THE TEACHINGS OF

　　VENERABLE MASTER

　　CHIN KUNG

　　The Teachings of Venerable Master

　　Chin Kung

　　Buddhism is an education, not a reli-gion. We do not worship the Buddha, we respect him as a teacher. His teach-ings enable us to leave suffering and attain happiness.

　　What does Buddha mean

　　 "Buddha" means enlightenment/ understanding. Complete understanding is when one realizes the truth about life and the universe. It is when one is apart from all delusions.

　　Cultivation is practiced in our every¬day life. We should not see it as something unusual, it is simply changing our-selves for the better.

　　To keep our mind pure and at peace is like keeping a pond clean and undis-turbed. When the water is clear and still, it can reflect the sky, sun, and trees just as they are, without distor¬tion. Our mind is the same. When we are polluted by greed, hatred, igno¬rance, and disturbed by discrimina¬tions and at-tachments, we distort our picture of reality and fail to see things as they are. Wrong perceptions of reality can pre-vent us from enjoying a clear and happy life.

　　Learn to turn the light around, reflect upon yourself and smooth your mind-pond still. Everything outside of our-selves are equal in themselves; the gar¬bage does not feel it is unclean, and the flower does not know it is fragrant, there is no such thing as discrimina¬tion. We must let our mind be at peace without attachments, this is true hap-piness.

　　There are a lot of music in our society now which promote violence, greed, and hatred. To maintain a peaceful mind, we should refrain from listening to these the best we can.

　　Anyone who still harbours arrogance, a self, cannot receive the true teachings of the Buddha.

　　What is purity

　　 Purity is apart from defilement. Defilement is the greed, ha¬tred, and stupidity present in our minds. Cultivation is cleansing these impurities from our hearts.

　　Cultivation is not something unusual, it is part of our everyday life. Whenever we recognize and correct our faults, we are cultivating.

　　How do we know when our cultivation has improved

　　 The time comes when we begin to understand the sutras deeper, when we can read between the lines and realize the true meaning of the Buddha”s teachings. This is when our cultivation has improved.

　　“What goes around comes around”, “Treat others the way you would like to be treated”. If we want world peace for ourselves and future generations, we should refrain from evil acts and cultivate kindness.

　　To be mindful of the Buddha is to dwell in true wisdom.

　　The ultimate goal to which all methods of cultivation lead is the complete pure and equanimous mind. It is our origi-nal nature, our Buddha-nature.

　　Success is reached only after over-coming great obstacles.

　　The Buddha”s teachings should be introduced as an education, not a religion. Using spiritual penetrations and psychic abilities to attract people to believe in Buddhism is not the proper teachings and only serves to mislead others.

　　We should not be afraid to see our faults and mistakes because only then can they be corrected. People who fail to see their own mistakes will not be able to change for the better.

　　A student of the Buddha does not just read Buddhist texts, he/she studies them to reach a deeper understanding of life and the universe and puts the teachings into practice in everyday life.

　　Seeing another”s fault is the greatest fault in itself.

　　In putting the teachings into practice, the first thing we should culti¬vate is the Pure Heart. The Pure Heart is a mind without discrimination or attach¬ments. We must also develop proper un-derstanding by listening to expla-nations of the Buddha”s Teach-ings.

　　We should treat all people with respect and sincerity. We must be responsible for our actions and car…

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