto8etl】e『ha『moniou﹩lγ.令)Notqua『『d5)【xpe『i側cetheiⅢe『peaceandhappin田M『oⅢp『acticih8togethe『haⅧonioⅢlγ6)ToSha『ebene伽閂uaIlγ.S』基k旦lⅡ墮.Th『eeupp刨『ealⅢSa『eheavens’aSu『aSandhumans’Th『eelowe『『ea∣Ⅲsa『eaniⅢals,lⅢng『VghostSandhe|ls·

5ix5ens閱.5ight’sound,6md∣,taste’touchan﹝』idea.d,6md|,taste’touchan•idea.

bγtheBuddha,initiaIlγ8iVenve『.Idw『ittendownbγtheBuddha,s

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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.

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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﹣

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Inourworldtoday,tllereareatleastfburdi仳reIlttyPesofBuddlIisnLⅧefirst

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turle.Intllisway,BuddllisIllasbeenwronglycMngedirItoareligion.

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actuallyacoIp>eteuniversityofknowl-edgeandwisdonl.Philosopllyisonlyoneofitscourses.Justasitiswrongtorec•g-nizeauniversityasasinglecourse,itisalsoinapproprIatetotllinkofandlinlittheBuddlla,seducationtoonlyapllilosoplly.TheBuddlla,seducationcanllelpusre-solveourproblenls-froIfnIilyIfficul-tiestotllegreatissueofli化anddeathTheBuddlla,steacllingsarep川fbundandvast,aM↑eachusthetrutllsofli允andtlle

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universe.ItsllouldnotbeIistakenas

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llarnllivingbeings,disturbingtllepeaceaMsa化tyofsociety,thenthisco扒versionhasgonetoo血r.Thespeecllandactionsoftllesedeviantandexternalpatllscanbeveryattractiveandenticing.OnesllouldbeveIcarefulasnottobeIisledbythesedeviantwaysorregrettingitwouldbetoolate.

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nanle,wearereIindedoftllesequali-ties.

叨InCllina,Buddhisnlcanbedividedintotenscllools.AsidefronltlletwoSIal>

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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

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PureLandnletllod.Ontlleotllerlland,theEsotericSclloolrequiresalligll>evelofpurityofIirld,IakingitveIydiffi-culttoreacllattainInent.

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stillastudent,tllerlone,sschoolwork,conduct,andllealthbeconleanexaIplefbrone,sclassIates.VisisbeiIlgastu-dentoftlIeBuddlla.Ingoingtoworkorrunningabusiness,onecanbearolernodelfbrallbusinesspersonstofbllow.TYlus,eveIytllingiVtheBuddlladllarnlacan忱nuⅢberorle.

αAfanlilydwellinginperf匕ctwisdoⅢistlleIostcontent,fbrtunateandMPpyfanlilyintheworld.

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itencoInpassesalltllingsandexceedstlIeboundariesbetweencountnes,racesaMreligions·SinceBuddllisVisaneducatlon,fbllowersofallreligionsarewelcoIneandcanlearnaMcultivate

tMseducatiorloftruewisdoI·

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oftlleIburHnlousMountains·Hrstis

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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

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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.

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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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CMpterPour:TakingRefugeintheTripleJewels

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

aMViews.DelusionMsobstructedus

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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TTlereisalsogreatdisMrnlonyinourworldtoday,anloIlgspouses,fanlilies,frienαs,societiesaMcountrieswllicllllasbrougMusⅢucllsu仳ringandⅢanydis﹣asters.ⅥleBuddMtaugMusto爬lyupontlleSixPrinciplesofLivirlginHarnlonytoestablisllllarIγloniousrelationsllipsbe﹣tweenotllersandourselves.

SangMalsore允rstoagroupoffburorrnorepersonswllopracticetheBud-dM,steacllingsandabidesbytlleSixPrin=cipleofLivinginHarInony·TYlisincludestheleft=lloIepeopleweIayencounter.Whenweseeleft-lloIepeop>e,wesllouldinlnlediatelygiverisetoanlirldofpurityandllarInony.Visistakingrefugeinthesanglla·

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CllapterFive:HowHoIeIakersCanCultivatetlleBodhisattvaWayin

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ItIustbeveIytiresoInetodotllesanlekiMofw0rkeveIyday,andespe-ciallyfbrho川eⅢakers.ItseeⅢsasifonecannotbefreefroⅢhousehoMchores允r

asingleday,and川anyaregreatlytrou﹣bledbytheirduties.However,ifwecarIlearntochangeourwayoflookingattMngs,wewil>beabletoperf•rInourchoreswithgreatjoy·

MuclloftlleproblenlistMtordinaIypeopleareveIynlucllattaclledtotlle‘‘se>f’,,TheytMnk,‘‘raIdoingal>tlliswork;poor〃C,JaⅧsotired;wllyshould↗clothisf•rtheI?,,TheIoretheytMnkthisway,tlleIoreafflictedtheybecoIe.IfweweretolearrltlleBoclllisattvaWay(theWayofUnderstaMirlgaMEnlight-enIent)arldvowtouniversal>yllelpall<ivingbeings,tllenourviewpointwouldbenⅢchdiff匕rent.

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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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carearldo喀anizeourllonletobec】eanandneat,tllisisbrirlgingconlfbrttotllefaIilyandadnlirationfroVourneigllbors;thisiscultivatingtllePracticeofPreceptObseIation.AbidingbypreceptssiIplynleansabidingbyrules-rulesofthecountIy,societyandfaInily,anddoingeveIythinginano喀anizedandProperway、Endurarlceindoingourcllo爬switlloutcoIplaintorfatigueiscultivating

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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.

Oncewellaveperfbrnledourdutieswell,webecoVeroleInodelsfbrllorne-nlakersallovertlleworldandanexaVplef•raIlmrniliestofMlow·IYlus,notonlycanwehelpourneighbors,butexteMed,

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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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CllapterSix:SelectedPass略esfroⅢLivmgBuddhisⅢ

Buddllisnlisaneducation,notare=ligion.WedonotworslliPtlleBud-dlla,werespectMrnasateacller.Histeachingsenableus•oleavesufferingandattaintruellappiness.

Itisbesttotreatallpeoplewitllre=spectandsincerity’ldeingresponsiMefbrouractionsandcarefulwhenMn-

dlingotller,sProPerty.Beconserva-tivewitllspeecllaMactionstoavoidllarnlingotllers.

ItisbesttosllowourgratitudetotllosewhoMveslIownuskiMness,sucllasparerlts,teachersarldevensociety.EveⅣorleintllesocietyisinterdepend一entandinter-related;wecanpracticegooCMeedstorePay•lleV.

HowⅢanypeoplerec。gnizetllekind﹣nessslIownbyparents?Usually,peo-pledonotrealizeuntiltlleytlleI-selvesbecoIneparents0rIosetlleir

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parents·Wecansllowourgratitudetluuugllpracticingfilialpietybybeingresponsible,considerateandco川plianttoourparents·

Tbbeapoor,content,andhappyper-sonisbetterthanbeingonewlloisrich,worried,andaffIictedwitllg【℃ed

Buddllisrnisateaching,wMcllsllowsushowtoliveallaPpy,fulfilling,andcontentli比.

TrueLoveisunαiscrinlinating,unat﹣taclling,andunCOMitional;Wecanslla爬tllislovewithall比ings.THisiscalledconlpassion.

IfwewishtobringPeacetotheworM,werleedtostartbycllangingoUrer=roneousways·W•r!dIacesteIsfIoIinnerpeace·

OurgoalinstudyingtlleBuddlla,steacMngsarldcultivationistoattaincornpleteunderstandingofli允andtlleun1verse·

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BeconsiderateandkiMinyourspeechIbputdownanotllerpersonisonlyprovingyourownarmganceanαlackofself﹣confidencetootllers.

LifCisshortaMfragile,wllynotculti-vatekindnessiVsteadofconlVittingactswllicllcauseharrnto>ivingbeingsandorleself?

Cultivatingvirtueistoheart,speakkindwordsactstobenefitotllers.

keepakiManddokind

Wisepersonsdorlotllarbor允elingsofgainorloss·Intllisway,tlleycon-stantlydwellintllejWofpossessinggreatpeaceofIind.

Tllepointofpracticinggivingandcllarityistofbrsakegreed,hatI℃d,ig﹣norance,andarmgance.

WllenlIelpingotllers,weshouldtllinkaboutbenefitingtlleentiresocietyoreven↑heworldinsteadofl加itingourllelptojusttheoneswelove.Ex-

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Pandingtheboundariesofourca1℃f◎rothersnlakesourlivesnloreIean-

ingful,fulIoff【℃edornandhappiness.

曦 IYleBuddlla,steacllingsa肥ateacllingofwisdo川.LivingBuddllisⅢistofi】lourliveswitllutnlostwisdonland

llappiness.JP

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ingwitllnlatters,weVustIlotseekpersonalgainbutsllouldworkf•rtllepublicwel勉re.

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ofotllers.Wllenwetllinkofothers,

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ple,conveIlient,ande仳ctivewayofpⅢc﹣

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