..续本文上一页ching the point that nations are no longer nations; families are no longer families and people are no longer people. This is our great misfortune. But although we are unfortunate, in the midst of the heat of these myriad sufferings, and the myriad evils that fill up this Saha world, there is one thread of hope. What is it

　　 It is that the Buddhadharma is still in the world.

　　We have a chance to courageously climb out of that treacherous current. We can bring forth the great resolve for Bodhi and cultivate the Buddhadharma with the utmost sincerity. In that way we have the opportunity to leave this Saha world. Otherwise, we will remain in the six paths turning without cease and never getting liberated from that suffering. In light of that, when we cultivate the Way we must bring forth the great resolve for Bodhi. We must end the suffering of birth and death. Then we will not have left the home-life in vain.

　　Otherwise, we are just wearing clothes, eating, and sleeping like anyone else. Although what we wear and what we eat is not the same as lay-people, our minds will remain afflicted just the same as theirs, so that we will quarrel and fight and be full of false thinking all day long. If our thoughts are not flying off to this place, they will be floating off to that place; if we aren”t seeking fame, then we will be seeking benefit. We would just be wasting our time. We would just scatter our energy by always seeking outside and going outside to seek for true principle. You can seek to the ends of time, but if you don”t change your afflictions and problems, you will never get out of this suffering Saha world.

　　Thus we should all set our goals and clearly recognize exactly what we should be doing. The most important aspect of our cultivation is not to fight. We should not fight with anyone, not quarrel over people”s long points and shortcomings, or gossip about people”s rights and wrongs. We can”t fail to know true principle. We must know where we came from and where we are going. We should know how to change our faults, rather than just becoming worse every day. If instead we let such habits and faults grow more and more numerous each day, giving rise to greed and seeking for what is external, we will never be satiated. No matter what the situation is, we only know how to get afflicted. And so it”s said:

　　Knowing contentment, one is always happy;

　　Being patient, one is always at peace.

　　Knowing contentment you will always be at ease. So we should not fail to know contentment. If we don”t know contentment, then we will always suffer. It”s like frying a pancake. If the fire is too high, then the more the cake is turned the more it gets burned. And the more it burns the more you want to turn it. You keep turning it until the cake is burned to a crisp. It won”t satisfy your hunger.

　　If you eat this cake that”s burnt to a crisp it will be just like swallowing hot coals. You will even feel that all your limbs are fire, and that you have no energy at all. Why

　　It”s because you don”t know how to preserve your life. What are the hot coals

　　 Greed is like hot coals. Therefore we should not be greedy for anything at all. We should know contentment. We should be patient. This is the unsurpassed wonderful Dharma. But all of us neglect it. By not fighting and not being greedy one will have boundless blessings and long life. If you contend, are greedy, and are always inviting trouble, then you will have a lot of karmic offenses. Even if you wanted to leave the Saha World there would be no way for you to do so.

　　And so we must cultivate the Way and get rid of our afflictions and faults. We must get rid of the habits and problems that have gone on for beginningless kalpas. This is very important.

　　Ask yourself, "Why am I…

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