No matter who you are, when you come to the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, you must be careful in what you say and do, and put away the desire to value fame and profit.
Don't think that you are great, put yourself high above others and look down on others. This is an act of arrogance.
With these filthy things burdening your heart, body and spirit, how can you achieve the Tao?
I often say to you:
"Admit your own mistakes, and don't talk about other people's mistakes; his mistakes are my mistakes. Visualizing that all sentient beings are of the same body as oneself is called great compassion. "
See everyone as being the same as yourself. Other people's happiness is your own happiness. Other people's pain is your own pain. When others do good things, I feel as happy as if I do good things; when others do bad things, I feel as sad as if I do bad things. Only with this kind of thinking can we live in peace with others. To admonish those who break the precepts and to encourage those who keep the precepts. One should not be jealous of others' talents and abilities, and should not hinder others from developing Bodhicitta.
After I became a monk, I always rushed to do the work in the temple, but I never advertised it everywhere. What kind of work did I do? What kind of work did I do? If you show off your merits in this way, you will gain no merit. Unlike people nowadays, who are afraid of suffering losses when doing work and afraid of being cheated when doing things. You think you are very smart, but you are actually a fool. Needless to say, the guardian deity remembers clearly what you do in a day. When the merits are complete, there will naturally be some response. So-called:
"Musk smells naturally, so why does it need strong winds to spread its fragrance?"
The problems that all living beings make are that when they work, they have no self-image; when they eat, they have no other-image; when they fight, they have no living beings-image; and when they eat meat, they have no longevity-image. They even say shamelessly: "I will eat your flesh and help you to ascend to heaven." People who have this kind of thinking think they are smart, but in fact their cleverness backfires and they are badly fooled without even knowing it.
We practitioners must always control our minds and discipline ourselves, manage our own actions and behaviors, and never leave home when we walk, stand, sit or lie down. "Not leaving home" means not finding fault with others, not talking about other people's right and wrong, and being careful in what you say and do. Reflect on yourself from time to time and look within yourself at every moment. Get rid of your weird temper and keep your ability to endure humiliation. A thousand words can be summed up in one sentence: talk less and practice more. Don't advertise yourself, "How am I! How am I!" You have become a monk, but you still have the habits of a layperson. So, what is the purpose of becoming a monk? You should reflect on this yourselves, is this right or not?
