Politic in Singapore is quite different with other countries, it
is loving kindness.
All along singaporeans have been very loving kindness towards
one another. Stay open in loving kindness as it has varying
degrees, and any unhappiness should revert into loving kindness
that has been developed in Singapore people.
"You still have not realized that in the Treasury of the
Tathagata, the nature of form is true emptiness and the nature of
emptiness is true form. That fundamental purity pervades the Dharma
Reealm. Beings' minds absorb itaccording to their capacity to know.
Whatever manifests does so in compliance with karma. Ignorant of
that fact, people of the world are so deluded as to assign its
origin to causes and conditions or to spontaneity. These mistakes,
which arise from the discriminations and reasoning processes of the
mind, are nothing but the play of empty and meaningless words.
"Ananda, the nature of fire is
devoid of identity, being dependent upon various causes and
conditions for its existence. Consider a family in the city that
has not yet eaten. When they wish to prepare food, they hold up a
brass mirror to the sun, seeking fire.
"Ananda, speaking of mixing
and uniting, you and I and the twelve hundred and fifty Bhikshus
unite a form a community. However, a careful analysis of the
community reveals that every member composing it has his own body,
family name, clan, and name. For instance, Shariputra is a Brahman,
Uruvilva is of the Kashyapa clan, and you, Ananda, come from the
Gautama family.
"Ananda, if fire existed
because of mixing and uniting, then when your hand holds up the
mirror to the sun to seek fire, does the fire come out of the
mirror? Does it come out of the moxa tinder? Or does it come from
the sun? Ananda, if the fire came from the sun, then only would it
burn the moxa tinder in your hand, but as it came across the groves
of trees, it should burn them up as well. Suppose it came from the
mirror, since it would come out to the mirror to ignite the moxa
tinder, why doesn't the mirror melt? Yet, as your hand that holds
the mirror feels no heat; how could the mirror melt? If the fire
came from the moxa tinder, then why would fire be generated only
when the bright mirror came into contact with the dazzling light?
Furthermore, on closer examination, you will find that the mirror
is held in your hands, the sun is high in the sky, and moxa is
grown from the ground. So where does the fire come from? The sun
and the mirror cannot mix and unite, since they are far apart. Nor
can it be that the fire arises spontaneously without an
origin.
"You still have not realized
that in the Treasury of the Tathagata the nature of fire is true
emptiness, and the nature of emptiness is true fire. That
fundamental purity pervades the Dharma Realm. Beings' minds absorb
it according to their capacity to know. Ananda, you should know
that fire can be generated anyplace where a mirror is held up to
the sunlight. If mirrors were held up to the sunlight everywhere in
the Dharma Realm, fire would be generated everywhere. Since fire
can come forth throughout the whole world, can there be any fixed
place to which it is confined? Whatever manifests does so in
compliance with karma. Ignorant of that fact, people in the world
are so deluded as to assign its origin to causes and conditions or
to spontaneity. These mistakes, which arise from the
discriminations and reasoning processes of the mind, are nothing
but the play of empty and meaningless words.
May all be happy and peace!
