..續本文上一頁he least, and yet we feel we have remembered something, and so we become arrogant, then our views are mistaken. Not only have we not understood the truth, we are simply exerting ourselves within the tiresome defilement. Therefore, it is best if we do not talk. Each day, "speak one sentence less, recite one more Buddha”s name. Beat your thoughts to death, so your Dharma-body can come to life." If you say one sentence less, you can recite the Buddha”s name one time more, and if you can strike dead your false thoughts, your Dharma-body will appear. It is as easy as turning over your palm. If you can turn it over, then affliction is just Bodhi. If you cannot, then Bodhi is just affliction. Bodhi is like water and affliction is like ice. Ice is formed from water, but water is not necessarily ice. Water must freeze before it becomes ice. On the other hand, ice is inherently composed of water. Water must meet the cold before it turns to ice. Meeting the cold is an analogy for encountering a state and getting afflicted. If you can use the sunlight to shine on and melt the state of freezing, then ice is just water and water is just ice. However, if you cannot shine on and melt it, ice is still ice, and water is still water. There is just that slight difference. It”s a pity we don”t even understand that bit of difference, and so from morning to night, we like to eat afflictions better than steamed buns and boiled dumplings. We eat meal after meal. After eating one meal, we are still not satiated and want to eat more. And we pay no attention whatsoever to Bodhi. Which one among us has been able to reflect within and ask ourselves: have we lost our temper

　　 Have we become afflicted

　　 If not, then we are not far from Bodhi. If you have lost your temper or become afflicted, then you are far away from Bodhi. Well, that”s my view on this matter. But I don”t know what your views on it are! (Everyone laughs.)

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