..續本文上一頁a activities very frequently. No matter which school they belong to, I myself just deeply rejoice, because they bring many people to Buddhism this way.

　　Yesterday I visited the biggest Buddha Statue in Hong Kong. Known as the biggest Buddha of Asia, there”re a lot of tourists. Some went there just for curiosity. Regardless their purposes, as long as one sees Shakyamuni Buddha”s statue or image, the seed of liberation will be planted in his or her mind. Therefore, in history many great virtues used different approaches to create the link between sentient beings and the Buddha. We should deeply rejoice such good deeds.

　　Meantime, we should be aware of the fact that there are always some people who cheat their followers in the name of Buddhism, either Chinese or Tibetan Buddhism. We have to observe carefully different gurus or monks with our own wisdom. Otherwise, simply fanaticism could cause huge remorse.

　　Nowadays, some behaviors brought very bad influences on Buddhism and made many Buddhists distressed. We should know that, those are personal behaviors and not the fault of Buddhism itself. For example, some people pretend to be Buddhist gurus to carry out special dharma rituals, such as empowerment. Many people are also using this way to engage in illegal activities to make money. These behaviors greatly misled the public so that they believe this is what Tibetan Buddhism does. Of course, this is not true, as nobody can find these faults in the doctrines of Tibetan Buddhism.

　　Therefore, we Buddhists should be responsible for our behaviors to the whole Buddhism, to all the sentient beings, and to our own gurus. Some behaviors, especially collecting money, may not do good to Buddhism, since most people usually care more about their wealth and are very sensitive about their money. If our Buddhism is mainly showing nothing but collecting money from the public, for sure it will not have a bright future.

　　Being Buddhists, we have the only goal of seeking liberation above anything else. Keeping impermanence in mind, you will not desire any worldly wealth. I remember that, in the Sutra of Noble Mindfulness of Pure Truth, it is said that, “Everything is impermanent, including beauty, caste, wealth, and all other joyful things; therefore, the wisdom should not run after them.” This teaching is very good. For those who really have wisdom, they won”t desire and cling to beauty, wealth, luxury houses or temporal enjoyment, since all of these are impermanent. Compared to liberation, they are meaningless. Of all ages, so many great virtues and eminent monks regarded them as unreal and illusive and completely abandoned them. Similarly, even for some laymen today, after practicing to a certain stage, they realized running after materials is meaningless. Then, how should our renouncing practitioners seek that

　　Therefore, being a Buddhist, one should be aware of his or her own behaviors. Otherwise, you may not contribute to the development of Buddhism, and will destroy it instead. This will be bad for you. So I want all of us to think more about the propagation of Buddhism, and how to spread dharma widely in your perspective

　　 If we are to shoulder this mission, we should first protect sentient beings” minds by avoiding any behaviors that will easily lead the public to the misunderstanding or defamation of Buddhism.

　　Everyone has such responsibility, not just our monks or certain gurus. All of us Buddhists here may be compared to Christians to see how they stick to their religion. They take care of all their personal behaviors for the benefit of their centers and beliefs. Why do we lack such cohesion

　　Hence, no matter which school you belong to, either Chinese Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism or Theravada, all of us should care for the Buddhism”s future…

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