..续本文上一页harma realm, which is difficult to understand at the present moment. But dependent love is also unconditional. Buddha regards all beings as his own sons and daughters. As soon as any being suffers, Buddha would do everything possible to help him. This love is called great love, and is what we often call great loving kindness and great compassion. This is spread across all beings, even for those who do not love the Buddha, Buddha would not complain at all. There are many examples of this in the tales of the Buddha.

　　Thus, if someone has been good to me, I must repay that debt of gratitude; if someone has not been good to me, I should never complain, and definitely never seek revenge. These are the fundamental principles of the Buddhist “love”.

　　However, there are some Buddhists who often cannot fulfil this. They are: if you are good to me, then I am good to you; if not good to me, then I also will not be good to you. But this is a worldly practice, not a Buddhist practice.

　　(4) Question: I am a Master program student in the Faculty of Chinese, I feel very honored to meet you here! There are many young people today who are very attached to this dream of life because there are so many temptations in this dream. They do not wish to wake up, and would rather sink into it forever. Would you please teach us on how to cultivate a mind of renunciation

　　Reply: Firstly, you must understand why you renounce

　　 This grand dream of life appears happy at the moment, but does it ultimately not depart from pain and suffering

　　Many young people today do not necessarily reject Buddhism, but also have never studied or practiced it deeply. They merely have a smattering of knowledge, which are useless in the face of temptations. In comparison, there are some university students and teachers in Mainland China who have solid learnings and practices. Therefore, at the same time that you study worldly knowledge, you should also learn more about Buddhism, and practice what needs to be practiced.

　　There are indeed strong temptations nowadays. Take the example of computer games. It is clearly illusory and unreal; yet many people are obsessed with it, play through the night, neglecting food and sleep. It really is a dream within a dream, and is especially pitiful. To truly cultivate a mind of renunciation, one must first learn and contemplate the Dharma, realize that there is suffering in all three realms of cyclic existence. To be born, or to die, suffering is everywhere. Only when you recognize this point is it then possible to naturally begin to evoke the renunciation mind.

　　(5) Question: After studying Buddhism, I find that many friends around me try to take advantage of me, bully me. I try my best to endure it, since everything dream-like and illusory, so why be so attached to it

　　 Yet, if I continue to tolerate this, others would see me as the most foolish person. What should I do

　　Reply: To endure is a very wise choice. You need to continue being patient and tolerant.

　　There are some people of this world who would not understand this practice. But this society of ours needs acceptance and care. Irrespective of how others insult us, bully us, we still should repay injury with kindness, and use the most expansive attitude to love them. This is the patience with no obstacles practiced by Bodhisattvas.

　　(6) Question: I feel that some things are good for someone, but that person does not understand me, and thinks differently to me. At such a time, should I try to change him, or indulge him

　　Reply: In Buddhism it is said, everyone”s karma from previous births is different, therefore it is to be expected that there is often conflicting interests and thinking.

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