20200216安穩住心正道念Keep our Minds Calm and Set our Minds on the Dharma
There is an outbreak. We should know that in the world filled with impurities, where are the Dharma is declining, there are a lot of people with ignorance, so people’s minds are filled with a lot of impurities. Impure is being unclean. When many people’s minds are impure, Disasters become more frequent and intense.
In the Era of Turbidity, people are restless and unsettled, they are unclear about their direction and I don‘t know what to do. We have seen many disasters occurring. There have been a lot of things that are out of balance.
Nature’s four elements are out of balance. People’s hearts are in disharmony. Discordance happens and there are a lot of conflicts in society. This is because where are in the world filled with impurities. Pollution and a lot of impurities have disrupted the balance in nature’s four elements. It is the same with people’s hearts.
The Dharma is declining, and people no longer have the Dharma in their hearts. Such is the world of declining Dharma. It is also called the Era of Degenerate Dharma, which means that the Dharma or life’s truth is no longer exist in people’s hearts. Thus, it is called the Era of Degenerate Dharma where the Dharma is in decline.
People hold very little Dharma in their hearts. Why does this happen? It is because people’s hearts are filled with ignorance that they are an able to take in life’s truth. They know what life’s truth is, but they are unable to rise above their ignorance.
Ignorance and impurities in people’s minds cause frictions among people and turned them against one another. Therefore, the cause of natural disasters and man-made disasters Is rooted in people’s hearts and minds. If people can follow precepts cultivate Samadhi and wisdom, and stop being restless, Naturally, people will head in the right direction.
We need to set our direction right. Then, we need to keep our minds calm and set all minds on the Dharma. We need to truly take the Dharma to our heart. When the majority of people are calm, even if there is an event that disturbs society, it will not impact the whole society.
In light of the recent event, we also need to be very mindful in dealing with it. The most important thing now is for everyone to keep their mind calm and set their minds on the Dharma. If everyone can calms their minds and not be so restless, with a calm mind and following moral conducts, we can awaken our wisdom.
Precepts, Samadhi, and wisdom can calm our minds. When our minds are calm, we can set a correct direction. With a bodhi mind, all that we think about is how to benefit the world. If people do things to benefit others, how will people be against one another?
Not only will people not be against one another, they will love, cherish, and care about one another. Such a life makes society peaceful and prosperous. People will be content and are grateful to one another. They will naturally not lead a lavish life and produce a lot of waste. People will naturally save energy and reduce carbon emission.
If people can adopt a correct mindset and set a right direction, our world will be peaceful. Therefore, we need the majority of people in the world to have true Dharma. The Dharma must be widespread in this world. The Dharma is like water. When people have the chance to encounter the Dharma, they will be calmer, and their direction won’t go astray.
By developing wisdom, people won’t be easily disturbed by the voices and opinions in society. We ought to know that actions, words, and thoughts can create bad karma, So, let us not to heinous and unspeakable things. Our mouths are to spread wholesome teachings, and our minds are to always be mindful of precepts, Samadhi, and wisdom.
May we make the Dharma widespread in the world by always sharing the Dharma with people and having them share it with others, devoting ourselves in serving and benefiting others, carrying out acts of kindness, and creating blessings; meanwhile, truly take the Dharma into heart, when we have done so, that is being awakened to life’s truth.
Living beings......The Buddha guides us with his teachings, and it is the living beings to awaken to life’s truth. Having come to our world, the Buddha has employed various skillful ways according to the capabilities of all living beings to relieve suffering in the world. That way, as we interact with one another, we can benefit and help one another; then, we can all transcend the impurities in this world, So that we don’t get influenced by various kinds of ignorance and afflictions and lost our direction.
We ought to clearly understand the true Dharma. After we know it, we must not go back to committing bad deeds out of ignorance and delusions. As people create more negative karma, this collective negative karma will keep on accumulating and become stronger and stronger, leading this destructive force in people’s minds to thrive.
With such an accumulation of negative karma, the Three Minor Calamities will happen more and more frequently in our era. In all, we have seen so many disasters, which came from the constant accumulation of bad deeds out of Ignorance and delusions. Hence, collective negative karma will create many disasters, and that is why we are to be more mindful always.
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