Just as we classify animals: one female, one male; whether it is noble or not, who knows. Since you know you are clinging to appearances, then do not cling to appearances; and since you know exactly how you are clinging to appearances, you can stop clinging to appearances. Since you know, let go. Then come … Read more
To truly read a sutra—the Lotus Sutra—you read a sutra as something multidimensional; it is not an appearance, not an appearance of black letters on white paper. When you read the classics, the best way to read a sutra is to realize and enter it. In other words, everyone has a Lotus Sutra in their … Read more
(Sometimes you cannot sit still during meditation at a certain hour. How should you adjust in that situation?) If your body cannot stay seated, it is enough for your mind to remain settled. When you cannot sit still, stand up. (Is this a common phenomenon, or does it vary from person to person?) You care … Read more
You actually do not know which attachment you will attain enlightenment through. (It is that one, that one that hurts the most. But I think that one has a very big…) All the children in the world are yours, yet you will never be able to open your heart that wide. You may be unconcerned, … Read more
Before you awaken, you are nothing; once you awaken, you are everything. Continue with sitting meditation and cleansing, then understand the highest view—understand it, and keep realizing the Buddha’s wisdom, realizing their view, and realizing the principle of emptiness. You will gradually understand. Once you awaken, if you have time, you can cultivate the form … Read more
You know, after Shakyamuni Buddha attained enlightenment, as a Buddha, his Dharma power is boundless; he can give you everything. If you are a Buddha disciple, it is like having a father; this father is very wealthy, extremely wealthy. Whatever you want, through his Dharma power and spiritual powers, he can make it happen. Requests … Read more
You did that thing, I am unhappy, and then you get entangled in it. You love yourself too much. At that point, practice the Bodhisattva Path: giving, upholding the precepts, patience, diligence, meditative concentration, and wisdom. Follow along; wisdom comes from what went before. Giving, upholding the precepts, diligence. Giving means giving your entire body … Read more
You are the void—where would you gather? You recognize this. At first, you need to gather. The purpose of gathering is to let you discover that you are illusory, that you are emptiness. If you are the void, and everything is already complete within the void, including all its energy, how could it become complete … Read more
Do not think this way about anything; do not reason this way—you will take many detours. Just become empty, and you are nothing. It is only the state of your cultivation and realization right now; remain steadily abiding in the state that you are the Tathagata. There is no saying “Buddha” or “demon”: you are … Read more
Right now, basically… you’re actually huffing and puffing because your lungs are bad—you’re ill, and your breathing is very heavy. But this does not affect my view, because it has nothing to do with me. The mind is unattached; it no longer makes distinctions. When I sit in meditation, my breathing is actually very loud, … Read more
