..續本文上一頁 heard that even today some of my psychology teachers continue to have objections about me.) Eventually, I encountered the Mahayana teachings. After studying Mahayana sutras and treatises, including Vajrayana”s Great Perfection, I personally felt a sudden enlightening about the questions that I had been asking, and to which I had been searching for answers. I thought, “Oh, it is like that. Without the guidance of Buddhism, no matter how we explain those theories, it is just like a blind man trying to learn about an elephant by touching the elephant with his hands. In the end, he cannot get a clear picture.”

　　The physicist Brian David Josephson, who was one of the winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973, meditated in his daily life so as enter into the objective state of the inner clarity of mind. Through this kind of meditation, he discovered the power of the mind, and then put together his discoveries to compose a text. Because of this, he won numerous awards. I strongly believe the experiences that he wrote about are true, because if we realize the nature of our mind through meditation, we are able to have perfect command over everything, whether it is dealing with the material world or researching academic knowledge; we are more than equal to handling it. Conversely, without mastering this key point, however you try to speak about it, it only becomes extravagantly colorful descriptions; the fundamental basis has never been touched upon.

　　We should therefore try to observe our mind on a daily basis, and use some Buddhist pith instructions and teachings to counter our mental afflictions. If you can do this, your mental states will improve greatly in this lifetime, when you are confronted with various work and life-related stress, not to mention the benefits this can bring in your future lives.

　　The behavior of some intellectuals is tragic, because of adversities in romance, work, or family, due to which they think about committing suicide. Fortunately, through studying Buddhism, some have been able to completely change their life, as if they have been reborn, giving them an entirely new outlook. During my visit this time, I have met four people who had prepared to commit suicide before they encountered Buddhism. One of them has a son who is in a vegetative state due to a car accident he had while he was studying in Australia. She has to take care of him alone and as such endures many hardships in her life. Another person is facing a crisis in his marriage. The third person isn”t able to cope with his work and other complex problems in life. I need to keep the problem of the last person secret. These four people initially no longer had the desire to live. Luckily, after they encountered the Buddhadharma, their mentality was transformed fundamentally. Although externally their problems seemingly remain, due to the change in their mentality, they no longer complain or blame anyone else; they understand that these things are all due to karma.

　　In fact, this world is just like what it says in the Four Hundred Verses: “In the ocean of samsara which is boundless, why would foolishly sinking inside this not be intimidating

　　” Why would an ordinary being not be intimidated by indulging in the ocean of samsara, with its abyss of suffering

　　 Those who do not believe in the existence of past and future lives may temporarily think that life is so beautiful and enjoyable. However, when the scenes of samsara appear in front of them, one by one, I am afraid that they may no longer be able to enjoy it.

　　Buddha also said in the Buddha-dhyana-samadhi-sagara-sutra that: “Sentient beings in the three realms or the six domains of cyclic existence are like a spinning wheel of fire.” From this teaching, it implies that while revolving in the six dom…

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