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Perhaps it is because of being too busy. To make a living, Hong Kong people”s footsteps are faster and faster. I have seen some crossing the street; even before the red light has turned to green, they dash out. Clearly, to halt this haste and calmly receive pure and genuine Buddhadharma is considerably difficult. Therefore it is different here to Mainland China. In terms of studying and maintaining Buddhist practices, there are many here who are lacking, which is a real shame!
Without the right dharma within, one can be easily bullied, to the point where behaviours that contradict the Dharma have become popular. For example, some people are clearly not Tibetan Buddhists, nor Han Buddhists, yet they claim to represent Tibetan or Han Buddhism, wear strange and unusual costumes, and even blatantly muster many people, and those below them utterly worship them… their popularity here is what worries me.
Of course, there are similar phenomena in Mainland China, too. In Tibetan Buddhism, Han Buddhism, amongst lay and monastic practitioners, but over there, such “odd phenomena” is not so common. Most Buddhists are walking along quite a right path of studying and cultivating the Buddhadharma.
Dear teachers and students, perhaps you do not all believe in Buddhism and some of you only have scholarly responsibilities. But no matter what, whether you have the belief or you engage in scholarly research, when you take a look at the status quo of Buddhism, it should arouse a sense of responsibility in you – towards Buddhism, towards those around you, towards the whole world … And when we truly care about these, I believe, maybe there will be action to guide everyone towards learning the true Buddhadharma, and allow them to walk on the true path of happiness.
B. The main cause of happiness and outer conditions
Where is the path to happiness
It is within us. Therefore, we have to explore the mysteries within, uncover the treasure within.
Of course, deeper understanding and uncovering requires you to directly comprehend and realize. In a short few hours, as a speaker or a listener, it is difficult to come into contact with it. We can only symbolically explain and experience it.
Speaking from a simpler level, for a person to live in the world, the ability to observe the inner world is very necessary. I do know that contemporary people find it very difficult to accept the so-called theories and attained experiences. But those pithy teachings should still be welcomed. After all no matter what your identity, as a monk, a layperson, a student, or a teacher, everyone longs for a joyful state of mind. If this is the case, then why not try to explore within, to search for the causes and conditions of happiness, and maintain a happy state
1. The main cause of happiness is mind
Of course, merely saying “happiness, happiness” is not necessarily true happiness. I once read a book called Happiness, but the “happiness” it referred to is enlightenment. Enlightened, then for sure one is happy. If one can use wisdom to observe and elevate one”s cognition, then one can also adjust to a happy state of mind.
You need to know that the reason we are unhappy is that we are usually troubled by daily chores that are difficult to decide, difficult to get rid of, snagging us and entangling us. So here, I wish to tell everyone the best method of observation, which was taught by the ancient Indian commentator Shantideva in A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life: “If there is a remedy when trouble strikes, what reason is there for despondency
And if there is no help for it…
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