If one can transform all phenomena (into purity), then one is
similar to the mind of Tathagata which always see purity.
indeed all Masters or saints came to this conclusion of Not
discussing faults of others.
This was before Buddhism enter China. Lu's Spring and Autumn
Annals or Lu's History (Lu Shi Chun Qiu). Lü, Buwei, d. 235 B.C..
ie. "Foundation of everything, Must first govern the body. By
completing the body, One completes the World. By governing the
Self, One govern the World. One who live for the sake of the world,
do not start with the world but Start from here with OneSelf. "
The outside phenomena is neither good nor bad. All that's good
or bad is generated from your afflicted mind/heart of attachment,
dualism and wandering thoughts. - Grand Master Oyi.
Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye
judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall
be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is
in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine
own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the
mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and
then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy
brother's eye. - Matthew 7:1-5 "
Everythings a test, To see what you will do. Mistaking what's
before your eyes, You'll have to start anew."-Ven. Tipitaka master
Hsuan Hua. tis a beautiful piece by Dharma Master Heng Sure, i hope
we can post more of such teachings! Don't discuss the faults of
others. "Others" are just thoughts in your own head. What you see
as a fault in someone else comes from your discriminating mind.
Others' faults are just my own. You should return the light all the
time. Shine the light on the projections of the mind and get to
work crossing them over. Being of the same substance is called
Great Compassion. All thoughts come from the self-nature. When they
filter up into the mind they get discriminated into good and bad,
right and wrong. When the Bodhisattva practices Prajna wisdom and
wipes away all thoughts as they arise, he is returning to his
self-nature, to the original, fundamentally pure substance that he
shares with all living beings. This is truly taking all living
beings across. "At all times he nurtures them." He must do it
constantly for Great Compassion to manifest. "At all times" in the
Buddhist sense means from thought to thought, minute to minute,
hour to hour, day to day, week to week, through months, years, life
to life, kalpa to kalpa. Time loses its meaning. For the
Bodhisattva who has vowed to save all living beings, one thought of
purity, one act of Great Compassion extends throughout all time and
space to the ends of the Dharma realm. What could be more
liberated, more independent than the scope of Great Compassion?
Practices are the measure of the Bodhisattva. In order to stay on
the Middle Way he must maintain his Dharma-methods no matter what
circumstances arise. If a good state appears he cannot turn from
his practice. If an unpleasant scene develops, the Bodhisattva
nurtures his practice all the same, taking tender care of his most
valuable possession, the jewelled Dharma-raft that can ferry all
beings from suffering to the other shore of bliss. -Ven. Dharma
Master Monk- Heng Sure
Those of you who are in this Study, do not agitate your mind;
let it be like a mountain. Let your mind be like a wide and empty
space and continue to reflect on enlightening Dharma like the moon
reflects the sun. Whether others think that I am right or wrong is
not your concern. Do not judge or criticize others. Just be at ease
and go on mindlessly like a simpleton or fool. Or, be like one who
is struck deaf and dumb. Spend your life like you cannot hear a
thing or like an infant. Then, sooner or later, all the delusion
will disappear.-VENERABLE MASTER KYUNG-HO'S INSPIRATIONAL TALK
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