"@@Whether one is a layperson or has left the home-life, one
should respect elders and be harmonious to those surrounding him.
One should endure what others cannot, and practice what others
cannot achieve. One should take others' difficulties unto oneself
and help them succeed in their undertakings. While sitting quietly,
one should often reflect upon one's own faults, and when chatting
with friends, one should not discuss the rights and wrongs of
others.
@@In every action one makes, whether dressing or eating, from
dawn to dusk and dusk 'till dawn, one should not cease to recite
the Buddha's name. Aside from Buddha recitation, whether reciting
quietly or silently, one should not give rise to other improper
thoughts. If wandering thoughts appear, one should immediately
dismiss them. Constantly maintain a humble and repentful
heart; even if one has upheld true cultivation, one should still
feel one's practice is shallow and never boast. One should mind
one's own business and not the business of others. Only look after
the good examples of others instead of bad ones. One should see
oneself as mundane and everyone else as Bodhisattvas. If one can
cultivate according to these teachings, one is sure to reach the
Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss. Homage to Amitabha!
Amitabha! "
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