be always earnest and down-to-earth

Publish Date:2024-12-25

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Some folk tend to often strive to reach for what is beyond their grasp. And this tends, in most cases, to cause affliction to them. It is particularly important for young people to know how to nickel and dime their ways through life and how to objectively evaluate themselves. To assess oneself beyond one’s real worth is tantamount to trapping oneself in delusion. Therefore it is sagacious for young people to know the world objectively and to know themselves objectively. A practitioner needs to pursue his self-cultivation in the context of everyday life and to put into practice in his everyday life both the Buddhist truth imparted him by his Dharma masters and the positive experience he has gained from his everyday life. In this way a practitioner can always get his bearings in his progress toward a higher stage of self-cultivation. To young people who seek to plough a career for themselves in society, I hope that the way I have defined for the Chan practitioners to follow may be of some relevance. Young people need to have their own ideals and lifetime objectives, but they need to be always earnest and down-to-earth.(From My Heart My Buddha)


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