Thoughts from Patriarch Yin Guang
Tibetan Buddhist Encyclopedia is now 14 years old
Our Encyclopedia recently received a wonderful opportunity for a major renewal on its 14th birthday . After many years of growing our Encyclopedia had become bit slow and sometimes even decided not to answer when people knocked on the door.
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- Whether a layperson or a monastic, we need to respect those who are older than we are and to exist harmoniously with those around us.
- We are to endure what others cannot and practice what others cannot achieve.
- We should do all we can on behalf of others and help them to be good.
- When sitting quietly, we would do well to reflect on our own faults.
- When talking with friends do not discuss the rights and wrongs of others.
- In our every action, from dawn to dusk and dusk to dawn, mindfully chant the Buddha’s name.
- When chanting, whether aloud or silently, do not give rise to wandering thoughts.
- If wandering thoughts arise, immediately dismiss them.
- Constantly maintain a modest and regretful heart. Even if we have upheld true cultivation, we still need to feel that our practice is shallow and never boast.
- We should mind our own business and not the business of others.
- We should see only the good examples of others instead of their shortcomings.
- We would do well to see ourselves as ordinary and everyone else as bodhisattvas.
- If we can cultivate according to these teachings, we are sure to reach the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.