MAINTAINING THE VOLUNTEERS (PART 18)

Eighth, the Buddha taught "the Chief of the Dharma, " great merit, is the first merit in worldly potential. How should the law protect? in " Procession offerings"In front of me, I spoke to people, like the teachings and offerings. The Buddhist teachings, the Buddhist scriptures, the principles in it, we must be thorough, to comprehend. The Buddha teaches the way of life, the method of human rights, the method of learning, we must strictly adhere. The methods in the canon are nothing more than the method of teaching us to be human, the way of living, even teach us how to work, no one does not have. The Buddha taught what to do, we must definitely do it; The Buddha taught what not to do, we are certain to obey not to do. The first is self-maintenance, then help the French renaissance world.

Lin architects to build the colon, invited the teacher to speak business law, so the new Dhamma can be raised. In recent years Li Yuan Yuan enlightened, he renovated the four-story floor for people to hear business, sitting comfortably pleasant for nearly two hours. It is to enjoy, not to sin. In two hours, the body and mind are completely relaxed. His works are still incomplete and inside, there are also some reliefs and drawings of the goddess of flowers, but the future of the lecture hall will be very beautiful, which will definitely make people comfortable. That is the Dharma Chief. In the most important French household is the fostering of successive talents. This age of ours is old, the future can not be taught anymore. There is no lecturer, so the Buddha Dharma is not broken? At present there are many young wizards from China who follow the Buddha's teachings. When we go to the lecture theater, they will continue. These young people who have learned the teachings of course will lecture there are many places do not satisfy everyone, is the primary school, theory of moral do not belong, so they need someone to support.

How to maintain? Listening to the main teaching is the maintenance. If you do not listen to them, they are in that place to teach business, just look down to see people sitting in attendance, think they do not teach well, can not teach their minds, they are withdrawn. But when looking down to see a lot of people, they feel excited, said that their lecture is not bad, their temperament is enhanced. I told you, they are the Bodhi tree, the people who hear the scriptures are watering them to make them gradually become big trees. So listen to their lecture is the maintenance of the Dharma, the merit will be greater than hear me lecture. At present I teach business on Friday and Saturday, the rest are all students are practicing lectures. I welcome everyone to the Dharma, encouraging them. Besides, when you listen to the sutras, if they feel they have a problem, hear not clear,

Previously, the teacher taught me, when I first taught business, I was on the radio as a student, below listening to the teacher is our teacher. I report to everyone about my study, invite people to teach the truth, and honest to receive, medical education will improve itself. Therefore, we must receive critical commentary from the public. The masses do not criticize the teachings that do not care about you. And true love for you, the public must critique. We definitely take, effort to improve. If you criticize yourself that you do not improve then next time they do not say anymore, they let go of you. So we learn to learn good attitude, also effort to take responsibility to help young wizards can achieve, the future continued the Buddha's teachings, propagation of profit,

You need to know more about Dharma than Dharma. Actually this world is not without propaganda, talents propagate a lot, but if not met enthusiasm enthusiasm, the tales of propagation will be lost, even in a lifetime they can only Benefit that can not benefit. In the past, I used to say a few times, each time we are in the lecture hall, there are not many new initiates. The old disciples have heard, but for a long time they can forget, but the new initiates have not heard, so talk a little bit is not afraid. Dhamma teacher is like a good teacher in the world. They are educated, have virtue, have a teaching method. If no one wants to follow them, they can not work. But to have a follower they naturally need to first set up a school.

Old Chinese schools were established as private schools. A teacher with at least a dozen students can develop their own strengths. If no one establishes a school, the teacher can not promote his or her own virtue. In modern times a good teacher without good schools; The head of the school, ie the principal, does not know the teacher, does not invite the teacher well does not have the opportunity to learn. Therefore, there must be people familiar, inviting, profitable, the teacher can promote their special strengths, can teach one direction. One way education, true merit is all about the teacher? No, that's the protector. You see today open class teaching, education accomplishments, when the national social reward is usually bestowed upon the principal. If the school is privately-owned, it will definitely reward the president, who opens the classroom, because it is theirs. If you do not do well then the fault is in them, they have to take responsibility. So they mainstreamed the policy, they set the curriculum, the teacher did not come to the executive. So the merit is open class, open class we call guardian.

You should know how to teach and guard is a body, but guardianship is still more important. If there is no protector, Bodhisattva Bodhisattva born can not benefit beings. The responsibility of guarding very seriously, the virtue of guardianship is very large. Shakyamuni Buddha to bring this legal guardianship to whom? The business we see the Buddha brought the work of legal guardian delegation to the king, the head of the false gods. They have the ability to defend, have the power, have money; They can build the colon, can arrange the security of the magus, nurture the shaman, revelation of the magician to teach the method of profit. They specialize in opening the school, the chief, invited the mage to head the colon. Delegation in the colon is like the general manager in a company, business teachers are business tutors, each one a job. The boss is the chief, the protector.

We are here teaching business law, this aging is the layman Lam. If they do not invite you to teach the sutras, then we can not come to this place. If they do not have young masters, then no one can come. Today we teach business, there are many benefactors. Now, thanks to scientific equipment, not only the audience is here to benefit, but the initiates are also benefiting from it. Yesterday Mr. Wu Guo calls me from Canada. He told me, the net of the United States and Cannada a bright future. At present, they read the Sutra of Life, the number of people recite the Buddha countless. Some foreigners read the Life Sutra very well although they do not understand the meaning. I wonder how can read so good. He said Singapore's Infinite Life Sutra has Latin transcription. Foreigners base on the transcription that read Chinese characters are not wrong. There are many foreigners reading this book. We can donate them, wherever we need, we can donate.

Foreigners using authentic Latin audio are very convenient. Taiwan can use the inscriptions badges, they can not read, nor can use, but the sound of Singapore is very easy to use. Pureland can expand so fast, thanks to the power of television. Every day we are on television, one hour broadcast is an hour they are from television that comprehends. So today we come here to lecture, hearing can not limit. We see many people but we can not see the number of people sitting in front of the television in other countries. I do not know how many people come, the benefit is boundless, this kind of merit is still the benefit of the layman Lam. Want to Buddhist dharma, four disciples we must know to do defense.

In the past, I was young to study the Buddha, to study the sutras with old school teacher Li Bing Nam, then if not meet with the Korean teacher for thirty years full hearted maintenance, we also have no achievements today. Without this guardian, I think I have only two ways to go, one is to do the sutras, to give up the sutras because there is no chance to preach to you; Second is to go back to work, back to the society to find work. So virtue can not hold the table. Housing is not simple, the lay practitioner Han help me, they also suffer a lot of tribulations, but she is wise, not disturbed by external circumstances. You go to the podium, lecture is not good, people will laugh you, that obstacle is still small. But if the lecture is good, the audience is very happy, praised, and jealousy will appear, this is unavoidable. The jealousy will think of ways to sabotage, provocative; In the past, I was at Han's house. The monk was not able to go to the temple, there are no temples, no home in the house for 17 years. Time is not short so the provocative creatures are unavoidable. Han's family members must bear it. If they can not endure, they will say:Mage! No, he is here, I can not bear the pressure outside, "then I might have to go. But the people in their house are clever, they can tolerate any denial or humiliation, they do not even notice. This is extremely difficult to do, so our accomplishments are very grateful to her, none of her achievements today nor Taipei's Tibetan library, Congregation. Therefore virtue maintenance is inconceivable. Household must have wisdom, have real force. Wisdom can distinguish between harassing, defending from being disturbed by the outside world, persevering in the end to accomplish. When the reincarnation of the reincarnation, twice seeing Amitabha Buddha to consolation, is seen the coup d'état, the true miracle corresponding to her merit.

You see, the ordained we put on this medicine, the color is the color of coffee, not y red, yellow robes as we all covered. When Han suffered severe illness, one day I suddenly thought, our y color is not like the French. The Buddha tells us the color of this garment is the kind of color I'm wearing now. Y chromosomes, away from the five primary colors, are red, yellow, blue, white, black. So the clothes of the Buddha called cassia. I think, he is not sharp identity. So I called the garment company, thanks to the sewing clothes like this. In the evening, the owner of the garment shop climbed to the clothing store for us. We asked him to sew a little faster. He said, at noon Amitabha Buddha told the shop told him that the library has to fold, So he prepared all the ingredients. It is impossible to think. We initiate a right concept that can be touched. Today, we do not dare to change the red color because Amitabha Buddha bless. In any case, we do not dare to use yellow, beautiful red again.

In the legal guardian, must understand the merit of the sentence " to convert the dharma" We have no way to find the Buddha, only the higher the virtue monks do not argue at home or leave home, as long as they study the Dharma. It is too difficult to find a mentor, we can not meet them, just if they are sincere in their studies, we can invite them to teach the sutras. But when we invite them to preach the Sutras, we have to understand what kind of people we are cultivating, what kind of teachings we invite, what help we have for our cultivation, . Everyone recites the Buddha, a Purpose of the Purification of the Pure Land, if you invite a magus to meditate, or invite a magus to teach you to meditate, thus destroying the method of learning. we. The protector not only protect themselves, guardian of the Buddha, but also the protection of the mass, for the mass that invited the teacher. When invited,

The day before I was in Taichung, a close friend of Li Bing Men ten years, ten years had not left him, he went where we went to where. We have a few dozen people, they are usually dependent on the teacher. For ten years, I saw the layman Ly founded Taichung Lien, Tu Quang Library. The two colonists spread the Dharma has welcomed many great masters, virtue lay people passing Taichung. Master Li personally came to the bus station, when he personally took off to the bus station. He certainly invited them to eat rice, offering glasses, but very thoughtful ceremony, but did not invite them to lecture, do not talk about business. At first I saw this in the heart feel a bit strange. There are some magicians from abroad, Ly senior revered them so but did not invite them to combine the legal conditions with all of us, do not invite lecture little. We sometimes feel Li seems arrogant, do not consider others, although on his reverent expression, the ceremony is not shortcomings. We did not say it but we saw it. He summoned us to, about ten people, he said:I did not invite him to lecture. If he had just announced, it would take a lot of time to get our fellow practitioners' minds back. Those masters are meditation masters, educated mages, and mages. For ten years, I have not been able to cultivate the faith of the Buddha, and nowadays, one of the Amitabha Buddha's sayings comes to him. If he comes to meditation better than the Buddha, or chanting, learning the Buddha's Passion, then our fellow initiates are finished listening, shaky will immediately shake, so be bother or not?" So he refuses to invite them to lecture, that is, he protects the faith of the mass for belief, deep conviction, absolutely not to be destroyed. When he explained clearly, we just realized that he is a great protection from great compassion, protection of people, not easy to cultivate a little faith, how can now Despised to say a few words to vibrate.

Virtue of ancient times with different present, in ancient times, great virtue is the virtuous people. Dhamma generally says " If you want to dharma, only increase the praise"The two sides praised each other, then we can start Buddhism. But nowadays most common are young wizards who have not received formal instruction so they do not understand this doctrine, they come here to introduce themselves, think that we learn this path is true, They are prejudiced against other disciplines so often criticized, so it is easy to lead others to learn. This is called politeness. If we are a good person then we can not only invite them to lecture, but also invite them to teach the sutras, why? They praised our method. For fellow initiates this has great benefits. We are under the Association of old Li, old teacher Li had taught through this to keep the ceremony.

In 1977 I lectured the Surangama in Hong Kong, the Holy Warlord participated in the conference, he heard very happy, then invited me to his self-directed, directed to his great dissertation and lecture a lecture. I came to see the Zen master, in the colon has more than 40 people, every day coordinates, follow the meditation of the meditation. I have seen many of the colon but do not see anywhere hard to do so. He invited me to lecture, I immediately thought what to teach. Firstly, praise the Wizard of the Holy, good wizards, have learned tu. Second, the prairie master dignified solemn, solemn achievement of all people. Third, public praise, praised their method. I myself practice Pure Land but at that time, a word about Pure Land I also did not mention. I praised meditation.

When I left the director, on the way back, some people came along and asked me: " Master Chin Kung, he always praised meditation well. So why not meditate? Why do you recite the Buddha?" You see, my followers heard me praising meditation for a while or so, so how can? I immediately told them, meditation is the new superior have the meditation. I am a lowly person who wants to meditate but is not qualified to turn back to true Amitabha Buddha recitation. My words are real, not fake. So I applauded them to the top, adding to the mass, making them more trusting with the Holy Wizard. Similarly, you also see, people from outside to all praise our Master. If you come to my diocese, Holy Monk, you will definitely praise the Buddha, absolutely will not teach meditation. That is the true protection. The ancient people often say, " It is good to do hundreds of river water, not mind practitioners"People have practiced this method, how you can arbitrarily oscillate them, it is a thing not to do.

When I was studying Buddhism, at that time, I was not ordained. I am very close to him because every time he lectures, I always sit first, face to face day to day saw each other. After leaving home, he was very kind to me. I respect him and call him a senior, and he looks at me as a friend. During the first few years in Singapore, he came to the airport to pick me up, when I left, he also saw me at the airport. Later he came to Taiwan, he was very happy at the Kim Hoi Association where he invited me to preach grace to his followers in the colon. I know that he is a Pure Land Therapist, wanting to be born in Heaven, that is not shared with us, so when he came to his lecture, I especially praised the French General Duy Tuc Tong Pure Land Diary without mentioning one of our Amitabha Pure Land. By now you can know the rules,

So wherever we invite, we have to ask the prediction, what do they practice? How long? Who guided? If the director does not have to specialize in the practice, then you can arbitrarily lecture. A director often invited many magicians in many disciplines, we have nothing to stop. The colon so confused mess, they do not know which method is right. Or some of the director do not find the Buddhist propaganda Buddhist, so every magicians who go through them all invited to lecture, lecture. What lecturers want to preach, what they want to hear, any law they want to learn, finally nothing accomplished. As you can know, propaganda is effective or not key in guardianship.

Another example, in the past, I went to Hongkong to lecture every year. Hong Kong is one hour away from Taiwan. In the past in Hong Kong, there was only one lady named Lei, every time she invited me to lecture. After Lei died, there was no invite. For a dozen years, back in Hong Kong to teach the sutras, I met some practitioners, these seniors said, " Magicians! It's been seven years now . Indeed, it is true that seven years later I did not come. But I did not come without someone to invite me. I can not go on my own because people refuse me when I come to do. Need someone to find me. Without someone inviting us, we have no way. Want to get there to connect with people but not enough.

In Singapore, too, there was only layman Li Jimo, which was in 1987 for the first time I came. I had a lecture at Cu Si Lam, two sessions of the youth mission. At that time, the leader of the youth mission was Ly Moc Nguyen. Three times I met him, I was linked to this. I remember the first time to lecture at Song Lam Temple two sessions, then he arranged for me to lecture many places, after each year Li Moc Nguyen invited me. You try to think, without him, Singapore who would invite me, while I only know some people. At present in Singapore there are many people who read the Sutra, who recite the Buddha. In addition, Pure Land Buddhism also affects Southeast Asia. Every year, lay and lay people come to China, for Chinese Buddhism also has a great influence. So I do not have merit, merit is purely his.

If you want to merit the most meritorious work should be legal. Ha must go to the radio as the teacher, the lowest blessing teacher, also called poor teacher, while the boss has great blessings, great wisdom. Great wisdom because he can invite teachers, can set up a good teaching policy, can be honest to promote the expansion of Buddhism, the human resources, financial resources. I must have great virtue, great wisdom can do great protection. There is no blessing, there is little wisdom, then you have to learn business. So, we need to clarify. The great young masters of the future have great blessings as a one-way abbot or Buddhist leader, you must have the wisdom, invite the masters who can teach business, religious wizard, help the one teacher, then you have genuine merit.

Keeping the Dhamma is very important, the Dhamma is the world or not, there are benefits to beings or not depends on the dexterity. Dexterity maintenance is a blessing, intellectual. Wisdom to judge the truth, distinguish the evil chief, must be disturbed; They have the capacity to promote, the new influence can be promoted. Of course, not all people can do the Dharma, but only the mind, the little intellectual blessings can still do. Lord Li Yuyuan said very well, we do not have the blessings but Amitabha Buddha is blessed, we do not have wisdom, Amitabha Buddha has great wisdom. All our lives just rely on Amitabha Buddha, no wisdom also turned into wisdom, no blessings also turned into a blessing. Jimo found a good mountain to rely on so ten years, His Buddhist work sails smoothly. The way to rely on this mountain is good, making people touched.

Ten years ago, Li Yuan Yuan had cancer. When I first met him, he was very fat, like the Maitreya Bodhisattva, the big belly, the big man. In the second and third years, he suddenly fell ill. At that time I still did not pay much attention, he told me that the doctor diagnosed him with cancer, the highest life expectancy is only six months. There are still diagnostic reports and X-rays at the time, with no good internal organs. He was a sincere Buddhist who, knowing that he was ill, could not save his life, he brought all the trafficking to his wife, the property was all handed over, there was nothing on him. He worked in layman Lam, lived one day a day, waiting for birth. Till now, his health is getting better and better. Currently, there is no disease at all. Celebrity in Singapore said it was a feat, because he did not seek medical care, did not seek medical care, did not take medicine, all of whom he dropped. He introduced good doctors, he also did not go, only a reciting Buddha, waiting for the Buddha to lead the rebirth. But strangely enough, the cancerous cells of his whole body naturally disappear, presently the body is healthy beyond the normal person. He said, last year to visit mainland China, 2 degrees north to the north, he also just wear a shirt without feeling cold. Winter he body heat outside, while summer is cool in his body, body warm down, it can not think. Wait for the Buddha to lead the birth. But strangely enough, the cancerous cells of his whole body naturally disappear, presently the body is healthy beyond the normal person. He said, last year to visit mainland China, 2 degrees north to the north, he also just wear a shirt without feeling cold. Winter he body heat outside, while summer is cool in his body, body warm down, it can not think. Wait for the Buddha to lead the birth. But strangely enough, the cancerous cells of his whole body naturally disappear, presently the body is healthy beyond the normal person. He said, last year to visit mainland China, 2 degrees north to the north, he also just wear a shirt without feeling cold. Winter he body heat outside, while summer is cool in his body, body warm down, it can not think.

I am here to preach the teachings of Buddhism for you to hear, you can sell credit doubts, not sure about the faith, but layman Li Jimo appeared embodiment, he makes you see so you can trust mind consistently, willing to consistently. He brought all let go, this one sacrifice sacrificed thoroughly for Buddhism, for society, and for beings. He together with Buddha Amitabha concurrent, volunteer, co-understand, co-work, so his body transformed. Ten years ago, he died, it was his karmic retribution. At present, he brought himself into the body of volunteer force, Hoa Nghiem said " force maintenance body, volunteer body", Volunteering is the right of return. Today's merit of him is because all Buddhas Tathagata bless, because all beings are blessed, he immediately blessed. That is the embodiment of speaking right before our eyes.

Each time he came to mainland China, he led a group of thirty, this time he went eight days also led by more than a hundred people both old and young, there are people over eighty years old. You see that such a large liver, dare to lead some elderly people, if the elderly suffer or what happens on the mainland, how to bear the burden. Chinese old saying: " Seventy do not keep the night, eighty do not keep eating rice", Seventy-year-olds should not be kept indoors, because if they suddenly die, one suspects you will be wrong, you can not justify the judge, so do not keep the seventies back in the house. If you are eighty years old, the older you are, the more you should not keep eating, if you do not eat rice is what will happen. Still, Mr. Li Yuan Yuan to lead the elderly eighty-seven travel. This is the Three Jewels blessing. Many years to mainland China, many times led the elderly to visit the tourist but he did not encounter any trouble, go and return to peace. Not the blessing of the Three Jewels is certain can not do. So I tell people, Li Yuan is a living Bodhisattva, if you want to travel, then follow him, certainly no problem.

Li told me that he was willing to lead two kinds of people, old and young, on the condition that these two types of people obey. He does not lead young people to obey. Traveling, if not leading the elderly, he led young children. Once he led over a hundred children traveling to Fujian, his life, eating very simple. People give him something delicious, nutritious, he immediately passed the gift to others, not themselves need to. We read the Buddhist scriptures, listen to me lecture here, again see the layman Ly Moc Nguyen must be born, trusting hard effort to study, that is genuine blessings, is true joy . Li Jiao Yuan wholeheartedly help the Chinese Buddhism flourishing. China defines the world as calm, because China's vast land, a trillion population, is the center of the world. If we want the whole world to settle, people all over the world will be happy and happy to help China. Li Moc Nguyen whole power, so should be Bodhisattva Buddha bless, blessing, not without moral. What you do today is the merit of the rare, where is your strength from? From all of you in the back help him. If you do not give money to help him, he can not do anything. The associations in Singapore, the lay community of Lam, are backed by him. What he does is all of the fellow practitioners in Lam and the Pure Land School. He is only representative of the synergy of all people, for the Triple Jewel, because of society, because of beings, that do these good things. He is blessed, and each of you here is blessed. People all over the world are happy and happy to definitely help China. Li Moc Nguyen whole power, so should be Bodhisattva Buddha bless, blessing, not without moral. What you do today is the merit of the rare, where is your strength from? From all of you in the back help him. If you do not give money to help him, he can not do anything. The associations in Singapore, the lay community of Lam, are backed by him. What he does is all of the fellow practitioners in Lam and the Pure Land School. He is only representative of the synergy of all people, for the Triple Jewel, because of society, because of beings, that do these good things. He is blessed, and each of you here is blessed. People all over the world are happy and happy to definitely help China. Li Moc Nguyen whole power, so should be Bodhisattva Buddha bless, blessing, not without moral. What you do today is the merit of the rare, where is your strength from? From all of you in the back help him. If you do not give money to help him, he can not do anything. The associations in Singapore, the lay community of Lam, are backed by him. What he does is all of the fellow practitioners in Lam and the Pure Land School. He is only representative of the synergy of all people, for the Triple Jewel, because of society, because of beings, that do these good things. He is blessed, and each of you here is blessed. Li Moc Nguyen whole power, so should be Bodhisattva Buddha bless, blessing, not without moral. What you do today is the merit of the rare, where is your strength from? From all of you in the back help him. If you do not give money to help him, he can not do anything. The associations in Singapore, the lay community of Lam, are backed by him. What he does is all of the fellow practitioners in Lam and the Pure Land School. He is only representative of the synergy of all people, for the Triple Jewel, because of society, because of beings, that do these good things. He is blessed, and each of you here is blessed. Li Moc Nguyen whole power, so should be Bodhisattva Buddha bless, blessing, not without moral. What you do today is the merit of the rare, where is your strength from? From all of you in the back help him. If you do not give money to help him, he can not do anything. The associations in Singapore, the lay community of Lam, are backed by him. What he does is all of the fellow practitioners in Lam and the Pure Land School. He is only representative of the synergy of all people, for the Triple Jewel, because of society, because of beings, that do these good things. He is blessed, and each of you here is blessed. If you do not give money to help him, he can not do anything. The associations in Singapore, the lay community of Lam, are backed by him. What he does is all of the fellow practitioners in Lam and the Pure Land School. He is only representative of the synergy of all people, for the Triple Jewel, because of society, because of beings, that do these good things. He is blessed, and each of you here is blessed. If you do not give money to help him, he can not do anything. The associations in Singapore, the lay community of Lam, are backed by him. What he does is all of the fellow practitioners in Lam and the Pure Land School. He is only representative of the synergy of all people, for the Triple Jewel, because of society, because of beings, that do these good things. He is blessed, and each of you here is blessed.

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